About Me

Behind the scenes

Coming from an agricultural back ground, there has always been a strong inclination towards village living. It has been a long journey from small town Hanamakonda, where I was born to being an Honours graduate of Electronics and Communications from Delhi College of Engineering. It was a significant turning point in my life. I was the chosen one by Siemens, the most sort after Digital Telecom services company during campus interviews.

It was a dream come true for any individual of my thinking. Since then, there has been no looking back. It was during this time, I did get to travel more than 50 countries and that helped me understand the socio-economic conditions of various countries. There were few which inspired me to implement in my village. But I also saw how Indians abroad, did not have access to Indian TV content. Well an idea was born.

With 14yrs of experience in Telecom world, it was time for me to quit job and take my entrepreneur skills. I had an idea and it was the time I implemented. Year 2006, YuppTV was born with an intention to develop pioneering web based portal, YuppTV.com, that gave access to information, communication and entertainment anytime and anywhere. We started with two channels and today we stand as leaders in Live TV, with more than 180 Channels reaching consumers worldwide.

Prior to opting to become an entrepreneur, I was with Nortel telecommunication as a director, where I headed sales for Caribbean and Latin American market. In these 14 years of experience in Business Development, I have travelled - North America, Asia Pacific, Caribbean and Latin American Markets. My focused experience in Telecom and Networking arena resulted in strong relationships with key players in both operator and vendor communities; and charted my career ambition to be an entrepreneur. My strengths being - Market Strategist, Respect for the potential of new technologies, and People Management.

My focus on Social benefit has given a reason for the creation of Modern Village Vision – 2020. The objective of this project is to introduce technological infrastructure into villages to create awareness about education, healthcare. In turn leading to increases in per capita and decrease socio-economic disparity. A focused attempt has already begun in Veenavanka, a village in Karimnagar District, Telangana.

YuppTV Inc.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

I had a good thing going. I had a steady well-paying job at Nortel and was looking ahead to earning a mid-career degree from the Kellogg’s School of Management. Instead, the day I was to begin classes in Fall 2006, I consulted the person who had interviewed me there, about a business plan I had, and went off to set up my own company.

And the struggling days begin.

Nortel Networks

Director

Prior to opting to become an entrepreneur, I served as a Director for Nortel, where I was responsible for Cable and Wireless Sales in Caribbean. My 14 years of rich experience in Telecom and Networking arena with specialty in Market penetration strategies, Top line growth, deployment of 2.5/3G networks in various countries, New product Introduction with go to market strategy and Complex Contract negotiations has resulted in strong relationships with key players in both operator and vendor communities in India, Caribbean, Latin America, United States and Asia Pacific markets.

Nortel Networks

Senior Manager

After 2 years of stint at Siemens, I joined Nortel Networks. My Sales leadership has been demonstrated by delivering revenue of US$100M in a country with a population of 1.3M people for two consecutive years while at Nortel. I completed various Leadership and Management programs while working with Nortel. I joined a week’s workshop on Executive Management Program in Finance with the prestigious Kellogg School of Management.

Siemens

Executive Sales

The job was basically in Siemens Telecommunications. At that time there were very few multinational companies in India. In this company I rendered extraordinary and excellent services in the field of Digital and Telecom services. Ever since then, I never looked back. My career advanced from strength to strength and attracted offers from multinational organizations from across the globe.

Delhi College of Engineering

Engineering

I graduated from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1993. I had started preparing for Civils, when most unexpectedly I received a placement offer from one of the world’s prestigious international companies. Under these unavoidable circumstances I took steps towards the western world. During the final year in college, I displayed brilliance and mastery in subject, and was selected for a high post in Siemens, the multinational giant corporations. For the first time in India the Digital telephone Exchange was being implemented and from the entire, North India, Delhi IIT Kharagpur, and Delhi College of Engineering, only on 4-5 students were selected and I was one of them.

2015