Sriram Bharatam

Sriram started his career with Hewlett-Packard JV in the Strategy & Consulting practice, rising quickly through the ranks. He left a very promising career to establish a non-profit to aid victims of a natural calamity that occurred in Orissa, India in late 1999.

An avid believer of the power of the world wide web, he used the power of internet to raise about US$ 1.5 Million for Cyclone victims & build a global community of 18 million in just 45 days through Cause an Effect foundation. This effort led him to win the world's prestigious Kauffman Community Award for 'Social Entrepreneurship' in the year 2004. http://tinyurl.com/cfxvso2

With this confidence he founded India's first full-cycle interactive agency, iridium Interactive in 2000. The focus of the organization has been to empower both corporates and their end clients through the medium of the internet. Today his team works with leading corporates in nine verticals across 4 continents.

Known for creativity and innovation, he is currently spearheading the cause of Capacity building of Micro and Small business owners across Africa.

He is an alumni of MIT with bachelors in Engineering and Masters in Business Administration & a nominee of Ernst & Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award'.

Specialties

Digital Media Strategist, Innovator, SME Guru, Entrepreneurship, Driving Social Change.