Ashwanth Gnanavelu

Founding Member, Business Head of DesiCrew Solutions Private Limited,
MBA Advisory Board Member since October 2021
 Ashwanth Gnanavelu

About

Areas of focus: Internationalisation, Impact Sourcing and Civic Mission

Ashwanth studied for his MBA at Kent Business School in 2004. He is also a member of the Association of British Scholars (ABS) in India.

Since his graduation, he has returned to India and developed DesiCrew, a social enterprise which works towards creating IT occupations in rural India and has supported hundreds of people into work from the poorest of backgrounds.

DesiCrew was incubated at the IIT-Madras and has won over 15 international awards.

Ashwanth has been named as a finalist by the British Council India Alumni Awards for Social Impact and the AMBA and BGA Excellence awards for Business Leader of the Year. 

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