Harvard MBA grad Kavikrut named as T-Hub CEO
The Hindu
Telangana government appoints former entrepreneur Kavikrut as CEO of T-Hub, aiming to boost startup growth and innovation.
Telangana government has named former startup entrepreneur Kavikrut, who served in leadership roles in multiple companies, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its tech startup incubator T-Hub effective March 10, 2025.
Starting his career as a healthcare startup founder, Mr. Kavikrut worked with leading firms such as Amazon and Piramal Group. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MSc in Finance from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. He joins the incubator with 17 years in leadership roles, 10 of them with travel tech firm OYO.
His expertise will be critical in strengthening T-Hub’s role as an enabler of startup growth and market expansion, the incubator said on Friday (March 7, 2025) announcing the government decision to appoint Mr. Kavikrut as the CEO.
In his previous assignment as Chief Growth Officer at OYO, he played a pivotal role in expanding the firm’s footprint across more than 100 cities in India, launching new ventures, and leading as well as scaling multiple business functions. He also spearheaded its international expansion into Japan in partnership with Yahoo! Japan and SoftBank Japan in 2018.
The previous CEO of T-Hub Mahankali Srinivas Rao had resigned in October 2024. He was at the helm for around three years, including when it [T-HUB] moved into the present swanky, and one of the largest such buildings for incubators globally, in the heart of Hyderabad’s IT and innovation hub in June 2022. Consequently, the government had named Chief Innovation Officer Sujit Jagirdar as the interim CEO.
T-Hub as part of its focus on fostering entrepreneurship and scaling startups through cutting-edge programmes, global market access and deep industry collaboration has supported more than 2,000 startups. Mr. Kavikrut’s appointment will strengthen its mission to empower entrepreneurs, accelerate startup growth and drive the development of world-class products from India for the world, the incubator said.
His passion for startups, global experience and hands-on operational skills make him the ideal leader for T-Hub, Special Chief Secretary, IT and Industries Jayesh Ranjan said.
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