Role Player
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Raja Sekhar Reddy
FounderSquaremeal Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Raja Sekhar Reddy is a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (1994), and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1990), in Computer Science & Engineering. He has a varied experience of 27 years, ranging from Business Creation, Incubation & Growth, Corporate & Strategic Planning, Organisation Development, HR Operations, Knowledge Management, Business Process Reengineering, Information Technology, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Project Management, apart from a Teaching experience of 2 years. As a part of BizSR that helps incubate start-ups and promotes entrepreneurship, he has created an incubation platform that curates start-ups for early stage seed-funding from angel investors and is further groomed through their growth.
He founded Innovsource, (estd 2004), and grew it to be the 4th largest Staffing Company with pan- India presence and a reputed client base. Being the Founder-Director of this venture, in 14 years, he started from scratch and grew the company steadily to 900 employees, 50 location presence, 200 client-base, and over 70,000 temp staff, operating Staffing services, Facilities Management, and Security services and then successfully exited the business, when Innovsource was acquired by a PE consortium. He has played an instrumental role in the founding of Indian Staffing Federation along with seven other Staffing companies.
In his last assignment, along with Shishir Gorle, first generation entrepreneurs founded Squaremeal Foods, and set up their first restaurant, Mirchi & Mime - a fine-dine serving contemporary Indian cuisine in Oct 2015. Within less than a year they opened Madeira & Mime - a resto-bar, serving Multi cuisine food in May 2016. Both the restaurants are located in Mumbai. The third one was recently launched in Indore in April and coming up in Pune and another outlet in Mumbai.
He also plays the role of mentor and angel investor to several budding entrepreneurs providing leadership and business counselling and has incubated six such business initiatives in a personal capacity.
He founded Innovsource, (estd 2004), and grew it to be the 4th largest Staffing Company with pan- India presence and a reputed client base. Being the Founder-Director of this venture, in 14 years, he started from scratch and grew the company steadily to 900 employees, 50 location presence, 200 client-base, and over 70,000 temp staff, operating Staffing services, Facilities Management, and Security services and then successfully exited the business, when Innovsource was acquired by a PE consortium. He has played an instrumental role in the founding of Indian Staffing Federation along with seven other Staffing companies.
In his last assignment, along with Shishir Gorle, first generation entrepreneurs founded Squaremeal Foods, and set up their first restaurant, Mirchi & Mime - a fine-dine serving contemporary Indian cuisine in Oct 2015. Within less than a year they opened Madeira & Mime - a resto-bar, serving Multi cuisine food in May 2016. Both the restaurants are located in Mumbai. The third one was recently launched in Indore in April and coming up in Pune and another outlet in Mumbai.
He also plays the role of mentor and angel investor to several budding entrepreneurs providing leadership and business counselling and has incubated six such business initiatives in a personal capacity.
