V. Sundar Raj, Saravana Mani

Sundar Raj Venkatakrishnan believes that his purpose is to innovate and facilitate others to innovate. He is an alumnus of Erehwon Innovation Consulting and an ardent practitioner of Orbit Shifting Innovation. In the broad realm of Corporate Innovation Management, he has worked in areas of culture (mindset and skill-set), design research, strategy, innovation cell, IMS and open innovation. He has facilitated teams across industries such as the auto, retail, power and manufacturing industries. His area of interest includes establishing corporate innovation architecture and institutionalizRead More...

Sundar Raj Venkatakrishnan believes that his purpose is to innovate and facilitate others to innovate. He is an alumnus of Erehwon Innovation Consulting and an ardent practitioner of Orbit Shifting Innovation.

In the broad realm of Corporate Innovation Management, he has worked in areas of culture (mindset and skill-set), design research, strategy, innovation cell, IMS and open innovation. He has facilitated teams across industries such as the auto, retail, power and manufacturing industries. His area of interest includes establishing corporate innovation architecture and institutionalizing innovation.

Sundar participated in Jagriti Yatra as a facilitator, which he considers as a life-changing experience. He is a graduate of Curriculum for living by Landmark, which has enabled his personal transformation. He is grateful for having exposed to the world of isha yoga and he practices kriyas with dedication. He did his mechanical engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and he is an alumnus of XIME, where he did his PGDM in Finance.

Sundar considers his family and friends to be his true strength. He is a Coimbatore-born, musically-inclined Tamizhan. He can be reached at [link removed].

Saravana Mani has donned multiple hats during his career of two decades. He started as a corporate employee in India and the US. Later, he found his calling—driving innovation—when he took up entrepreneurship and founded multiple companies. Staying true to his passion, he is now helping large enterprises establish open innovation as a practice.

Born and raised in Mysore India, Saravana is a graduate from MIT Sloan, where he specialized in innovation, IIM-B and NIE. Post his corporate stint, he was involved in ideating and growing multiple startups in retail, cleantech, infrastructure, HRTech, etc.

After startup exits, he joined NASSCOM as the head of products—South India. He was a part of the founding team of DeepTech Club—India’s first and largest initiative to nurture DeepTech Startups.

He headed open innovation at Future Group—India’s leading retailer. Currently he is part of Kmart Group Australia as the head of open innovation.

He is on the board of multiple institutions and startup bodies and, till date, he has trained more than 3,000 entrepreneurs across the world. Recently, he was invited by the secretary general of SAARC to mentor entrepreneurs across SAARC countries.

He lives in Bangalore and is an avid walker and a wellness-freak. He spends his time helping startups, reading books and globetrotting. He can be reached at [link removed]

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Open Innovation Playbook

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“Open Innovation Playbook” is a humble creation by Sundar Raj Venkatakrishnan and Saravana Mani, who are passionate innovation practitioners. Being inspired by the power of Open Innovation (OI) and having worked extensively in the space of corporate innovation and the innovation ecosystem, the authors have synthesized their first-hand insights on the dynamics of launching and institutionalizing Open Innovation in an organizational setup. In this book, the

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<p class="MsoNormal">In the broad realm of Corporate Innovation Management, he has worked in areas of culture (mindset and skill-set), design research, strategy, innovation cell, IMS and open innovation. He has facilitated teams across industries such as the auto, retail, power and manufacturing industries. His area of interest includes establishing corporate innovation architecture and institutionalizing innovation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sundar participated in Jagriti Yatra as a facilitator, which he considers as a life-changing experience. He is a graduate of <em>Curriculum for living</em> by Landmark, which has enabled his personal transformation. He is grateful for having exposed to the world of isha yoga and he practices kriyas with dedication. He did his mechanical engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and he is an alumnus of XIME, where he did his PGDM in Finance.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sundar considers his family and friends to be his true strength. He is a Coimbatore-born, musically-inclined Tamizhan. He can be reached at [link removed].</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Saravana Mani</strong> has donned multiple hats during his career of two decades. He started as a corporate employee in India and the US. Later, he found his calling—driving innovation—when he took up entrepreneurship and founded multiple companies. Staying true to his passion, he is now helping large enterprises establish open innovation as a practice.<br><br>Born and raised in Mysore India, Saravana is a graduate from MIT Sloan, where he specialized in innovation, IIM-B and NIE. Post his corporate stint, he was involved in ideating and growing multiple startups in retail, cleantech, infrastructure, HRTech, etc.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After startup exits, he joined NASSCOM as the head of products—South India. He was a part of the founding team of DeepTech Club—India’s first and largest initiative to nurture DeepTech Startups.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He headed open innovation at Future Group—India’s leading retailer. Currently he is part of Kmart Group Australia as the head of open innovation.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He is on the board of multiple institutions and startup bodies and, till date, he has trained more than 3,000 entrepreneurs across the world. Recently, he was invited by the secretary general of SAARC to mentor entrepreneurs across SAARC countries.</p>
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