Padma Chandrasekaran

Padma Chandrasekaran, Angel Investor and Management Advisor is an active investor based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This profile covers what Padma Chandrasekaran backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Ms. Padma Chandrasekaran is a Co-Founder & serves as Board Member at Health Sensei. Ms. Chandrasekaran is an Angel Investor. She serves as Board Member at Samunnati. Ms. Chandrasekaran serves as an Executive Committee Member at The Chennai Angels. She serves as a Sponsor and Investment Committee Member at Achieving Women Equity. She serves as a Fund Advisor at Capria Ventures. She is also a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) Chennai, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship. She is a founding trustee and board member of Algolabs, the AI/data science initiative of the Chennai Mathematical Institute. She is an expert in the IT / Internet sector where she has traversed the standard gradient of developer, manager, executive officer, and entrepreneur. In software services, she has worked for ICIM / ICL UK in Mumbai, Pune, UK, and the Bay Area, California. She was a founding member of Sify Ltd, India's first Internet company, and was a part of the team that took it public on Nasdaq in 1999. She has worked as a Senior Program Manager for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has held responsibilities for strategy development, program implementation, impact evaluation, and research in HIV prevention initially, managing a portfolio of over $200 million in grants. Subsequently, she managed major initiatives in infectious diseases (vaccines, diagnostics) and maternal and child care. She manages her own investments. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics/Statistics from the University of Calcutta, an MBA (PGP 1984) from IIM Ahmedabad, and an MBA with specialization in Telecommunications from the University of San Francisco, California.

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