The Founders
A.Chitra Uthappa
Founder and Managing Director
Chitra is a successful Entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience across different industries such as Business Process Outsourcing, Banking, online business and Agricultural Services. Togetherwith her husband Radhakrishnan, she has launched her first entrepreneurial venture “Aromas of Coorg”.
In the first phase of her career, Chitra has worked with large corporate like Kotak Mahindra Bank, Aditya Birla Group, iSeva/e4e and Microsoft. All these roles have been with fast growing sunrise industries where she played significant roles in building the businesses and growing the companies to the next level. She has been part of strategic teams, building new verticals and setting companies on high growth path.
In second phase of her career, Chitra has been involved as a mentor/ consultant for many start-ups, like AeNwis ,BookurTable and few recruitment firms where she was part of management team setting company direction and building the platform for high growth. Business Acquisition and team building and management are some of the areas where she has worked extensively.
She has been involved in growing her coffee estate business for the last few years before starting Aromas of Coorg. That has been the most instrumental inspiration to start the company. With her involvement, the coffee plantation has grown both in terms of size and profitability multifold.
Chitra brings with her the passion to build a customer centric company and the relentless focus on quality.
Chitra holds an under graduate degree in Business management from JSS College,Mysore University and an MBA from Manipal University.
Radhakrishnan
Founder and COO
Radhakrishnan is a seasoned professional with nearly 15 years of experience in large corporates. Like Dell, Manpower Inc., Infosys etc. and has extensive experience in building and managing large operations across multiple verticals & locations.
Throughout his career his roles has been into operational expertise to critical areas of business driving key transformational objectives in determining strategies and improving performance. This includes strategic operations planning and execution.
At Aromas of Coorg, he is chief of Operations, responsible for day to day operations and as well leading the company’s product development. In his role he focuses on driving growth with the disciplined execution needed to achieve excellence.
He has been actively involved in managing the coffee plantation operations apart from running the day to day at Aromas of Coorg. The extensive involvement at plant level in the estates has brought in many ideas to create fully sustainable & ecofriendly products & unique blends at Aromas of Coorg which are the biggest differentiators for the company.
He leads a team that is charged with providing the clients with mutually beneficial operational solutions and aligning the operational procedures of Machine Servicing, Onsite manpower; Break down management, Installation, Order, Delivery, Quality Assurance, Feedback processes and Technology to deliver upon that promise.
He is the driving force behind establishing Aromas of Coorg as a unique and Ecofriendly Product company which is highly Service driven, focusing on Quality and Innovation.
Radhakrishnan holds an MBA from Loyola University.
our Inspiration
We are a company of promise and commitment, we are inspired purely driven by our valued consumers. Our consumers are our centre of universe. That AHA moment which they can get when they taste our coffee, the feeling, the melting stress and the rush of energy which we can bring to their days is what inspires us.
We continuously do our own R&D to build the perfect blend, in line with our ever evolving consumer’s tastes and demands. We are a company driven by hard work, dedication and commitment. Each day our cup represents a consistent blend to share our passion for our consumers and with that we live our purpose.
By being mindful and committed to these ideals, we uphold our dedication and commitment to people and their wellbeing. We promote an environment where we can push beyond boundaries and our brand that help to fuel the best in everyone, everywhere.