Leadership
Team School Serv is passionate about increasing educational outcomes, achieving better results for our partner schools – results that go beyond financial and are social, holistic and uniquely tailored.
International School Consultants
Vinod Kakumanu
Founder & Principal Consultant
Technocrat turned entrepreneur with expertise in Information Technology. Business Management, K-12 School Management and building turnkey systems aimed at improving academic standards across the board.
Through his extensive experience in running a 120+team of highly skilled professionals at IBM, handling 200+ global client’s, he mastered the core principles of making decisions, executing, delivering, delegating, managing tasks and enabling his client’s realize their vision decisively.
Vinod envisions a future, Where quality education is available to every child in the country, which is the key motivating factor that drove him to pivot from a globetrotting IT executive to an International School Consultant. He realizes this noble goal by helping his clients succeed in their mission to start a school in India.
He strives hard to deliver on the promises made, and to the satisfaction of the client, making “Customer First” as the primary motto for his team and social enterprise thereof. Over the past 15+ years, backed by a skilled team, long-term collaborations, and an eminent advisory board, Vinod had successfully delivered 125+ school consultancy assignments and ancillary services to over 1000 schools across the country. It is his proven and much-acclaimed focus on the quality of the deliverable and customer satisfaction that has made him renowned in his field of work.
Subhashini Nannapaneni
Co-founder & Head - Client Partnerships
A founding member of School Serv, she has been instrumental in charting the root of the organizations' advancement and that of several new schools. She has been concurrently playing diverse roles for the last 16 years. In the process, she has built high - performance teams, facilitated learning programs besides introducing cutting edge technology to give the school's a competitive edge.
Linkcy T
Director - Operations
Accredited for her leadership in process optimisation and policy implementation, She is devoted to delivering impactful and practical solutions that improve staff and student well-being, nurturing seamless growth and success of educational institutions.
With over 12+ years of experience in managing school operations. Linkcy's expertise spans across operations, HR , School Administration, School Management and Strategic Growth. Linkcy drives the day-to-day operations at School Serv, manages school consultancy delivery assignments, and supports accreditation efforts.
Stella Raman
Senior Academic Consultant
Ms. Stella brings over two decades of extensive expertise in international education. Her proficiency spans the IB and Cambridge frameworks. She has a panache for curriculum planning, teacher growth, and complete-school innovation.
She is certified in Leadership and School Management from the Harvard Business School. Her versatile specialisation and experience enable us to unite academic rigour with progressive educational practices, developing schools that excel while raising excellence and growth in students.
Ms. Stella works with school management and leaders on design, curriculum, and professional development strategies, supporting schools to create top-functioning teams as a Senior Academic Consultant at School Serv. She believes in transformative learning experiences and happy schools that inspire students to become ethical and compassionate humans who can lead the change.
Strategic Advisory Board
Greg Parry
Senior Consultant (GSE CEO)
Highly regarded for his expertise in education leadership, Greg Parry’s vast experience includes high-level positions with secondary and vocational institutions throughout Australia, the Middle East, The United States, India and China. A strong leader and dedicated educator, Greg’s various positions at these institutes of learning include: director, headmaster and consultant.
Greg has trained teachers and principals throughout the world in areas such as critical thinking, language development and leadership. His expertise in school start up projects, leadership and curriculum development, has made him a sought after authority in these areas.
Tulasi Babu G
Expert AdvisorHead – - Academics
Tulasi Babu brings to the table over 25 Years expertise in designing, building & managing schools in India.A teacher & an author, he has developed many child centered learning programs. Under his academic leadership we have invented several education solutions to assist schools overcome challenges and ensure smooth academic operations.
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- His notable innovations include Teach & Learn by Doing for Science Subjects- an activity based science teaching and learning program for schools integrated with school curriculum (Customizable to Grade 6 to Grade 10 State, CBSE & ICSE Boards
- IIT oriented academic program for Grade 6 to Grade 10 (State, CBSE & ICSE)
- Early Learning Program for 3 months to 6-year age group
- Childcare program for 3 months to 6-year age group
- After school program for 6 years to 12-year age group
Bimal Nair
Expert Advisor – Branding & Marketing
A Management & Marketing professional, Bimal helps organizations improve their performance, through analysis of customer, markets & other organizational data. His experience & expertise in customer persuasion through innovative & strategic thinking followed by his belief in integrated communication, driven by strategic design, digitally enabled marketing tools, and customer behavior – altering retail strategies are what his client’s seek him for.
Bimal has worked across brands of both old and new economies and is able to bring the best of the two worlds into the solutions he evolves. Bimal has also been the principal developer of the proprietary Data Tool used at Network Advertising – the DICER (Data Inspired Consumer Effectuality Representations) and is collaborating with IIMK to bring academic validation for the same. He also guides the Planning team of the agency.
