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.
Recently recognised by the FICCI TNSC Technology Panel and The New Indian Express, we took home the FICCI-TNIE Start-up Stars award for the most ‘Aspiring Startup with Deep Social Impact for the year 2021.’
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.
Meet the Team
Santhosh Mahalingam
CEO
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
CTO
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.
Jayan Narayanan
CMO
With a broad range of experience in marketing, sales, business development he has held leadership positions in CSS CORP, CSC and California Software. He is also on the panel of visiting faculties at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, in addition to being on the admissions interview panel of many management schools, including IIM.
Mohan Mathew
Co-Founder
Thought leader in the travel and outsourcing industry with proven expertise in transforming business across various government clients and corporate companies. Over 25 years experience in building successful businesses across continents.
Ranchu Nair
CRO
Global HR leader with over 20 years experience across continents. Multi-sector expertise including banking, healthcare & technology. Entrepreneur with passion for people, teams and business, he is well known for his strong commercial acumen and keen interest in innovation.
M.Sundar Rajan
CGO
Co-Crafter & Growth catalyst with over 30 years of Global Consulting, CXO advisory and execution experience in Multi-business domains, Technology, Innovation & Outsourcing for fortune companies with a passion for building startup ecosystems.
Ramesh Ramani
CBO
An accomplished professional with over 30 years of experience in Blue Chip Corporates. His areas of expertise include P&L management, sales, distribution, analytics, and business development. Conceptualising, establishing, and building partnerships, implementing new business and distribution models, he has been a change-maker in the entrepreneurial world by helping startups succeed with sound strategy and execution skills.
Advisory Board
Jaikumar Seetharaman
Founder, Swamy Associates
One of India’s leading experts in taxation, and founder of a premier law firm with presence across the country. He has spearheaded landmark judgements that have revolutionised the interpretation of taxation law in the country. Having handheld over 1500 corporate and industrial clients, in over 10,000 cases, he has garnered both critical acclaim, as well as a profound understanding of trade and industry.
Mathew Thomas
President at MITSUMI Distribution
He has spent over two decades in the Middle East and has held senior leadership roles in leading IT Hardware companies like HP and Distribution houses like Redington. Has in-depth understanding of the Middle East and Africa Markets. He is very passionate about people development and growing businesses in new and under developed markets
Ram Kevalur
Senior Business Transformation Advisor
An accomplished banking transformation leader and advisor. He has held senior leadership roles in running and transforming banking operations for large global organizations across diverse geographies. Ram has the unique experience of strategically leading large scale enterprise wide programs both as a banker and as a strategic service partner.
Sudhir Pai
Head of Professional Services, Egnyte
Accomplished sales, operations & business transformation leader with extensive experience in driving change within large enterprises and SaaS startups. He has demonstrated measurable success in operations design (Build, Operate, Transfer), Services sales, and establishing impactful channel alliances and programs. He is presently Head of Professional Services at Egnyte.