Education and credentials, listed in the order they were earned.
Education & Credentials
1982 → 2026
Every qualification on this page, in the order it was earned — beginning with the engineering degree that opened the career, and ending with the governance certification that frames the work today.
1982–1987
Foundation
Bangalore University
The qualification that opened the career — mechanical engineering studied and completed across five years, and the technical grounding beneath every operations role that followed.
2000–2001
Credential
Anna University Chennai
Formal grounding in ecommerce practice, taken as digital commerce first became commercially real in India.
2003–2004
Education
The Open University Business School, UK
Management study in marketing and strategy, completed alongside full-time operational responsibility.
2004
Credential
Carnegie Mellon University
Formal grounding in sourcing capability — the discipline behind vendor and service-partner governance.
2005
Education
Indian School of Business
Executive study in leadership practice, taken at general-management level.
2026
Credential
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
The governance certification behind the current independent director practice.