Dinesh Ramachandran

Mr. R Dinesh, 53, is the fourth generation TVS Family member, has worked his way up the organization ladder – as is the tradition in the family. A Commerce Graduate and an Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He is the Managing Director of TVS Logistics Services Limited and Joint Managing Director of T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Limited. Apart from the above, he is also Director for various joint ventures and subsidiaries of these companies.

He has been elected as the Chairman for CII Southern Region for the year 2018-2019. Mr. Dinesh is also the Chairman – Logistics Sector Skill Council & CII Institute of Logistics Advisory Council (2018-19).

Mr. Dinesh has won many awards including, ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for ‘Services’ category by Ernst & Young in February 2017. He is also the recipient of TiECON’s ‘Next Gen Entrepreneur of the year 2014’ award and ‘Emerging Entrepreneur’ award by CII in 2010.

Mr. Dinesh, often referred as ‘game changer’ within the fraternity, has started TVS Logistics (TVS LSL) in 2004. Since then under his able leadership the company has grown multifold to become a billion-dollar company in 2017. TVS LSL is the first company to get private equity funding within the group. TVS Logistics has presence across the globe, making it a truly global company and serving customers in over 50 countries. TVS LSL employs around 19,000 strong work force in India. It’s UK arm also provides over 2500 jobs in the UK.

Currently, the companies under his management have a turnover of around USD 2 Billion and employ more than 25,000 people. Mr. Dinesh has been instrumental in expanding his companies’ operations globally and has set up subsidiaries in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Thailand, Bangladesh, United States of America, South Africa, Singapore, China and Australia.