Governing Board
Mohan Mathew
Co-Founder & Chairman of Mikro Grafeio and a thought leader from the travel and outsourcing industry with proven expertise in transforming business across various government clients and corporate companies, Mohan Mathew has over 25 years experience in building successful businesses across continents.
Ranchu Nair
Co-Founder and CEO of Mikro Grafeio with 20yrs+ experience across countries, Ranchu Nair has multi-sector expertise including banking, healthcare & technology. Entrepreneur with passion for teams and business, known for his strong commercial acumen and interest in innovation.
Santhosh Mahalingam
Co-Founder of Mikro Grafeio, Santhosh Mahalingam is a seasoned business leader with over 25 years of multi-geography experience. An Innovator and Mentor, he is a specialist in building high performance teams to drive a client centric, digital-first culture among the most respected global banks.
Jaishankar Seetharaman
Co-Founder of Mikro Grafeio, Jaishankar Seetharaman is a technologist and industry veteran with a unique blend of IT skills and business acumen. Over 25 years experience in building technologies that enable business growth, with core expertise in digital transformation.
Shyam Kumar
Co-Founder, serial entrepreneur, visionary, technocrat, trusted advisor and coach, Shyam Kumar is based in the U.S. and brings a long-demonstrated history of working with senior business leadership to create success with Information Technology products and Services. Shyam is a cohesive execution strategist on deep-tech, smart city solutions, product engineering, enterprise transformation, and government programs.
Prabu Sekar
A visionary Founder and CEO of Hoffensoft, Prabu Sekar adeptly navigated his entrepreneurial journey from Tanjore and Coimbatore to Boston and back, overcoming challenges and fostering substantial growth, all while upholding an unwavering commitment to human development. Beyond the boardroom, his passion extends to community development, entrepreneurship education, and a fascination for automobiles.
Ram Kevalur
An accomplished transformation leader, strategic advisor, and startup evangelist, Ram Kevalur brings over two decades of global leadership experience in steering and revolutionizing banking operations for esteemed organizations such as Citigroup and the Tata Group. In his startup advisory role, Ram is dedicated to fostering innovation and driving positive change that can create a strong impact to the larger social and business ecosystem.
Paul John Maliekkal
A seasoned industry professional and Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience, Paul Maliekkal is the driving force behind Artionis. Throughout his career, Paul has played a pivotal role in facilitating the entire lifecycle of business dealings, his hands-on involvement being integral. Paul continues to inspire with his exceptional relationship-building skills and strategic thought leadership.
About Us
Our Commitment to Social Impact and Sustainability
Here at Mikro Grafeio, we take our responsibility, innovative interventions and efforts towards enabling a creative and meaningful change in areas of social sustainability and eco-governance very seriously.
Recognised by the FICCI TNSC Technology Panel and The New Indian Express, we brought home the FICCI-TNIE Start-up Stars award for the most ‘Aspiring Startup with Deep Social Impact' two years in a row!
As a social impact start-up, we aim to create and promote employment opportunities in Tier 2 & 3 towns across India, by providing distributed workspaces that are process ready, people ready and performance ready supported by stellar IT infrastructure.
Our Vision and Mission sets the path and pace for us to achieve our goals, especially in terms of social impact by addressing employment opportunities in satellite cities. We want to be pioneers in this space and be an integral part of the machinery that supports growth and scalability for entrepreneurs in India, which is now the 3rd largest start-up ecosystem in the world. Plans also include essential skilling, training and mentorship to make the rural population of these tier 2 & 3 towns employment ready, through outreach programs in local colleges and institutes thereby driving the change we intend to bring in. We also intend to change the dynamics of women employment, providing upskilling and women only workspaces to promote women empowerment and inclusion.
In our efforts to improve social infrastructure with better work environments, thus attracting corporates to move work to tier 2& 3 towns , we expect to fuel local businesses, thus setting the right partner ecosystem in place. Moreover shifting of some of the CSR initiatives of corporates to these towns are sure to build the local ecosystem and create a sustainable rural work model in times ahead, impacting rural livelihood positively. Most importantly, we are able to reduce carbon footprint with environmental friendly commute thanks to our workspaces closer to home!
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To create an ecosystem for individuals, start-ups, corporates and workspace providers to come together and experience a productive environment near home.
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To empower local economies in Tier 2 and 3 towns by creating connected workspaces for the working population in their home regions.
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To add value to workspace by offering value added services that includes talent management and infrastructure management.