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Swaminathan is the Chief Executive and Founder of IRIS. An economist trained at Yale University, USA, he served briefly
as a Consultant to the World Bank in Washington DC before returning to India to first co-found a software company. He then
went on to pursue a career in the media, serving in senior positions with India's leading financial daily, The Economic Times
and later with the country's leading magazine, Business India. He founded IRIS in 1994. Apart from his passion for information,
Swami is also passionate about cricket, and was closely involved in organizing the World Cup cricket tournaments before founding
IRIS. Swami is also the Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s New Bombay chapter.
K Balachandran (Bala), a co-founder of IRIS, heads the information and research delivery operations at IRIS. He was a Group Leader and
Senior Analyst at CRISIL after a stint as a business economist with Tata Economic Consultancy Services. He rated more than forty companies
while at CRISIL. He led several company and industry research assignments at IRIS and played a crucial role in building the research delivery
capabilities of IRIS. Bala also spearheads the XBRL initiative at IRIS, and is also a Director on XBRL India. Bala is also the CFO of the firm.
Bala is a Chemical Engineer, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Deepta Rangarajan, also a co-founder of IRIS, heads HR and also supports operations at IRIS. She plays a key role in the conceptualization and
design of almost all of IRIS' information products and services, including the content management system and Myiris.com. Before IRIS, she worked
with American Express Bank, and CRISIL (India’s first credit rating agency). Deepta is also a Chemical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
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