TRI | India Rural Colloquy 2023

R Venkataramanan

R Venkataramanan

Founder & CEO, Karkinos Former Managing Trustee, Tata Trusts

Venkat is the Founder and CEO of Karkinos Healthcare, a purpose driven, technology led, oncology platform. Earlier, he was an Advisor to the Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited. Prior to his association with Reliance, Venkat spent more than a decade and a half with the Tata Group in various capacities. His last assignment in the Tata Group was as Managing Trustee of the Tata Trusts wherein he was responsible for the operations, oversight and co-ordination between the various Tata Trusts.

During his stint in the Chairman’s office of Tata Sons, Venkat was part of several significant projects including the Tata Motors acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover, launch of the small car Nano, creation of several Joint Ventures, responses in operating companies during the 2008 financial crisis etc. Prior to his stint with Mr. Tata’s office, Venkat was associated as Head of Business Support at the Qatar Foundation. Venkat is a science graduate and has done his MBA from the Sri Satya Sai University, Puttaparthi. He is also a Law Graduate from Mumbai University and has completed his Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School. He has also completed his EngD from the University of Warwick, UK on role of Technology in Health Care Systems.