Mr Gopal Srinivasan

Chairman & Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds (P) Limited

Gopal Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of TVS Capital Funds (TCF). TCF — a growth private equity platform set up in 2007, is the largest Indian rupee capital Fund in India, with a corpus of ₹2,000 Crores. Under the leadership of Gopal, the platform has invested in more than 30 businesses that include companies like Nykaa, RBL, National Stock Exchange (NSE), Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), GoDigit, Yubi and Five Star Business Finance.

Gopal is a third-generation member of the illustrious TVS Family; his entrepreneurial career spanning well over three decades, in which he has founded, steered and scaled up over 10 new ventures across diverse verticals.

Gopal also believes that the key for building the new India is to energize educational institutions. He has contributed significantly to his alma mater. Gopal is a member of University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business Advisory Board. Gopal was also associated as a Governing Board member of Great Lakes Institute of Management-Chennai, IFMR- Chennai and Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai.

Gopal has played an extensive role in VC/PE industry bodies as well as regulatory policy landscape. He is a board member of the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA). Gopal has been a member of SEBI’s Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC), since 2016 and he is also a board member of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), since its inception in Dec’20.

He actively involves in promoting start-ups and Founding member of The Chennai Angels, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Chennai and Non-official member of National Start-up Advisory Council (NSAC) being formed by the DPITT.

Gopal’s pursuit of excellence in creating an environment of intellectual and creative engagement in his hometown of Chennai led him to yet another initiative to bring together diverse groups of people under the auspices of the Chennai International Center (CIC). As its chairman, he has sought to develop CIC into a think tank that brings together a cornucopia of thought leaders from business, economy, policy, science, art, culture, and governing bodies.

Organizational Positions

Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds P Ltd
Chairman of TVS Electronics Ltd
Director on the Board of TVS & Sons and few other companies in and outside the TVS Group

Gopal is the Honorary Consul General for the Kingdom of Netherlands in Tamil Nadu, in recognition of his standing in the Community.

Board Positions: Academics

Member, Ross School of Business Advisory Board at the University of Michigan, USA
Former Chairman of the University of Michigan’s India Advisory Board
Former member, Governing Councils at: Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA);
Great Lakes Institute of Management; IFMR School of Management

Board Positions: Private Equity / Venture Capital & Advisory Councils

Non-official member on the National Start-up Advisory Council (NSAC) being formed by the DPITT
Board member of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)
Member, Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee (AIPAC) of SEBI since March 2015
Former Chairman of IVCA (Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association): 2016-2018
Former Chairman, of Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Committee for Private Equity & Venture Capital (2009-2011) and Former Chairman of CII Tamil Nadu State Council (2007-2008)
Founding member of The Chennai Angels
Founding member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Chennai
Chairman, Forge CIBI (a Technology Accelerator & Incubator) hosted at the Kumaraguru

Education

Com, Loyola College, Chennai & MBA from Graduate School of Bus. Admn. University of Michigan, USA