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Mr. Biju Mohandas, Director

Mr. Biju Mohandas is the India Business Manager at Acumen Fund, a venture philanthropy fund that invests in social enterprises.  As Business Manager, Mr. Mohandas assists the country director in management across portfolios, as well as manages the compliances and financial responsibilities of the India office.  Prior to Acumen Fund, he served for five years as an officer in the Indian Army's Medical and Dental Corps. This included tenures in rural and tribal locations in Northeastern India and Nepal. His responsibilities included operational management, healthcare administration and clinical care during counter insurgency operations.  Mr. Mohandas completed his Post Graduate Program in Management with a dual major in analytical finance and strategic marketing from the Indian School of Business.

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Dr. M.D. Nair, Director

Dr.M.D. Nair, has a Ph.D. Degree from University of Illinois, USA. He has worked extensively on new drug development, patents, documentation, information systems and planning, control of production, marketing and clinical trials. Dr. Nair was instrumental in setting up largest antibiotic complexes in India for SPIC. Besides Authoring over 80 publications in various national and international journals, he is the holder of several patents on new therapeutic agents and has co-authored three books. He has been consultant to WHO for setting up pharmaceuticals projects in Middle East and on traditional machines in New Delhi, Bangkok and Jakarta. He has been an advisor to government and private organisations on science and Technology and Director of the board of many pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Nair has developed conceptual and novel approaches for the Indian Industry to become a global player in R&D, Technology Development, production and marketing of healthcare products and services.

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Ms. Meghana Rao, Director

Meghna Rao is Country Director of Acumen Fund India. She comes to Acumen Fund with approximately 12 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, manufacturing and technology. Prior to Acumen Fund, Meghna was the Managing Director of Pluspak Containers Pvt Ltd, a mid-sized foil packaging manufacturing company in Maharashtra. Prior to Pluspak, Meghna spent four years at Microsoft in India and the United States where her primary focus was driving the adoption of Microsoft’s offerings among small businesses. Earlier in her career, she worked in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in New York and in venture capital at JH Whitney in Connecticut. Meghna holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in economics with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Meghna herself is an entrepreneur, having built and run an IT solutions company. She currently serves as the president of the Harvard Business School alumni club of India and was recently named as a fellow of the Aspen India Leadership Initiative.

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Mr. Sadeesh Raghavan, Director

Mr. Sadeesh Raghavan is formerly Managing Partner of Accenture’s India Domestic Business, as well as Accenture’s Managing Partner of North Asia and South Asia Products Practice.  He has over 24 years of experience in the consulting industry, having worked in many countries across Asia Pacific and the USA.  He has also worked closely with government agencies and the local manufacturing industry associations.  He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on Asia Pacific.  Mr. Raghavan obtained his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.  He has an MBA in Finance and MIS from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Mr. Suresh Kumar K.K., Director

Mr. Suresh Kumar K.K. is Director of Marketing at HLL Lifecare Limited, a Mini Ratna Central Public Sector Undertaking. He is a B. Tech by profession.  Mr. Suresh Kumar possesses nearly three decades of experience in developing brands, designing and implementing marketing and communication strategies.  He had also proved his competence in successfully setting up distribution networks both in domestic and international markets alike.  Mr. Suresh Kumar has obtained certifications in Management Training from MIM  (Malaysian Institute of Management) Malaysia; Quality Systems and System monitoring Training from SP Institute, Singapore; and SPC/SQC for ISO-9000 at IIQM, Jaipur.  He holds membership in Institutions and Professional development bodies such as Institute of Directors (IOD), Trivandrum Management Association (TMA) and the Institute of Engineers of India.