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Leadership team

Kanishka Acharya Founder & CEO

  • Serial entrepreneur 2 IPOs by the age of 24.
  • 34 years of demonstrated history in business successfully in IT hardware, food processing, Agri-tech, mining & infrastructure and Bioscience
  • Visionary behind the Welldercare mission

With a vision to create a meaningful social impact by holistically addressing the needs of an ageing demographic, Kanishka started Welldercare in India. He brings a deep passion, commitment, and vision to this business, largely drawn from personal experience and philanthropy.

An experienced serial entrepreneur who is always ahead of his generation, took his first company for an IPO at the age of 21, followed by the second IT hardware company going public at the age of 24 … Innovative, lively and passionate to live a good life, Kanishka is a maverick who brings 34 years of demonstrated history in building successful businesses in IT hardware, Food processing, Agri Tech, Mining & infrastructure, and Biosciences across the globe. With this venture, Kanishka aims to redefine the Silver economy through an end-to-end platform that leverages technology, deep learning & research to keep older adults happy & healthy.

Chaitanya Pande Director

  • Over two decades experience in credit, finance and investment.
  • Former Chief Investment Officer (Fixed Income and Structured Products) at ICICI Prudential.
  • Serves on the board of Northern Arc IM and pipeline infrastructure limited.
Chaitanya brings over two decades experience in credit, finance & investments. He worked as the Chief Investment Officer (Fixed Income and Structured Products) at ICICI Prudential AMC. He currently serves on the board of Northern Arc Investment Managers and Pipeline Infrastructure Limited.

Ziegler Colaco Head – Customer Relationship and Business Development

  • A 360⁰ Marketing and Communications professional with over 30 years of extensive experience.
  • Former Chief Strategy Officer at Concept PR and Viscomm 360 Communications.
  • Has led campaigns and marketing for renowned brands including Holiday Inn, Rexona, Venkys, Pepsi and ICICI.
Ziegler brings in extensive experience in Strategic Planning, Advertising, Branding, Digital Marketing, Content Creation, Consulting, Client Servicing, Sales and Integrated Marketing.
He worked on Lever brands like Rexona and Breeze at Lintas. Since then, he has worked and led teams on brands such as Holiday Inn, Blistex, ICICI, Templeton Mutual Fund, LIC, Indiabulls Home Loans, ClearFunds, Heineken, Venkys, Pepsi, Tata Indicom, VSNL and Shoppers Stop.
He was visiting faculty at Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource Development (SCMHRD) and Xavier Institute of Communication (XIC).

Achuthan S Nair Vice President – Sales & Distribution , South India

Achuthan S Nair a sales and marketing professional with over 45 years experience in Consumer durables and Electronics market in India

He brings rich experience having headed the sales and marketing efforts of several Brands, both national and international in all formats of the market – direct sales, dealer & distribution sales and  in e commerce sales He has also as a trainer managed digital transformation of large format organizations very successfully, enabling the scale up of organization and managing trouble shooting to meet scheduled growth objectives.

Engineering team

Prakash Dhanapalan Director of Software Engineering

Prakash is Product & Technology Director with 30+ years of IT experience, primarily in the banking sector.

He previously worked with UOB, Singapore for a year and spent over a decade at SunGard, where he led several multi-million dollar projects.

His extensive expertise spans Product Development, Project Management, and Partner & Vendor Management. At SunGard, he also headed development team operations across Singapore, the Philippines and India.

Mugilan G. Solution Architect

Mugilan is a skilled Solution Architect with over 12 years of experience in software engineering. He has deep expertise in software architectures, programming languages and development tools. Known for his strong analytical and communication skills, he effectively collaborates with cross-functional teams and manages projects across the full software development life cycle.

Karthik Nagaraj Leader & UI Architect

Karthik Nagaraj is an experienced UI Architect and Team Leader with 10+ years in product design, project execution, and front-end architecture. He excels in leading UI/UX design, managing full project delivery and aligning product goals with user needs through effective cross-functional collaboration.

Nambirajan P. DevOps Specialist

Nambirajan is a skilled DevOps Specialist with extensive experience in automating and optimizing software delivery processes. He excels in infrastructure management, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) and ensuring system reliability and scalability.

Emarson S. QA Analyst

Emarson is a detail-oriented QA Analyst with strong expertise in software testing and quality assurance. He specializes in test planning, execution, and ensuring product reliability through thorough defect identification and process improvements.

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