Board of Advisors

 

 

Mr. Rameesh Kailasam

 

RAMEESH KAILASAM is currently the Head of Government Affairs for Applied Materials. Prior to Applied he was Director of the Oracle-HP India E-Governance Center Of Excellence. He was also one of the key pillars of the Government of Andhra Pradesh’s Centre for Good Governance.

 

He has advised and implemented various Governance reform and strengthening programs and worked closely with governments in various committees on good governance and e-governance strategies, capacity building initiatives, proof of concepts and roadmaps. He has also been the Lead/supporting advisor in many prestigious reform projects for State Governments including World Bank, ADB and DFID. He has extensive field and sector experience in Consulting, Finance, Health, Education, Agriculture, General Administration, e-Governance and Local Government reforms. He has been in the recent past working actively for the promotion of adoption of renewable energy with special focus on Solar.

 

He was also a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) –Kolkata and ICFAI School of Finance & Management, Hyderabad. He has been a key speaker in various international events at the invite of various Governments, Multilateral Funding Agencies etc. at Washington DC, London, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangkok and various Indian cities.

 

 

 

Mr. Kashyap Kompella

 

Kashyap Kompella is an advisor and head of research at TPI India. Based in Bangalore, he advises leading global companies on outsourcing strategy with specific focus on offshoring to India. His international experience includes consulting stints in Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Kashyap is interested in the application of private sector best practices to the development sector.  He  collaborates with global academicians to research related topics.

Kashyap has an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering from BITS, Pilani.