Kannan Gopalakrishnan

Kannan Gopalakrishnan teaches Social Entrepreneurship  at ISDM.

Kannan has 20+ years of corporate experience in Consumer Goods and FMCG in general management, marketing, sales and distribution and retail. 

He leads rural/agriculture initiatives and is also part of the healthcare and micro-enterprises initiatives at Social Venture Partners. He was earlier Retail Director for Nokia India, and MD of Adidas Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia for nearly 14 years. 

Kannan has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli.