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title: "Sunoop Balaraman - Principal in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Sunoop Balaraman, Principal @ PAYARD INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED | Strategy Alignment, Strategic Leadership based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes perplexity and ChatGPT."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/sunoop-balaraman/share-image"
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# Sunoop Balaraman on Tal

## Headline

Principal @ PAYARD INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED \| Strategy Alignment, Strategic Leadership

## About

I am a seasoned professional with a solid foundation in civil engineering from Bangalore University and advanced training in entrepreneurial studies through the Management Development Program at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode\. My career journey has been marked by leadership roles across diverse sectors, including retail, telecom, eCommerce, and financial services\. Over the years, I have honed my expertise in strategic alignment, operational efficiency, and driving customer\-centric solutions\. Currently leading PAYARD INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED as a small business leader focused on delivering impactful results\. Contact me to connect or learn more about my work\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

perplexity

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Principal at PAYARD INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED, Nov 2023 \- Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Payard Investments Private Limited \(“Payard” or the “Firm”\) is an investment firm with a focus on investing in distressed assets, special situations and litigation financing in the infrastructure, construction, and energy/renewable energy space\.

Mentor at PESU Venture Labs, Oct 2021 \- Sep 2023 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founder at Vipani Technologies LLP, Jan 2021 \- Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Kerala, India, Building Vipani \. Piloting in Kannur , Kerala\. My third startup building grounds up\.\. Fyne, Domus and now Vipani\.\.\.

Vice President at Domus Global Retail Pvt\. Ltd\., Apr 2019 \- Jan 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chief Strategy Officer at Shankara Building Products Ltd, Oct 2017 \- Mar 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

## Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering, bangalore university

Management Development Program, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

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