User:PadmakumarAnanthakrishnan

Born in Trivandrum, Kerala on 6th October 1961, Padmakumar Ananthakrishnan spent the first 10 years of his life in Trivandrum (now Thiruananthapuram). His father Ananthakrishnan, passed away when Padmakumar was just 2 years old. His mother passed away when he was 7. He was raised by his eldest brother and sister-in-law, who took on the role of parents and brought him up and educated him, right upto his Master's Degree in Management.

Padmakumar did his early schooling in Holy Angel's Convent, Trivandrum, followed by a year in Model High School, Trivandrum. He then shifted to Madurai, where he completed his high school from Seventh Day Adventists English High School. After his pre-university at NMSSVN College, he did his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Saurshtra College, affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University. He graduated with the University First Rank in BBA.

He joined Hindustan Lever Limited as a Salesman in the Personal Products Division. However, to follow his dream of completing his MBA, he joined Madurai Kamaraj University for his MBA. He completed this also with the University First Rank.

He joined Computer Maintenance Corporation (CMC) as a Marketing Executive. In a stint of over 13 years with CMC, he held various positions such as Sr. Executive - Planning & Monitoring, Business Development Manager - Power Sector, Business Manager - Ports & Cargo. He also worked for other multinational companies such as Maersk and HTC.

He then joined Microsoft in Hyderabad, India, in the Consulting Services business unit and built the Services Pursuit team to support global Services Sales Teams of Microsoft.

After an 8 year stint with Microsoft where he travelled to over 20 countries on business, Padmakumar starting his consulting and training company named AnmolSparsh Consulting Services, based out of Hyderabad.