Amarnath
Founder - Prostoo
Amarnath provides strategic direction to Prostoo’s operations in India. A professional with more than two decades of experience,
he has worked with leading companies across the telecommunications, FMCG and Telecom & NBFCs..
A mentor and leader passionate about creating high-performing entrepreneurs, Amar leverages his deep expertise across sectors to help them improve their performance trajectory. He is a certified Executive Trainer, who coaches business leaders to accelerate their businesses to the next level.
Amar is the founder of Mentor Lakshya Foundation, a trust committed to creating leaders from High School onwards.
Ananth Ravi
Chief Mentor
Ananth Ravi currently serves as the Head, Advisory Board, at Ozone Group. An industry veteran with more than four decades
of experience, a key focus of his work has been on building leadership and talent.
Beginning his career with Canbank Financial Services and then GE Shipping, he has also worked with Reliance Industry Limited as President, Corporate Finances. As the Senior Vice President at Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, he initiated the setting up of its 4G telecom project in the State of Karnataka. He has also served twice on the member panel of the “Vision Group of Industries” constituted under the chairmanship of the Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka.
A graduate in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, he did his Masters in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
Ananth is passionate about building and managing high-performing teams. A mentor of repute and an inspiration to many, he specialises in shaping and developing outstanding leadership talent. His other skills include creating and executing great business strategies, operations management and risk assessment.
In his spare time, Ananth is a keen reader.
Anup M.C.
Anup has more than two decades of experience serving major players in the telecommunications, F&B and FMCG sectors in
strategy,sales, management, and operations. A curious and passionate individual with strong leadership, networking and negotiation skills, he has the inherent ability to view things holistically.
Anup is currently the CEO, The Milkshake Theory, part of BAGGCORP Enterprises. Prior to joining BAGGCORP, he worked predominantly and extensively with the leading operators in the Indian telecommunications industry — Reliance Communications Ltd and Vodafone.
A graduate in English Literature from A. M. Jain College, Chennai, Anup loves reading in his leisure time. He is also a keen cycling enthusiast.
Rajeshkumar Gurusami
Marketing and sales professional - banking, telecommunications, media.
Rajeshkumar is a marketing and sales professional with more than a decade of experience in the banking, telecom and media domains. He is also an effective communicator, proactive planner and team player with strong analytical abilities.During his last stint in telecom, Rajeshkumar was part of the team that launched India’s first payments bank, Airtel payments bank. Currently, he is working with an entrepreneur acquaintance to help him set up an apparel and media solutions firm.During his last stint in telecom, Rajeshkumar was part of the team that launched India’s first payments bank, Airtel payments bank. Currently, he is working with an entrepreneur acquaintance to help him set up an apparel and media solutions firm.
Shobana
Marketing and sales professional - banking, telecommunications, media.
If you ask my close group to describe me, they will say she never stops thinking and creating ideas. My mind never seems to stop.
It’s constantly buzzing with a million ideas.Whether it’s new services offerings for business or nonprofit , creative ways to market services or a product or a project .I’m never short of an idea I want to test and try. I’m driven by a desire to be constantly evolving which is why I challenged myself to reinvent and move away from my comfort zone .I’m embarrassingly obsessed with my job. I live and breathe brand marketing, project management, content strategy and everything creative I love challenging myself and trying new things. Over my career I have built sales, marketing advertising and retail and worked with product, services and nonprofit organizations and quickly understood what it takes to intuitively meet the needs of a customer. Traditionally a binary ,left brain ,monochrome and engineering and medicine was celebrated .I am all right brain and creative and I never ever belonged .I am always ready to challenge the stereotypes I’m a relentless consumer and creator of content, and I’m forever on the hunt for new opportunities.
Mohammad Shamim
Shamim has gained extensive experience working with respected industry leaders; telecom majors Aircel, Reliance Communication, France Telecom,
&Sprint; in the office automation industry with Xerox and Ricoh and with Nucleus Software- a leading BFSI company, providing lending & transaction banking solutions to major banks & NBFC's in India and across the globe and with Nestle in the FMCG sector. His across industry experience has developed a strong acumen for identifying a business opportunity and delivering results by time- bound execution.
He has proven skill sets in managing P&L & business operations and cross-functional teams in India, ME and Africa regions. He has strong leadership and team-building skills and the ability to combine technology with business astuteness. Also has expertise in large scale project management rolling out Telecom networks and BFSI IT implementation.
His areas of work include business and operational excellence & go to market. Developing sales model and implementation metrics for sales productivity & performance enhancement.