MENTORS

Dr. Emandi Sankara Rao (Dr. ESR) was born and brought up in Visakhapatnam until his BE ELectrical Engg from Andhra University. He has vast experience of over 10 years in Telecom Systems and Power Systems after completing his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. Then, with a passion for research, Dr. ESR joined IIT Bombay and completed his Ph.D in Telecom Infrastructure Services Project Finance & Technology titled " Techno-Economic Framework For Sensitivity & Risk Analysis Towards Network Effectiveness " using AI - ANN (Artificial Neural Network) Models. At the same time, while pursuing the Ph.D he also completed PGDBA from Pondicherry Central University in 2002 when serving in IDBI & IDFC.

In the last 25 years migrated into Banking & Finance Sector and served in the prestigious Govt of India, All India Development Financial Institutions at various levels in IDBI, IDFC Group, IIFCL Group and superannuated as MD & CEO of IFCI Ltd, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India. In addition, he has served as Chairman of IFCI Group Companies and also as Chairman Board of Governors of reputed Business Schools MDI Gurgaon & Murshidabad and ILD Jaipur.

Currently, he is an Independent Director on Boards of Infrastructure & Manufacturing sector corporates like GMR Group and Delhi International Airport.

With a passion for mentoring, for last 10 years he is mentoring startups & young professionals towards success.

His down to earth personality combined with Kindness and Empathy brings out the Social Servant in him. Having a great heart for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and ISR (Individual Social Responsibility)