Revathy Kasturi

A dynamic entrepreneur, and successful IT professional.

Revathy Kasturi is the founder and the CEO at the Laqsh Job Skills Academy. She was awarded the Woman of the Year by Business Today for the year 2001. She has been on the board of NASSCOM as an Executive Council Member for 6 years. She is also a charter member of TIE Bangalore and is actively working on Fostering Entrepreneurship Amongst Women through TIE for Women.

Kasturi started her career at Wipro in 1983 where she rose to become the Chief Executive - Finance Solutions Division; heading a global software business of $50 Million with 850 people operating out of 3 Development Centers.

She then founded Tarang Software along with some of her colleagues from Wipro and nurtured, created a stable venture. She was the president of Tarang Software Technologies, a global IT services company focussed on e-learning and payment systems with 300 employees.

Prior to this Revathi Kasturi was Managing Director Novell - Asia West. Her responsibilities included developing Novell’s business in India, Singapore, Malaysia and the rest of South East Asia.

Revathi has over 27 years of experience in the IT Industry and has led businesses engaged in Enterprise Software Development, Systems Integration, Customer Support as well as IT hardware. She has intimate knowledge of the Finance Industry having built and implemented solutions for Securities, Banking and Insurance segments for well over 14 years. She received her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 1980.

Revathi has been a speaker on various subjects related to Technology, Leadership, & Entrepreneurship at both International as well as local events.

While Kasturi has moved on and is currently the CEO at the Laqsh Job Skills Academy, Tarang remains a success story that would motivate a lot more women to try their hands at entrepreneurship.

Sources:
http://www.ciol.com/slideshow/50years/page29.asp http://www.laqsh.com/directors.html http://www.rediff.com/money/rkiitchat.htm