Sudarshan Venu

Sudarshan Venu is the Joint Managing Director of TVS Motor Company. He is the son of business couple Venu Srinivasan, the Chairman of TVS Motor Company and Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman and CEO of Tafe Ltd. Sudarshan was the Vice-President of TVS Motor Company from 2011. He was appointed as a Director on the Board in 2013 and after which, he was elevated to his current role as Joint Managing Director in 2014.
He is also Director of TVS Credit Services Limited and other businesses of the group. In early 2016, Forbes India magazine recognised Sudarshan Venu amongst the next generation businessman in India. In April 2017, he was nominated by the Government of India to be a member of the National Board of Electric Mobility. He was also recognised amongst ‘India’s Young Business Leader - 2017’ at The Economic Times, 40 under Forty’ Awards.
In 2017, during his tenure TVS Motor Company expanded into Central America in partnership with Masesa, for distribution of two-wheelers and three-wheelers in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
Sudarshan is an alumnus of University of Pennsylvania where he completed the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology with honours. He completed his masters in Technology Management from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), at the University of Warwick, UK.
He is married to Tara, daughter of Coimbatore-based industrialist Ravi Sam and Uttara Sam and the granddaughter of late Dr. D. Jayavarthanavelu of Lakshmi Machine Works.
Education and early life
He holds a Graduate Degree with Honors in the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania. He also obtained B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the School of Engineering and B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School. He completed his M.Sc. in International Technology Management from the Warwick Manufacturing Group attached to University of Warwick in U.K.
Positions held
Sudarshan Venu is the Joint Managing Director of TVS Motor Company. He is also a Member of the Board at Sundaram-Clayton Ltd. In addition, he set up Emerald Haven (Realty) and TVS Credit Services (non-deposit NBFC). He serves on both these boards.
Personal life
Sudarshan is a 4th generation entrepreneur and industrialist. He is the great grandson of T. V. Sundaram Iyengar, the founder of TVS Group.

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