Patrons 

Mr. N S Raghavan is the main patron for the NSRCEL. A generous grant from his Organisation resulted in the commencement of the NSRCEL at the IIM Bangalore campus. He is actively involved in the growth of the NSRCEL and is a member of the Screening Committee.

The other patron who co funded the NSRCEL is Global International Ventures (GIV) and that’s why the Centre is named as the NSR GIV Centre.

 

Mr. N S Raghavan

Indian entrepreneurs have the skills and the ability to create enterprises that can thrive in the global marketplace. This belief was the driving force that led a group of visionaries to action and Infosys was founded. N.S. Raghavan, a founder and former Joint Managing Director of Infosys was one of those visionaries.

NSR as he is known took voluntary retirement from Infosys in 2000 to promote his vision of entrepreneurship and India-based global companies on a broader scale. To help create world-class enterprises and to support Indian entrepreneurs, he, along with a few associates, started Nadathur Holdings & Investments. To encourage entrepreneurship in the country and help incubate start-ups, he helped set up the N. S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). NSRCEL has been set up with a generous contribution by N S Raghavan.

Over the years, the companies have grown and so has the investment portfolio.  He together with his team, are now developing strategies and plans that will lay the foundation for growth over the next couple of decades - both as a major private equity player as well as the wellspring for tomorrow's leading companies.  They are now increasing their investments in the Life Sciences as well as aerospace and engineering services domains.

NSR was selected by a reputed panel of International judges to receive the Dhirubai Ambani Award for the year 2004 on the 57th India's Independence Day banquet held in Los Angeles on August 15. The award was given to him for his outstanding contribution to Entrepreneurship and was given by FOIAC, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles and Orange County, State of California and the Congressional offices of the USA.

Current Responsibilities

  • Non-Executive Director Corporate Board, IDFC Private Equity Ltd. 
    Largest Indian Private Equity Fund focused on Infrastructure

  • Non-Executive Director Corporate Board,
    ABB India Limited ABB is a global leader in Automation & Power Technologies

  • Chairman Advisory Council, N. S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning,
    Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India

  • Founder Director Nadathur Holdings and Investments Pvt Ltd, India

  • Founder Chairman Nadathur Fareast Pte Ltd, Singapore 

  • Chairman Indegene Lifesystems Pvt Ltd

  • Founding Trustee FAME (India), Foundation for Action, Motivation & Empowerment, focused on imparting training and education to children with developmental disabilities (mentally challenged)