VISHNU IS A SEASONED MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT WITH A DECADE OLD EXPERIENCE IN MARKET RESEARCH ACROSS VARIOUS VERTICALS RANGING FROM DIGITAL, IT, ENGINEERING R&D, SHARED SERVICES, BFSI, RETAIL, TELECOM, CONSTRUCTION ETC. HE HAS RICH EXPERTISE IN MARKET EXPANSION, MARKET STRATEGY, PRODUCT STRATEGY, TALENT STRATEGY, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY, M&AS, ACCELERATOR SETUP, VC FUNDING. HAVE CLOSELY WORKED WITH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.

HE HAS LED VARIOUS RESEARCH ENGAGEMENTS WITH NASSCOM SUCH AS INDIA STARTUP REPORT, SKILL ANALYSIS REPORT AND GCC ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA. HE WAS AN INTERNAL JURY MEMBER FOR NASSCOM STARTUP AWARDS AND ECONOMIC TIMES STARTUP AWARDS. AS A RESEARCH LEAD WITH ZINNOV HE HAS HELPED FEW LARGE MNCS SUCH AS MICROSOFT, CISCO, NETAPP TO SETUP THEIR STARTUP ACCELERATORS IN INDIA BY DESIGNING THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF THESE ACCELERATORS, CURRICULUM DESIGN AND IN COHORT CREATION. HE ALSO LED RESEARCH ENGAGEMENTS WITH CII, TIE, ATAL INNOVATION AND OTHER VC FIRMS ON FORMULATING STARTUP POLICIES, STARTUP LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS AND ON ACCELERATOR STRATEGIES.

HE IS ALSO AN INVESTOR AND A MENTOR IN NAN (NATIVE ANGEL NETWORK) COIMBATORE CHAPTER.

VISHNU MOVED TO COIMBATORE IN 2018 TO INCUBATE AND SETUP ZINNOV/DRAUP’S RESEARCH COE (CENTER OF EXCELLENCE) IN AND IS CURRENTLY LEADING A 100 MEMBER TEAM. HE IS A CORE MEMBER IN BUILDING A SAAS BASED RESEARCH PLATFORM – DRAUP AND CLOSELY WORKS WITH NASSCOM ON THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR THEM WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVISE THE TALENT QUALITY IN INDIA FOR PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS. HE IS CURRENTLY MODELING VARIOUS UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING INITIATIVES WITH NASSCOM TO ADDRESS THE TALENT DEMAND CHALLENGES IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION.

VISHNU HAS ALSO WORKED WITH VARIOUS MNCS AND VENTURE CAPITALISTS FOR THEIR STARTUP ACQUISITION INITIATIVES AND DUE DILIGENCE AT A GLOBAL LEVEL. GLOBAL STARTUP SCANNING, STARTUP ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, STARTUP ACQUI-HIRING, CORPORATE– STARTUP–ACADEMIA CONNECT ARE FEW INITIATIVES HE HAS DRIVEN PREVIOUSLY IN ZINNOV.

PRIOR SETTING UP DRAUP’S RESEARCH COE IN COIMBATORE HE WAS LEADING THE RESEARCH WING OF ZINNOV WHERE HE MAJORLY PROVIDED DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY TO VARIOUS MNCS, STARTUPS IN TECHNOLOGY AREAS SUCH AS INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT), BIG-DATA ANALYTICS, MACHINE LEARNING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION, BLOCKCHAIN, AR/VR (AUGMENTED REALITY & VIRTUAL REALITY), 3D PRINTING, DIGITAL TWINS ETC. AND ALSO PROVIDE END TO END CONSULTING SUPPORT FOR GICS IN THEIR CENTER SETUP, GIC STRATEGY, TALENT STRATEGY, STARTUP SCAN & ACQUISITION. HE HAS DEVELOPED A STARTUP SCANNER APP OFFERING OF DRAUP WHICH OFFERS COMPANIES TO DISCOVER UPCOMING AND FAST-GROWING STARTUPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.