Balaraman Jayaraman

Balaraman Jayaraman

President and CEO

Bala has over three decades of experience in the high-tech industry. As a Co-Founder and President of Congruent Solutions since 1999, he has steered Congruent through diversification and growth to emerge as one of the pioneers in the retirement technology solutions and outsourced retirement administration services. Congruent also launched CORE Retirement Solutions, a suite of Enterprise Technology Solutions for Pension Providers in the US.

He is a Charter Member and a past member of the Governing Council of TiE, Chennai, and an active Rotarian. He is a member of the Regional Council of NASSCOM and is currently the President of the IIM Calcutta Alumni Association Chennai Chapter. He is on the Board of Trustees of Relief Foundation, an NGO focused on transforming education to the underprivileged children.

Bala received the Pathfinder 2013 award from The Economic Times, recognizing his contribution to the IT & ITES industry

He is a visiting faculty at the Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is regularly invited to offer guest lectures and workshops at Great Lakes Institute of Management and his alma mater, IIM Calcutta.

Bala has a Master’s from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering.

V. Chandrasekaran

V. Chandrasekaran

Director and Co-founder

Chandrasekaran has 28 years’ experience in software development and Business Process Outsourcing. Known for his expertise in setting up large Offshore Development Centers (ODC), he has enabled Congruent to be one of the early companies to be ISO: 9001 certified for software development services. He has been advising the Company on all key initiatives supporting our business strategy, including CORE-DC development.

As part of the core team, he managed two acquisitions in the US and the consequent merger of the business operations. An industrial engineer from the College of Engineering, Chennai, he also co-founded SecovaeServices, India’s first HR-BPO company to be ISO: 27001 certified, and played the role of a full-time Chief Technology Officer there.

Neeraj Bhatia

Neeraj Bhatia

Director

Neeraj Bhatia has over 25 years of experience in senior management positions, focusing on investing and operating environments.

He is currently associated with the Sanaka Group, a Private Equity Fund. Neeraj previously held leadership positions at Hathway Cable, You Broadband, and National Bulk Handling Corporation during their high-growth periods. As CEO/COO of companies, he has demonstrated thought leadership, led business transformation, implemented technology solutions, and raised funds.

Neeraj holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Ahmedabad and a B Tech from IIT Kharagpur.

G Sivakumar

G Sivakumar

Director

G Sivakumar has around 30 years of experience in finance, compliance, business planning, and budgetary control. He has played an instrumental role in collaborating with businesses to support their scale-up and expansion across different continents. 

He is currently associated with the Sanaka Group, a Private Equity Fund. Previously, Sivakumar served as the Group CFO of Financial Software and Systems, a major payment systems company.

He was also the lead member of the team that raised capital from private equity investors across rounds of investment. Sivakumar has also facilitated the exit of a PE investor through a secondary sale process. 

He is a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. He also holds a B Com degree from the University of Madras.

Hari Narayan

Hari Narayan

Director

Hari Narayan has 15 years of experience in investment management. He also has extensive operating experience and has held leadership positions in companies where he focused on driving growth and improving profitability.

He is currently associated with the Sanaka Group, a Private Equity Fund. Hari was previously associated with Americorp Capital before transitioning to the Oman India Joint Investment Fund team.

He later joined Peepul Capital, where he worked closely with some of the top consumer brands in the country.

Hari holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Indore and a B Tech from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.

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