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Anant Padmanabhan

Anant
Padmanabhan is the Founder, Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer of Ygyan Consulting
which was incorporated in Pune as a consulting
firm specializing in technology services. He graduated
in Engineering from the University of Pune, and
followed it up with an MBA from the Maryland
Business School along with a Masters degree
in Systems Engineering from the University
of Maryland. He also has several years of
experience in business systems and Internet development.
Anant has worked as a systems consultant with
Aspen Systems Corporation, USA where he
developed several Intranet systems as well as
GroupWare and Integrated business applications.
He had also worked as a business analyst at MCI,
where he worked on high-level system designs and
integration across business functions, as well
as on assessments for new projects.
Anant when asked, why he returned to India, said,
"I always wanted to come back and start
a company." He started Ygyan from his
personal funds and today Ygyan has offices in
Pune, Delhi, Singapore and has recently announced
one in Sydney, Australia. Ygyan also has
a development center in Pune. Ygyan operates
in the USA through a wholly owned subsidiary and
plans to open a branch office in UK shortly.
At Ygyan, Anant is responsible for the general
management, marketing, strategy, human resources,
as well as new business development for the company
and is based in Pune.
Rahul Surkund
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