Hyderabad, India | 9th December 2019: TiE Global Board of Trustees has named Kali Prasad Gadiraju, immediate past president of TiE Hyderabad Chapter as its newest board member beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021. He will serve the board for a period of 2 years.
Kali Prasad, the former leader of EY, said, “it is a great opportunity to be on the Global Board of TiE and contribute to the entrepreneurial ecosystems globally.”
Under Kali’s leadership, TiE Hyderabad steered chapter activities & programs to increase impact and enhance of the scope. The chapter’s reputation under his guidance went sky high in the Indian ecosystem along with winning several global accolades and awards. His notable ‘TiE Cohorts’ program brought a radical shift in the cohesiveness of the group and bagged TiE Global’s most innovative new program award in 2018. The widely popular student platform TiE-Grad which expanded across the country and brought back many global investments for our Hyderabad students, won global recognition for best support for young entrepreneur’s award in 2019.
Congratulating Kali Prasad on this occasion, Suresh Reddy President of TiE Hyderabad, Founder & Chairman of Brightcom Group said, “TiE Hyderabad community is excited to see Kali go on to the Global Board. Hyderabad chapter surely saw the benefits of his leadership and drive. I am positive Kali’s knowledge, and transformative thinking will further Global board’s collective vision.”
“Kali’s leadership has his work cut out to continue the great momentum and build global initiatives and to deliver value for all chapters to benefit from his experience.” said Sridhar Pinnapureddy, CMD, CtrlS and Vice President of TiE Hyderabad Chapter.
Phani Pattamatta Executive Director, TiE Hyderabad said “TiE Hyderabad is committed to support city based innovative entrepreneurs to scale and grow their business, by providing access to over 15000+ Global network of entrepreneurs in 63 chapters across 14 countries through TiE, founded in Silicon Valley in 1992.”