Thillai Rajan, FPM 2000, Professor, IIT Madras
Thillai Rajan is a Professor in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras. Recently he co-founded YNOS Venture Engine to enhance the efficiency of early stage venturing and innovation ecosystem in India. The YNOS technology platform helps early stage entrepreneurs identify potential investors, estimate the valuation, and among other things, also help to understand the start-up landscape.
Thillai Rajan has produced and edited for 10 years the Annual India Venture Capital and Private Equity Report. Recently, he has been instrumental in setting up the iVEIN Network, a consortium of IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Kozhikode to provide research leadership in innovation and venturing in India. He regularly publishes in top business dailies.
Previously, he has been a Chevening Gurukul Fellow at the London School of Economics, Endeavour Executive Fellow at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney; and Fulbright Nehru Senior Fellow at the Harvard