V. Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy is an alumnus of IIM, Ahmedabad. He has been working with some of India’s top corporates for last 35 years. Now as Chief Financial Officer with one of the leading groups.

He has travelled to over 50 countries at last count on official account as well as due to deep interest in leisure and exploratory travel. He has been to some of the remotest places in countries off the regular circuit – Swaziland, Estonia, Myanmar, Brazil, Finland, Bhutan…and Syria and Egypt right during riot/civil war times.

He has met people from various walks of life – from farmers and foresters to policemen to presidents, politicians to parliamentarians, pole dancers to chefs, lions, and paupers.

He has taken a keen interest in knowing about other cultures and life stories of various people he has met on his voyage of discovery.

Written 2 books – Making Growth Happen in India (Sage Publications), Weird Adventures and Uncommon Lessons (Authors Point). Over 100 articles and of late poems.

Featured in the inaugural Bhopal Litfest, 2019. As an amateur economist has consulted with the newly formed state of Andhra Pradesh and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.