Akhila Srinivasan

Akhila Srinivasan is the Managing Director of the Shriram Group Shriram Life Insurance Company. She is also the founder of the Shriram Foundation, a philanthropic organization with a focus on education, micro-credit, and anti-poverty initiatives, and the founder and Managing Trustee of GiveLife, a related NGO focused on humanitarian projects.

Early life and education Srinivasan graduated from RSK Higher Secondary School in Tiruchirappalli, and completed her undergraduate and post-graduate education at Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College. Her career plan at first was to join the Indian Administrative Service, and then after marrying and having her first child, she changed her career goal to completing her PhD and becoming a teacher.

Career Srinivasan joined Shriram Investments in 1986 as an executive trainee. Her first role in the company included public relations and marketing, and she became the marketing manager after a year as a trainee. From September 2005 to November 2006, she was on the Board of Shriram Transport Finance Co. between 2005 and 2012.

Social Welfare Shriram Foundation, a social welfare arm of the Shriram Group, was founded under her leadership The foundation also focuses on micro-credit finance for rural women, care for orphans and destitute people, and establishing multiple schools and scholarship programs. of GiveLife, established within the Shriram Foundation

She has served as the president of the Art of Living Foundation, a humanitarian organization, for seven years. 2007 and 2010, 30 Most Powerful Women, Business Today 2015, Asia's 50 'Power Businesswomen', Forbes, including for her role in making Shriram Life Insurance "one of top five players in its industry in India in terms of profitability".