About Us
"We are really impressed with Surya Software’s products, people and their approach. We engaged them for automating our entire treasury operations. Their product CorpTreasury, is outstanding and unrivalled in the industry. What really sets them apart for us is their ability to really listen to the customers’ needs and provide a mutually workable solution. The project team was highly co-operative, accommodative, hard-working and knowledgeable. It was a great pleasure working with them."
- Nitin Mandavkar, Sr. VP & group head, and Anand Parasramka, VP & Head - Treasury Automation Project, GTL Limited
Management Team
Management Team
Surya is led by a top-notch management team with extensive experience in financial risk management, treasury management, banking, and software product development.
D.N.Prahlad, Founder and CEO
Prahlad has a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore. Formerly a Senior Vice-President at Infosys Technologies, he played a pivotal role in that company’s growth story, contributing 35% of the revenues and 45% of the profits. Prahlad is also an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, where he teaches Distributed Operating Systems.
Jayant Yardi, Director
Jayant has extensive international banking experience at senior executive levels. After taking an M A in Economics from the University of Cambridge UK, Jayant joined Grindlays, subsequently acquired by ANZ. The last 10 years of Jayant's career was spent at ANZ Group, Melbourne where he held positions such as Group Chief Strategist, Strategic Planning, General Manager ANZ Investment Bank, Member, Group Funds/Risk Management Committee. Other Group Appointments included, Assistant Director, Capital Markets Group, London, Head Treasury & Investment Banking Middle East; Head Treasury and Merchant Banking. India. Jayant has a special interest in default modeling of credit risk and has developed probability of default models using advanced statistical techniques. Jayant lives in Melbourne.
Ravi C., CTO
A former Vice-President at Infosys Technologies, Ravi was the Head of Engineering, and instrumental in designing and developing Infosys' popular banking product, Finacle.
Sreekanth M.M., Director
Sreekanth has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mysore. He was one of founding employees of Surya and is the architect behind Surya’s BALM and CARE solutions. He is also a key player in developing relationships with clients for product development and support.
Srinivas Rao B. V., Director
Srinivas has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Mysore. He was one of the founding employees of Surya and is the technical architect of many of Surya’s products.
Surya also has an expert team of advisors who bring to bear their extensive experience and knowledge in directing the company’s efforts.
Dilip Naib, Advisor
Dilip is the CEO of Mount Olive Capital, New York. Dilip has held several senior management positions and served as the Managing Director, LATAM Markets for Chase Manhattan; Managing Director, Emerging Markets Derivatives for Citibank; and Manager Treasury, Dubai & Singapore.
Cyrus Vachha, Advisor
In addition to being an Advisor to Surya Systems, Cyrus serves as an Advisory Board Member, P/E at Motilal Oswal. He has held senior executive roles with some of India's best-known companies including ABN AMRO, India, where he was the Deputy Head, and ANZ Grindlays, India, where he was the Chief Manager, Corporate Bank, Retail Bank, Information Technology and Audit Head for South Asia.
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