Our Leadership

The Experts Behind AKIRA

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Expert Team

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Finest Result

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Real Solution

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Lokesh Thati, Co-founder & Head of Sales

Lokesh is an leading the charge of helping large, medium and small enterprises in their analytics strategy, roadmap & execution.

An alumnus of prestigious PSG Tech, Lokesh is an entrepreneurial data enthusiast, technophile, and enterprise advisor. He has more than 13 years  of experience in the field of Data Science and Technology .He enjoys inspiring people by demonstrating how data can be explored, transformed and leveraged to find out imperceptible insights and address their current and future challenges. 

Yuvraj Gharat, Director

Yuvraj takes care of the finance, legal, accounting, and treasury operations including all statutory compliances related to GST and Income Tax. He comes with over a decade of experience in managing various audits, company law and taxation matters, annual budgets, financial planning, and forecasting. He is a certified CA from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a CS Inter from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce with a focus on Accounts and Finance from Mumbai University.

Sanket Adhikari, Director & Head of Delivery

Sanket considers himself a team player who loves to solve problems for his stakeholders. Having seen and contributed to the growth of analytics services consulting and delivery in the past decade, he understands the nuances of what make analytic engagements successful and how to engage with the clients and teams. At Akira he is responsible for the overall delivery and help us achieve the scale given the growth path we are on.

He has worked with various Fortune 500 organizations across India, US and European geographies with industries like Insurance, Banking, High Tech & Retail services. He loves the critical role of sensing and scoping problems, engagements / delivery models, execution and scaling data driven teams into Centre of Excellence.

Lalatendu Sahoo, Director

Lalatendu spearheads solutioning across diverse business practices, focusing on innovation and technology-driven strategies. Recognized as a go-to IP strategist, he supports corporate innovation agendas by helping firms understand the value emerging technologies bring to their business models. With over 12 years of experience, his expertise spans technology and market intelligence, patent research, social media analytics, and data analytics and automation.

Lalatendu holds a double Master’s degree in Physics (Photonics) from SSSIHL and Engineering (Optoelectronics and Optical Communications) from IIT Delhi.

Sharad R, Practice Head - DA

Sharad has been empowering businesses with data intelligence for over 15 years, fueled by an ever-growing passion for learning. His career began in a specialized IT function just as it started gaining prominence, allowing him to evolve alongside advancements in ETL and BI technologies.
Sharad’s expertise lies in comprehending the business implications of data, with a strong command over telecom, retail, supply chain, and manufacturing data warehousing. He is consistently chosen by clients for his ability to integrate data technology with a profound business focus, which he believes is crucial for future readiness in the industry.

Karthik Malreddy, Practice Head - DE

Karthik, an alumnus of Anna University & did Master’s from UK with 14 years of experience in Data Analytics & Data Science. A tech enthusiast and likes to pick new areas to explore & solve with the team. is leading the Data Engineering practice along with solution design and delivery for Data Integration, Governance, Catalog & Quality on varied cloud platforms for our clients. Also leads the recruitment, learning & development verticals for the practice growth. He works with customers to design the solutions and define a strategic path on evolving data analytic patterns to provide business intelligence which contributes to mutual growth 

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