Mr. L. Somasundaram

Mr. L. Somasundaram is an analyst with 23 years of experience in managing and executing economic research projects of diverse nature, and delivering map-based analytics of economic parameters.
He expertise is in conceiving, designing and implementing ICT tools for development and governance with real-time data. Earlier, he was Executive Director, Centre for Development Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR).
In my earlier assignments I was a member in different committees set up by the State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu, on state level economic planning. In IFMR, I set up the Development Metrics Programme that created the ICT tools for Development. Prior to joining IFMR, I was with Reliance Industries Limited as Economist in its Business Intelligence Unit, Chennai
At Akara, he lead the research, product development and Governance & visual analytics solutions I have conceived and executed successful impact driving projects in the areas of Water & Sanitation, Urban Governance, economic clusters, industrial and urban water supply, solid waste management and pollution monitoring projects.
The common theme he specialise across the sectors is the removal of information asymmetry for various stakeholders and empowering them to make informed decisions.
Over the last 5 years, he have taken up mentoring of startups. My focus is on value chain, business strategy and entrepreneurial finance.