Ajayya Kumar

Ajayya Kumar is a COO, Author, Management Thinker & Art curator.^[1][2]

Ajayya Kumar
Born	Cherpu, Thrissur, Kerala
Nationality	Indian
Education	Doctorate in Management
Alma mater	Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Institute of Management Accountants USA, American Academy of Financial Management
Occupation(s)	Art curator, Author, COO

He is founder and chief curator of Sarvamangala Arts Initiative, Sarvamangala Trust and Sarvamangala Productions.^[3]

Ajayya was the first to use a rescue code for children to protect them from domestic violence. His short film Rescue code on the subject was also chosen for the Canes Lions Festival.^[4]

Early life and career

Ajayya was born on January 26, 1970, in Cherpu, Thrissur, Kerala. He is the youngest of four children born to Hindi scholar A.M.N.Nair and maths teacher Bharathy Menon. He attended C.N.N.B.H.S. school in Thrissur, where his mother taught. In 1993, his mother retired. He graduated from high school with a degree in mathematics. He also holds Doctorate in Management from ESC Clermont Business School .^{[citation needed]} In 1994, Ajay joined the technology giant ABB as Management Accountant.^{[citation needed]}

He has been conferred a fellowship from ICWAI and a Certified Management Accountant from IMA, USA, whose membership he has been holding since 1999. In addition, he is a ‘Master Financial Professional’ from the American Academy of Financial Management.^[5] Ajayya joined Emircom, an ICT Integrator company based in the GCC.^[6]

Filmography

• Burning: It received critical acclaim and was chosen for the Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India 2018; it has since been screened at 40 film festivals worldwide.^[7]
• Dammy (2021)^[8]
• The Rescue Code^[9]

Bibliography

• Lessons from 21 Films for the 21st Century Entrepreneurs, 9 November 2021, p:102, ISBN 9798763089547
• Business Gita, January 2023, p;136, ISBN 1739143302^[1]
• Mindful Parenting:The Art of Guiding Children to Success, 8 July 2022, p:196, ISBN 979-8886299052^[10]
• Formula-G : Scale Your Startup to a Growth Machine, 9 November 2021, p;166, ISBN 1685234542
• Nalla Amma Nalla Achan, January 2022, p;158, ISBN 9391293336
• Nethruthvavikasanam 21 Loka Cinemakaliloode, 1 January 2022, p;146, ISBN 978-9391293451