Devadas Krishnan, CDO at the Nudge Institute

Devadas Krishnan

Chief Development Officer

Devadas Krishnan is the Chief Development Officer at The/Nudge Institute, where he leads global fundraising and partnerships to support the organisation’s mission of building resilient livelihoods and working towards a poverty-free India within our lifetime.

Devadas brings over 20 years of leadership experience across telecom, media, consumer internet, SaaS, D2C, and education. Over his career, he has led P&L ownership, scaled high-growth businesses, driven turnarounds, and built revenue and partnership engines across startups and large organisations. He has held senior leadership roles with organisations including Vodafone, Zee, Peppertap, Symphony and G4S, and has worked closely with founders, boards, and investors. A multiple-time founder and CEO, Devadas co-founded HandyTrain, an HR SaaS company, and Brihaspati AI, a AI-based personal companion app for GenZ.

Devadas has a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and is a law graduate.

Devadas Krishnan, CDO at the Nudge Institute

Devadas Krishnan

Chief Development Officer

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