NANDA KUMAR VENUGOPAL, Founder
The Corporate
Nanda, founder of 'Nanda & Karma' has over 14 years of experience working in the technology industry in research, strategic marketing, business development and digital media strategist roles with Microsoft (UK), Oracle (India) and Fidelity Investments (India & US).
He set up Auve Gava (auvegava.com), a boutique hand knitwear company based in the Nilgiris along with his mother to establish her business, which subsequently was an inspiration to create an e-commerce platform ‘My Mother Made This’ (mymothermadethis.com) to assist more mother entrepreneurs grow their business. Over the last six years he has been working with various clients to build tech and local start-ups with his skills in creative foresight, strategic consulting, research, analytics, design thinking, product-market fit, branding, user experience, interface design and endless curiosity for all things new, thereby establishing Nanda & Karma.
He has graduated in MSc.Advance Marketing Management from Lancaster University, UK and MBA from Sri Sathya Sai University, India.
The Artist
As an artist he is trained in Indian Contemporary dance, Bharatanatyam, Yoga, Kalaripayatu and has performed with Nritarutya.
He has written stories and illustrated books for Grammy award winning artists & Macmillan Education on environment protection based on UN Sustainable Development Goals for children from Class 1 to Class 8 (CBSE & ICSE boards) published across 50+ countries. His work has also been featured on nature.com, other journals and websites.