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Nagaraj Krishnan possesses a number of qualifications across a wide spectrum. Having earned a graduate degree in Mathematics from The American College, Madurai in 1993, Nagaraj switched fields to pursue a Masters in Social Work with specialisation in Human Resources from the Madurai Institute of Social Sciences. He went on to complete his MBA specialising in HR & Marketing from the Thiagarajar School of Management.

Nagaraj has aptly applied his varied professional qualifications, playing an instrumental role in conceptualising Aparajitha Corporate Services Ltd and helping it reach new heights as the MD of the company. His expertise in labour & industrial laws, combined with his logical process-oriented approach, and people-focused leadership has positioned Aparajitha as the market leader in “Compliance Knowledge Process Outsourcing Services” in India. Nagaraj is considered to be a thought leader for bringing corporate labour and industrial legal compliance as an organized sector in the country. (www.aparajitha.com).

Nagaraj has a number of achievements to his name. He was part of the CII – Young Indian delegation at the G20 Young Entrepreneurship Summit held at Nice – France (2011) and Mexico City – Mexico (2012). He was the Founding Chairman of YI – CII, Madurai Chapter. He is the current chairman of CII, Madurai Zone and actively participates in different forums of CII at the regional and national levels.

Nagaraj has also been awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year – 2015” by TieCon and featured as “Social Entrepreneur – 2011” by the Outlook Magazine. Under his leadership, Aparajitha was recognized as the Top 500 SME Companies in 2012, 2013 and Top 100 SME Companies in the year 2015. Aparajitha is one of the few companies from Tamil Nadu to have attracted private equity investment from Global player Everstone Capital from Singapore.

Nagaraj is also one of the Trustees in Aparajitha Foundations which is the CSR arm of Aparajitha Corporate Services, dedicated to transforming the youth by imparting training for the right attitude and greater awareness about their life. For a decade now the organisation has been making dedicated and effective efforts to build a stronger community through various programs. (www.aparajitha.org)

In his free time, Nagaraj is an avid sports person who passionately promotes badminton and golf.