Last Revised and Updated December 18, 2009 Introduction to Madhavan T Gopalachary Madhavan Thotalam Gopalachary, nick name "madgopes" (g pronounced as in go) given by IIT classmates, is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He is a typical product of Indian Public Schools System (Private in USA), having done his Senior Cambridge 'O' Level and did it in a school, St. Mary's Academy, run by Irish Catholic Brothers belonging to the St. Patrick's Church in Meerut, UP, India. He also studied in St. Joseph High School, Allahabad, UP, India for some time in between. According to him, his limited success is all due to his both school teachers, dead parents and providence and all his innumerable failures are due to his personal shortcomings. The only thing he is happy about in his life is that he was the school topper in English Literature. He was rated the best précis and essay writer in English by his teachers  Brother Burns, Brother Fleming, Father Aloysius G Rego and Mr. John J Sundaram. He has over 37 years of experience in the Corporate World. He started off as a trainee in 1972 and handled sales, marketing, manufacturing, product management, profit center management, strategic planning and corporate development including R & D in various organizations and at various levels before becoming a CEO. His last two professional assignments were at CEO level before embarking to start management consultancy business on January 01, 1998. He has worked for British, Swedish MNCs as well as very large Indian business houses. He had spent a large portion of his time from June 1998 in East African Countries practicing as an independent Management Consultant. He has worked in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. He is in Chennai, TN, India from late 2008 and continuing his management consultancy practice.  His professional achievements in India has been well recorded in Indian National Print Media like Business India, Business Standard and Advertising & Marketing Journals. He believes in a common sense approach to solving our day to day business and personal problems. His contribution was also noticed by the Kenyan press, as he was involved with the first merger of two small private banks in Kenya. He received an invitation, dated September 14, 2001 after being nominated, from Boston, Massachusetts, USA based  "Who's Who Historical Society" to be listed in their 2001-2002 edition of International Who's Who of professionals. He specializes in Marketing, Strategic Planning, Manufacturing, Profit  Center Management, Corporate development and HRD areas. He has a reasonable understanding of Economics, Finance, Commerce and related subjects. In fact his experience covers the whole gamut of Corporate Management in all areas of business. His experience is in  such varied and diversified industries like Diesel engines, Trucks, Construction, Mining and Earth moving machinery, Mechanical power transmission and Material Handling  equipment, Surface protection and Building materials, Bulk drugs and Chemicals, Polyurethane and Polyethylene Materials, Packaging, Textiles, Health care, Insurance, Banking, FMCG products like Flour, Soft Drinks, Biscuits etc., Entertainment, Media and Communication (EMC) industries. He is a Visiting Professor in various areas of Management and takes classes for students and working executives on Entrepreneurship, Industrial Marketing, Leadership, Strategy, New Product Development, Project Management, Business Valuations, Micro Finance, Private Equity Investments, Capital Raising Strategies and Small Business Management in leading B Schools in TN, India. Please click here to download the MS Word document that indicates the diverse areas he handles. It must be borne in mind he will never handle a subject if he is not confident of getting an excellent rating in it. He will never ever do anything for the sake of doing it or for earning more money. He has published a number of articles on various business, management and general topics which have had more than 12 million hits and 4 million requests for pages from December 1998 till date. He also contributes articles on management and other topics to various publications and newspapers as and when requested. He is an excellent public speaker and delivers key note addresses to renowned associations and educational institutions. If MMG is a globally known name, despite the fact that it is a very small firm with very limited resources, it is purely because of his efforts over the last ten years.  He has tremendous insight and can be amazingly accurate. He is fluent in many languages and has the ability to work in different cultures without losing his self identity. He is a very simple, humble, soft spoken and extremely gentle person by nature, in his personal capacity. However, he can be very assertive, bordering on aggression, in his professional capacity, if the situation so demands. He can put even giant organizations on the defensive, when he shifts into an attack mode. His business philosophy is summed up in our home page. He is a typical 'Transformational Leader' and also a 'Bricoleur', probably because of his humble middle class roots and difficult experiences. He is a fighter and has faced great odds stacked against him in his life. One of his greatest qualities is his ability to take decisions in a matter of seconds, literally. Another quality is, he never regrets, even if he is wrong. He will quickly come up with some correctional remedies and get along with life. He often says 'Never enter, unless you have a viable exit plan'. Lastly, he is lightning fast in implementing the decisions taken and brooks no delay.  He is married to Booma and they have two grown up children, daughter Taara married to Arul and son Sanjay. The latest addition to the family is a grandson, Abhinav born on September 29, 2009.  Information & Public Relations Team, MMG Communications © Copyright.December, 2009 . www.mmgindia.com. Without Prejudice. All rights reserved.