Ajayya Kumar

Ajayya Kumar is a COO, Author, Management Thinker & Art curator.

He is founder and chief curator of Sarvamangala Arts Initiative, Sarvamangala Trust and Sarvamangala Productions.

Ajayya was the first to use a rescue code for children to protect them from domestic violence. His short film Rescue code on the subject was also chosen for the Canes Lions Festival.

Early life and career
Ajayya was born on January 26, 1970, in Cherpu, Thrissur, Kerala. He is the youngest of four children born to Hindi scholar A.M.N.Nair and maths teacher Bharathy Menon. He attended C.N.N.B.H.S. school in Thrissur, where his mother taught. In 1993, his mother retired. He graduated from high school with a degree in mathematics. He also holds Doctorate in Management from ESC Clermont Business School. In 1994, Ajay joined the technology giant ABB as Management Accountant.

He has been conferred a fellowship from ICWAI and a Certified Management Accountant from IMA, USA, whose membership he has been holding since 1999. In addition, he is a ‘Master Financial Professional’ from the American Academy of Financial Management. Ajayya joined Emircom, an ICT Integrator company based in the GCC.

Filmography

 * Burning: It received critical acclaim and was chosen for the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India 2018; it has since been screened at 40 film festivals worldwide.
 * Dammy (2021)
 * The Rescue Code

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