Gautam Birudavolu

A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from JNTU-Hyderabad went on to do a Management Education Program from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

He started his career with Indus Group with his involvement in the Project Planning & Execution of plant up-gradation and expansion of the group company Asian Herbex at its production facility at Hyderabad and later moved full-time construction activities since 1998. In 1999 he was elevated to the post of Managing Director of Indus.

In 2007 he took over the role of CEO for GreenPark Hotels & Resorts (a Hyderabad-based Hotel group) and since then the company has evolved under his leadership.

With a strategic goal of making it a strong pan India operator of hotels and select facilities; his role was pivotal in spearheading the company’s recent foray into facility management (ISB, Hyderabad) and upscale hotels with the brands Marigold and Avasa.

Under him, GreenPark transformed from a company owning three standalone hotels into an organization with a corporate leadership team with capabilities of a hotel chain to consistently provide quality services across multiple locations with a common brand promise.

Gautam, currently the moving force behind Indus & GreenPark manages to strike a great work-life balance and pursue all his interests.

An avid vintage and classic car enthusiast, a devout cyclist, a serial reader, and an ardent traveler, Gautam’s interests are as multifarious as his ideas to lead the two companies to greater heights.