Board of Directors

Dr. Murali N Kadiramangalam

Chairman & Managing Director

Dr. Murali N. Kadiramangalam, a mechanical engineer has a Doctoral degree and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Applied Sciences from New York University. He left the United States, gave up his green card / citizenship approval, later resigned a senior management position in industry in India before completing a degree in archaeology & a post-doctoral fellowship from Deccan College PGRI, Pune pursuing his childhood dream of searching for hard evidence related to Sankara. Subsequently, he completed archaeological field surveys on Adi Sankara in Tamil Nadu and Kerala under a fellowship from Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune. At present, he is conducting advance explorations regarding Adi Sankara in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Dr. Murali has authored several papers on archaeology / Indology, presented at conferences and also given invited talks. Click here for a more detailed biodata.

Mr. Shankararaman Ramaswamy (Raman RS)

Director

Shankararaman Ramaswamy (Raman RS), is an electrical engineering graduate from MS University Baroda and MBA from Kelley School of Business, Indiana, USA. He has extensive industry experience, having worked with Crompton Greaves and Cummins India. He has held business leadership positions at Cummins and has expertise in business transformation, project management and talent management. Raman, as he is fondly known recently retired from Cummins as the business leader of Cummins Generator Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Srinivasan G. S. Iyer

Director

Srinivasan Iyer is a technology leader with expertise in modernizing enterprise solutions, focusing on microservices, SaaS, BPM and enterprise integration systems. He has been in senior management positions at Fortune 500 companies for over 15 years and in this capacity secured key business deals and developed impactful solutions across a wide range of industries such as Banking & Insurance, Capital Markets, Energy and Wealth Management. With strong skills in team leadership, Agile practices, and a wide array of technologies, Srinivasan combines technical excellence with strategic vision. He has international experience, having worked earlier in industry in the USA, Australia, etc. He holds post-graduate degrees in Computer Science from Auburn University and an MBA from University of Texas, Dallas. Srinivasan takes a keen interest in Indology and is especially interested in Indian archaeology.

Mr. Madhavan K

Director

Food Technologist, computer whiz & a brilliant mind, with deep knowledge of science and engineering, all rolled into one. He helped in the inception & formation of SDARF. Madhavan has working knowledge of Sanskrit too, and pitched in when we were working on tough manuscripts. He has been assisting in SDARF’s archaeological field surveys and photography. Always willing to help in every which way, including driving us to survey sites off the main roads. He is independently pursuing his own dreams of becoming an entrepreneur in the food industry, while completing his engineering degree from the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur.