Osmania University alumnus to join T-Hub as CEO

Other than being a firm believer of innovator, Rao has over three decades of experience in the IT industry and is a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs and heads the Global Alliance of Mass Entrepreneurship in India.

Hyderabad: Telangana’s startup ecosystem builder T-Hub has got a new head with the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO). OU Engineering alumnus M Srinivas Rao will be taking over the role from Ravi G Narayan. Rao is from IIM-Bengaluru and a serial entrepreneur and was the co-founder of cybersecurity firm Aujas. Narayan had succeeded T-Hub’s first CEO Jay Krishnan and had been appointed in January 2019.

Other than being a firm believer of innovator, Rao has over three decades of experience in the IT industry and is a member of The Indus Entrepreneurs and heads the Global Alliance of Mass Entrepreneurship in India. He co-founded Aujas in 2008.

Announcing Rao as the new CEO, Telangana IT principal secretary Jayesh Ranjan tweeted, “So the baton passes. We bid farewell to Ravi Narayan, CEO of T-Hub and welcome M Srinivas Rao as new CEO.”

And so the baton passes__ we bid farewell to @ravignarayan CEO of ⁦@THubHyd⁩ and welcome M Srinivas Rao as new CEO. A graduate of OU Engg & IIM B, a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of cybersecurity firm-Aujas, and a champion of innovation; wishing both of you all the best. pic.twitter.com/nOV0N3tYWk

— Jayesh Ranjan (@jayesh_ranjan) October 1, 2021

During Narayan’s tenure as CEO T-Hub has grown manifold with the State being ranked among top 30 in the Global Talent Ecosystems and the incubator’s contribution has been reflected in the Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER). Among 300 ecosystems evaluated globally, Hyderabad was ranked among the Top 100 Emerging Ecosystems.

Rao is being appointed at a time when the second phase of T-Hub is all set for launch and the incubator is aiming to become a bigger and better destination for not just startups in Telangana but also pan-India and globally.