Shreyas Gopinath

Current

Research Associate at Centre for Micro Finance

Past

Country Manager - Financial Inclusion at Comat Technologies
Director - Operations at SAMUHA - Micro-Credit
Senior Manager at ICICI Bank

Engineer at Honeywell Technology Solutions Limited

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Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

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Shreyas Gopinath’s Summary

Practitioner and now, a researcher with 4 years of experience across retail banking analytics, micro-finance and inclusive banking models. Experience working with range of stakeholders - private and public sector bankers, NGOs, Governments and rural clients.

Shreyas Gopinath’s Specialties:

Business Planning, Accounting, Analytics, Banking operations, Micro-credit, Social Enterprises, Rural Business Models, Micro-finance, Research

Shreyas Gopinath’s Experience

Research Associate

Centre for Micro Finance

(Non-Profit; Research industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Research on sector-wide and policy issues in micro-finance
Country Manager - Financial Inclusion

Comat Technologies

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )

Comat Technologies is a social enterprise providing G2C and B2C services through a network of more than 1000 telecentres in Karnataka and Haryana.

I work with Comat's B2C unit to develop products and services for rural communities, especially in the areas of financial inclusion and inclusive banking, to be served through Comat's tele-centers.

Activities Undertaken:

1. Implementation of payment mechanisms for rural areas
2. Roll-out of correspondent banking models in rural and semi-urban areas.
3. Working with senior management on roll-out strategies for rural business services.
Director - Operations

SAMUHA - Micro-Credit

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)

September 2007 — April 2008 (8 months)

SAMUHA is a Karnataka-based NGO working with vulnerable people for more than 20 years now with interventions in community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities, AIDS, watershed development, remote sensing and micro-credit.

I work with their micro-credit operations in two districts of North Karnataka. As Director of Operations, I am responsible for:

1. Day-to-day operations of the micro-credit wing

2. Developing a scalable and replicable model of accounting, book-keeping and operations for future expansions

3. Project Management - Development of a comprehensive software for managing micro-credit and micro-finance initiatives.

4. New Initiatives and Product Development
Senior Manager

ICICI Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

May 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 4 months)

Worked with the bank's Business Intelligence Unit (BIU) and handled analytically-driven strategy management for the largest Credit Cards business in the country.

I worked with TRIAD, a predictive analytics engine that drives strategies across:

Credit Line Management

Risk-based Repricing

Collections

Project Management for a version upgrade

I also worked on account management projects involving settlements, bill-cycle rationalization and loss-forecasting.

Expertise in the use of data-mining tools and techniques - SPSS Clementine, SAS, SQL
Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions Limited

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2003 — June 2003 (6 months)

Shreyas Gopinath’s Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

PGDM , Finance, Marketing , 2003 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Member, Special Interest Group in Finance (SIGFI)
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bangalore

B.E , Electronics and Communication Engineering , 1998 — 2002