T. V. Mohandas Pai

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T. V. Mohandas Pai
Born	Bengaluru
Nationality	Indian
Education	Fellow Chartered Accountant Law Graduate from Bangalore University.
Occupation	Chartered Accountant
Notable credit(s)	'Best CFO in India' award from Finance Asia
Title	Chartered Accountant

T. V. Mohandas Pai is a Padma Shri Awardee^[1] and current Chairman of Manipal Global Education (Manipal University). He was a former director of Infosys,^[2] and Head – Administration, Education and Research, Financial, Human Resources of Infosys Leadership Institute.

Education[]

Mohandas did his schooling at St. Joseph's Indian High School, Bangalore.^[3] He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore^[4] and a bachelor's degree in law (LLB) from Bangalore University.^[5] He is also a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). In 2011, Mohan, an alumnus of Bangalore University, received an offer to co-chair the proposed Bangalore University School of Economics.^[6]

Career[]

Mohandas Pai joined Infosys in 1994^[7] and served as a Member of the Board from May 2000 – July 2011.^[8] He was the chief financial officer from 1994 to 2006. In 2006, he voluntarily demitted the office of CFO to lead efforts in the areas of Human Resources and Education and Research.

The Infosys Annual Report, under his supervision, has won the top awards consistently from the Institute of Chartered Accountants and from the South Asian Federation of Accountants.

In 2000, he, along with others, founded the Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bangalore, to start a midday meal program for school children.

He was voted 'CFO of the Year' in 2001 by IMA India. He won the 'Best CFO in India' award from Finance Asia in 2002,^[9] and 'Best chief financial officer in India' in the Best Managed Companies poll conducted by AsiaMoney in 2004.

He still holds 728,000 shares of Infosys which were given to him as part of an employee stock ownership plan.^[10]

Regulators[]

Mohandas has been active in working with regulators to improve the business ecosystem. He was also a Member of the Kelkar Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, for reforming direct taxes, the Non-Resident Taxation Committee, the High Powered Committee on e-Commerce and Taxation. He served as a Member of the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) from 12 September to 16 July. He was a Member of the Empowered Committee for setting up the Tax Information Network of the Government of India. He also works with the Union Government and state governments in the fields of education, IT and business. He has been working with decision makers to improve the quality of education and availability of skilled manpower. He has been recently appointed as the head of the panel formed by SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India to study the impact of fin-tech on securities market.^[11]

Memberships[]

Mohandas is a member of the Board of CSIR-Tech Pvt. Ltd. He presently is also on the board of National Stock Exchange of India, India's foremost securities trading exchange ^[12] and Havells India Ltd., one of the largest Indian consumer electrical company.^[13]

Additional activities[]

He is an ardent supporter of the Akshaya Patra Foundation and is one of the members of the board of trustees of Akshaya Patra.^[14]

He is an active investor and important part of Indian startup community. He has over 50 investments including Zoomcar, , , YourStory, Licious, , , etc.^[15][16][17]

He is also one of the producers of an animated Sanskrit movie, Punyakoti.^[18]

He is a Partner at Aarin Capital,^[19] General Partner at Exfinity Venture Partners,^[20] General Partner and Advisor at Ideaspring Capital,^[21] Partner at StartupXSeed,^[22] and an Investor in 3one4Capital.^[23]

References[]

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