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A highly rewarded technocrat with a successful track record of over 40 years in the IT and media industry. As young electronics engineer, he entered the IT industry with a successful stint in HCL after which he founded the Accel Group of Companies in 1991. On growing the venture from a start-up to an MNC with operational presence in seven countries. He guided the company through a successful IPO.in 2006. After exiting the flagship company Accel Frontline limited through strategic sale, Panicker is embarking on his new innings with a slew of new businesses through Accel limited, the holding company.

Mr K R Varma has an experience spanning 45 years in Profit Centre Management, Factory Operations, Marketing and Sales and Joint Venture management. He graduated from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University in 1974 in Mechanical Engineering. He started his career in sales in Durametallic India, an Indo American JV serving the process industry. After working in marketing and sales in HO, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi branches, he was appointed as the National Sales Manager of BS&B Safety Systems India Limited, an associate JV company in Chennai. Subsequent to this, he worked as Profit Centre Head in various other JV and non JV companies has been instrumental in achieving significant top line growth coupled with ROCE growth. Has wide exposure in various fields like Key accounts management, International Marketing and sales, JV relations and sales effectiveness enhancement. Currently works as a Business Advisor to selected companies.

K. Nagarajan Krishnamurthy (61) is a veteran in the field of Marketing and Management with over 35 years of professional experience. He started his career in HCL in 1981, after obtaining MBA from University of Lucknow. He held senior positions in HCL Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu ICIM, SAP India while in India and later led Majesco Software, a subsidiary of Mastek Limited, based in the USA.
From 2007 onwards he has set up his professional practice in mentoring and coaching Marketing Professionals as a Holden International Certified consultant and facilitator.

Mr. S. V. Rao holds a Bachelor Degree in Engineering. He has been with Redington Group since 1995, having joined as Area Support Manager. During his 25 years of tenure with Redington India, he has handled diverse management roles and built many new business verticals. Prior to joining Redington Group he was working with Blue Star Limited as Assistant Manager.

Mr. Rangarajan brings over 4 decades of experience in IT Services / ITeS sector in India and Global market, In India IT Services brought in various innovative services for both Corporate and Consumer sector. He is adept in leading multi-location and cross-cultural teams. He has handled large business with P&L size of over US $1 bn. Mr. Rangarajan spent over 42 years with HCL group heading various business lines globally, came out as Managing Director of HCL Infosystems. He is currently the Managing Director of HD Medical 40 Group, a USA based HealTech Start up responsible for business in India & Asia.

A seasoned executive in the technology industry, Shruthi spends her time at the intersection of technology and business to drive effective Go-to-Market strategies in multi-national organizations. With 15 years of experience in leading technology organizations, Shruthi currently run strategies and programs for the embedded analytics market at Sisense Inc. Based in New York. Shruthi worked her way through to become a member of the board at Accel Limited by working under different teams for more than 4 years and is known for her work tenacity throughout the company. Shruthi holds a BS in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta and an MBA with a focus in Marketing, Strategy & Leadership from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.