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Pradeep Sreedharan
CitizenshipIndia
SpouseMs. Mini Sivaraman
Children2
Parent(s)Mr. AK Sreedharan and Mrs. Lakshmi Sreedharan
AwardsWorld HR congress 100 super achievers award, contribution in the field of IOT by IOT India congress

Pradeep Sreedharan is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and start-up enthusiast. He is the co-founder and chairman to the board of an international business consulting group named Verkko group.[1], which is headquartered in New Delhi with offices in Moscow and Germany. He was also the CEO of IOT business from ADA Group called Unlimit.

Early life and education

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He was born Palakkad, Kerala into a Hindu family of an Indian Air Force personnel Late. A.K. Sreedharan. Having done his B.tech in Mechanical engineering, he started working in Middle east for a small stint ad further pursued his post graduate management degree from Bharathiar University and from Edinburgh University, UK.

Career and start-up funding

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Post his education in India, he worked with CMC Ltd ( a quasi-government company at that time and later taken over by TCS) and further  that joined Cable and Wireless PLC, UK and later through a decade he left C&W Worldwide after being its Board member & Global Director for Asia- Pacific & MENA , while donning multiple positions in Service delivery and Programme management in Asia- pacific through the years. He forays into investment started at that time with initial investment and engagement into the inception of a self-financing engineering college in his hometown called Aryanet institute of Technology. He further pursued his corporate career as the Group Director for Mergers and Acquisitions for Ooredoo Group in Qatar. In that capacity he has driven multimillion M&A engagements in MENA & Asia Pacific with specific role into the transformation of Indosat Ooredoo in Indonesia. Further he has been the Vice President of the IOT business of ADA group in Mumbai.

He has been a cofounder for a real estate business called CEEIPL ( a CREDAI accredited company) and further co-founded Verkko group, while he supports multiple tech, start-ups in advisory capacity like Chalice Vitalchem Pvt ltd- which is a pharma start-up and investor in digital innovator company P-Ton GMBH, Germany. He support incoming entrepreneur in advisory capacity and has been an important force into bringing investments[2] to the country.

Personal life

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Pradeep married Mini  Sivaraman in 2005 and they have two children, Diya and Sidharth. An avid traveller and reader, he presents technology and business  policy sessions in programs like the St. Petersburg Economic Forum[3] representing the Indian businesses. He was awarded by Yug Sanskriti Nyas, Delhi for humanitarian support during the Covid time . Also has been awarded by various organizations including World HR Congress as 100 HR super achievers in 2018[4], IoT India congress for contribution in the field of IoT in 2019.

References

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  1. ^ "Verkko Global: The Fulcrum to Global Economy & Trade". consultants.siliconindia.com. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  2. ^ "EXPOCENTRE expands cooperation with Indian businesses".
  3. ^ "SPIEF'24 business program video".
  4. ^ "World HR congress awardee list". World HRD Congres. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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