Hyderabad: TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Hyderabad, the global entrepreneurial network, announced that Manohar Reddy will take over the reins as Chapter president for the year 2021. He succeeds Sridhar Pinnapureddy, who will demit his office on 31st December.
Manohar Reddy is the founder and CEO of Feuji Inc., which is a global technology services company that provides right-shoring, low-code application development, and proposal writing solutions. He has been associated with TiE for a long time and is currently serving it as vice president. He played a pivotal role in the recently concluded TiE Global Summit—TGS-2020.
Welcoming Manohar Reddy as the new president of TiE Hyderabad, Sridhar Reddy Pinnapureddy, founder and CEO, CtrlS Datacenters, Cloud4C, and the outgoing president said, “The Chapter looks forward to Manohar’s knowledge, and entrepreneurial experience to further TiE’s mission in fostering entrepreneurship.”
He further added, “I am confident that Manohar will play a key role in engaging the entrepreneurial ecosystem through innovation, funding, mentoring, and create value for stakeholders.”
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a go-to network of over 15,000 global entrepreneurs across 63 cities in 14 countries, and TiE, Hyderabad is one of the most vibrant, award-winning, and renowned chapters worldwide.
Setting the agenda for TiE Hyderabad in 2021, Manohar Reddy said, “The new leadership will continue the momentum with a focus on outcome-based initiatives, cross-chapter collaboration, and building global partnerships that matter.”
Commenting on how TiE Hyderabad plans to impact startups in the coming years, he said, “TiE programs will continue to focus on helping startup entrepreneurs connect local investors, grow and scale businesses, providing timely advice and able mentorship, and enabling businesses to access new markets.”
New Board
Together with him, a new board will also take over the reins of the Chapter from January 1, 2021. The new board will also include Suresh Raju, MD, Golden Hills Capital as VP; Sridhar Pinnapureddy, founder and CEO, CtrlS Datacenters and Cloud4C as immediate past president.
The other new board members include Bhat Dittakavi, Founder & CEO of Variance Ai; JT Rao, CMD, winAMR Systems, Murali Kakarla, CEO, Innobox Systems; Narasimhan Venkatesh, senior director, Engineering, Silicon Labs; Ranvijay Lamba, MD & country head, Arcesium India; Rashida Adenwala, founder partner, R&A Associates; Sanjay Jesrani, founder and CEO, Go North Ventures; Srinivasu Satti, founder and MD, Finvista Advisors; Venkat Kamalakar Bundle, angel investor and MD, Garphi Biosciences, and Viiveck Verma, founder & CEO, Upsurge Enterprise Solutions.