Board of Directors

Mr. P. Kishore - Managing Director

Mr. Kishore, a first generation entrepreneur, started his career with Synergistic Software and Management but his passion for education soon saw him launching “Systems International”. The need for larger resources to interpret his passion saw the advent of Everonn Systems India Ltd.Read More...

Ms. Susha John - CEO and Whole Time Director

Ms.Susha John is the co-founder of Everonn Education Limited, the largest VSAT Education Network in the World and India’s second Largest Listed Education Company.
With a Master’s degree in Applied Science from the Faculty of Engineering at the PSG College of Technology, Ms. John has 25 years of experience in managing businesses
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Mr. Nikhil Gandhi - Non Executive Director 

Receiving the “Best Young Entrepreneur” award from the Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India in 1990 and being conferred as the “Great Son of Soil” by the All India Conference of Intellectuals in 2001, Mr. Gandhi has carved himself a niche in the in the fields of entrepreneurship and integrated infrastructure.

A commerce graduate with over 25 years of experience in various infrastructure development projects. Mr. Nikhil Gandhi is currently on the board of several other companies such as SKIL Infrastructure Limited, Pipavav Shipyard Limited, Klg Capital Services, Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited Ltd., Horizon Infrastructure Ltd. and more.

With high risk taking ability, he has embarked on a multitude of projects of national importance, bringing private sector initiative into a hitherto public domain working for the betterment of the nation.

Dr. M. S. Vijay Kumar – Non Executive and Independent Director

Senior Associate Dean and Director, Office of Educational Innovation and Technology Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As Senior Associate Dean, Dr. Kumar provides leadership for sustainable technology-enabled educational innovation at MIT.

Dr. Kumar's doctorate in Education (Future Studies, focusing on educational computing and planning for technological innovations in education) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst is preceded by a MS in Industrial Management and a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, both from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. Dr. Kumar is honorary advisor to India's National Knowledge Commission and advisor to the Open University of Catalonia. He has been an advisor to UNESCO on their strategies for open educational resources, open technology and policy.

Mr. Joe Thomas - Non Executive and Independent Director

Mr. Joe Thomas holds a postgraduate degree in Chemistry, and has 23 years experience in International Business, of which 11 years were with Procter & Gamble in India and has headed its Marketing Division for South Asia. He is President - Strategic Business Development at Strides Arco Lab Ltd. He has guided many strategy development and organization building in Regional and Global companies. He now heads BioServe Biotechnologies Ltd as their M.D. and COO (Global)

Mr R. Sankaran - Non Executive and Independent Director

Mr. R.Sankaran has over 40 years of experience in Financial Management and made substantial contributions in various capacities to the operations and financial performance of various companies. He was employed in various capacities with Rourkela Steel Plant. He was a Financial Adviser of Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd and later became Director Finance of ACC Babcock Ltd. Lastly, he was employed as Senior Financial Advisor – Tata Steel Limited. He has held Directorships in various TATA group companies and other private and public limited companies..

Dr. K. M. Marimuthu - Non Executive and Independent Director

With a Master’s degree from IIT Kharagpur and a Doctorate in Genetics & Cytology from Mc Master, Hamilton, Canada, Dr. Marimuthu was formerly the Vice Chancellor of Bharatiar University with the distinction of holding the post for two terms. He has served in many universities in India and abroad and has authored many books and research papers. Dr. Marimuthu is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Madras, Chennai.