Ananth Aravamudan serves as Chief Technology Officer at Villgro, a leading social enterprise incubator and impact investor. His career spans over 30 years of work in both the social enterprise sector and the corporate world. In his 10 years at Villgro, Ananth set up the climate action vertical, oversaw strategy and program delivery, and now helps the organization navigate emerging technology trends that can create social impact. Prior to this, Ananth spent a 6-year stint with SELCO, a social enterprise specialized in taking renewable energy solutions to people at the base of the economic pyramid. There he was responsible for the creation of SELCO Foundation, architecting several innovative programs to deploy renewable energy in education, agriculture and livelihoods.

In 2015 Ananth was selected as a Fellow of the Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership program, awarded to 14 high-potential individuals from India and Sri Lanka every year, which enabled him to study at the Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

An electronics engineer by training, Ananth worked for more than 14 years at multi-national companies like Siemens, Lucent Technologies and MindTree. His primary areas of focus were wireless communications equipment, embedded systems and medical devices. He held various leadership positions during this time.

Ananth is an active speaker, writer and traveller. He has delivered training and awareness programs at various Indian and international venues, to audiences as varied as technicians, budding entrepreneurs, bankers and Indian parliamentarians. Passionate about nature and the environment, he wrote a long-running weekly column in the Bangalore Mirror on urban wildlife.