Earlier Work

Mr. Sricharan comes from a Commercial Real Estate background. He has worked for Lubert Adler Real Estate Private Equity in Singapore where he was part of the team responsible for investing in South East Asia. Before that he was in Vornado Realty Trust’s (NYSE: VNO) Acquisitions and Capital Markets group in New York where he focused on acquiring Retail Properties, such as Malls and Shopping Centres across the country. At Vornado he was responsible for closing over $750 million of transactions. Sricharan spent seven years in the Commercial Real Estate industry before heading back to business school to further his education.

Varsity Education Management was founded to restructure and recapitalize a twenty five year old family business. Sricharan played the lead role in the starting up of Varsity and bringing in Rs. 325 cr PE investment. Since inception in 2010, Varsity has grown very rapidly and now caters to over 500 schools in six states. Sricharan’s hands on management in the day to day affairs of the organization has helped in developing necessary systems and process to accommodate the growth, and facilitate smooth operations. He is responsible for overall business strategy, financial planning, and business development. He is also very involved in product development.

Education

Mr. Sricharan’s primary and secondary schooling was from Vijayawada and Hyderabad (India) after which, he moved to the US for Bachelors' of Science in Business Management from Georgia Institute of Technology. Thereafter, he completed his Post Graduate Programme in Management from Indian School of Business (a Wharton and Kellog collaboration). Sricharan’s areas of concentration were in Strategy & Leadership and in Finance.