Brands he has delivered for include The School of Raya, BPL Mobile, Tata Indicom, NovoNordisk, Wipro, DHL, ShopperStop, LifeCell, LG Care, Hidesign, Odyssey, MindTree Consulting, TATA Telecom, TATA power, TATA Motors, TAJ Hotels, Subhiksha, UniverCell, Colours TV, SAP Labs, NIIT, Oracle, Colgate-Palmolive, TATA Beverages, CARBON, Indian Oil, Vijay Sales, Hutchinson Max, Kaya Skin Clinic, ITC & Fair & Lovely
Awards & Distinctions: Cannes Gold Lion, Effie, ITSMA, Novo Nordisk Global Innovation
Gary Smejkal
University of New Hampshire, Affiliate Assistant Professor
Over the past 16 years, Gary Smejkal has worked in both academia and the biotechnology industry. He has worked with the companies including Covaris, Pressure Biosciences, and Proteome Systems and is currently an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire. He is the Founder of Focus Proteomics, a contract research organization.
Formerly, he was Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and Proteomics Technologies Manager at the Harvard School of Medicine. He worked at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, both in basic research and in clinical research.
Expertise is in sample preparation, protein electrophoresis, and assay development. He has developed and helped bring to market ten kits for five different companies. He also has experience in MALDI-TOF, having been formally trained at Bruker-Daltonics.
His publications include 42 PubMed citations, 10 book reviews and compendium chapters, and is currently working on his second book on protein electrophoresis.
Dr. Jeane-Bosco Tagne
Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine
Jean is a Ph.D from UML and a Post Post-doctoral Fellow from Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine at the Pulmonary Center-USA
A teacher by profession and an author of 100+ publications he also holds several patents
Dr. Srikanth Kakumanu
Senior Scientist
Dr. Srikanth Kakumanu earned his MS, PhD from Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology at University of Massachusetts in 2010. His major focus from last 12 years is around Drug delivery using Nanotechnology, prior to that he performed research in the area of hematopoietic stem cells.
He is involved with both biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields for last 15 years. He is author of many publications and holds several patents. His interests are in R&D and platform technology.
Hilla Rudanko
Expert Advisor - Architecture & Design
Leads a young and ambitious architecture firm’s office in Helsinki, Finland.
Hilla see architecture and urban design as tools to shape living environments as well as to inspire everyday life. Her field of expertise is ‘learning environments’. She designs school buildings, kindergarten spaces and workplaces internationally with socially and ecologically responsible goals.
Kunal Sinha
Expert Advisor - Business
Kunal brings over 16 years of leadership experience – the majority of which is earned as CEO of two successful startups. After an initial tenure with IBM, he established his first firm – TechUnified, a multi-national Mobile Banking venture that saw a successful exit to a leading public listed entity.
His second venture, Rx HealthcareMagic is the world leader in consumer driven telemedicine enterprise. HealthcareMagic was acquired in 2014 by NASDAQ listed EBIX . Kunal now invests in new ventures in personal capacity and guides the companies in setting strategy, oversees team building, ensuring growth objectives remain on track while maintaining “profitability”.
Kunal holds a Bachelors degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
N. Raja Sujith
Expert Advisor - Legal
M. N. Raja Sujith has more than twenty two years of experience in practicing corporate and commercial law, including foreign investment, employment law, private equity, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, and real property law. He has been recognized as one of the leading corporate/M&A practitioners in India.
Mr. Raja Sujith specifically advises on structuring foreign investments into India, including company incorporation, setting up liaison or branch offices in India, joint ventures, and acquisitions of existing companies/businesses. He represents major corporations including GE Oil & Gas, First Financial Bank, Reliance Ventures, CGI Group, German Technology Corporation, Raymond Weil SA, Thyssenkrupp besides other international companies. He also represents private equity and venture capital funds, and start-up companies in their financial investments, he keeps up due diligence and documentation.
Mr. Raja Sujith has delivered presentation on M&A, outsourcing, employment law compliance, structuring of foreign investments into India, foreign investment in Indian real estate, VC fund structuring, contract law and related subjects at many national and international forums. He is a member of the International Bar Association and Inter Pacific Bar Association.
Sita Nanduri
Academic Advisor
Dr. Sita Nanduri is a seasoned school leader with over 18 years of experience across early childhood, primary, and secondary education. A dentist by training, she transitioned into education after working in child services in the USA.
She has held leadership roles at Deens Academy, Valistus International School, and Wellsprings Academy and has successfully developed teachers and led the implementation of CBSE and Cambridge curricula.
Recognised as one of the 10 Best Women Leaders in International Schools (2024), she now heads a reputed CBSE school in Whitefield, Bengaluru - inspiring innovation, experiential learning, and inclusive practices that nurture students’ growth and excellence.
Lalitha Desikan
Senior Academic Advisor
Lalitha Desikan, served as a Principal of Vidya Niketan School, a renowned ICSE and Cambridge school in Bengaluru. She has a postgraduate degree in English and is a certified career guidance Coach.
Retired after 31 years of service in school education, she stands out in inventing advanced teaching strategies and creating a nurturing environment for students and educators. She is well-known for strong people management, fostering adaptive learning environments, and modern teaching strategies.
Pramod Pillai
Academic Advisor
Pramod Pillai, is a visionary school leader with 24 years of leadership experience in Cambridge, CBSE, and ICSE/ISC curricula schools. Pramod is now serving as Principal of Lecole Chempaka group of schools in Trivandrum.
With his expertise in teacher development, he has trained over 500 educators and designed impactful programs, including Cambridge PDQs and Learning Journals. His work on transforming schools nationally and internationally earned him the “50 Top Indian School Leader Award” and recognition as a visionary in holistic education.
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