tnesa

Our team

A senior, dedicated team spanning strategy, regulation, partnerships and delivery

Strong technical capability, advisors with proven partnership development and delivery experience, a seasoned delivery team and in-country advisory and technical expertise.

Tam Sridhar
Tam Sridhar
Managing Partner

Tam Sridhar is the Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He was the architect of the IITB–Monash Research Academy and the SEU–Monash joint graduate school at Suzhou, China.

Adrian Gertler
Adrian Gertler
Strategic Advisor, Higher Ed

Adrian is a business strategy and higher education professional with more than 20 years of experience across international partnerships, organisational strategy and business development.

Kiran Ajayakumar
Kiran Ajayakumar
Director, Client Relations

Kiran leads tnesa’s business development and on-ground engagement. With a background in strategy and partnerships, he works closely with institutions and stakeholders to drive transnational education initiatives.

Girija Subramanian
Girija Subramanian
Director, Delivery & Operations

Girija is an outcome-driven delivery leader with a strong track record delivering complex initiatives across large enterprise environments. She brings clarity, discipline and momentum to projects to drive end-to-end delivery.

Mohan Krishnamoorthy
Mohan Krishnamoorthy
Senior Advisor & Founder

Mohan is a Senior Advisor and Founder. He has a wealth of India partnership experience and was responsible for delivery of large-scale partnerships in India for Monash, UQ & RMIT. These are widely recognised as the best scale-based Aus–India partnerships.

Michelle Hoodbhoy
Michelle Hoodbhoy
Senior Consultant, TNE Strategy

Michelle has over 32 years experience in the tertiary education sector including extensive experience in the international education industry. She led the development and implementation of many a Transnational Education (TNE) Strategy.

Balamurali AR
Balamurali AR
Director, Research & Analytics

Bala completed his joint PhD at the prestigious IITB–Monash Research Academy, a premier model of India–Australia transnational education. He brings over 20 years of academic and industrial experience.

Why this team

Pedigree that regulators, vice-chancellors and boards already recognise

Architects, not observers

The IITB–Monash Research Academy and the SEU–Monash joint graduate school in Suzhou were designed and built by members of this team — not studied from the outside.

Delivery at scale

Large-scale India partnerships delivered for Monash, UQ and RMIT, widely recognised as the strongest scale-based Australia–India partnerships to date.

On the ground in India

Permanent in-country business leadership working directly with institutions, states and stakeholders — not through intermediaries or agents.

Next steps

Meet the team that has done this before

We will bring the relevant senior advisors to your first session — not a business development function.