| V. M. Muralidharan | |
| Birth Date: | 1959 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chennai, India |
| Alma Mater: | College of Engineering, Guindy |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Spouse: | Kalpana Muralidharan |
| Children: | 2 |
| Awards: | Lifetime Achievement Award Distinguished Alumnus Award Edupreneur Award Eminent Educationist Award Vocational Excellence Award Literary Excellence Award |
Vellore Madhavan Muralidharan, popularly known as Mike Muralidharan, (born 29 December 1959) is an Indian educationist and IT industry veteran. He is the Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women, the Chief Operating Officer of Bahwan CyberTek Group and the Chairman of ALERT NGO. He is a distinguished alumnus of the College of Engineering, Guindy.
He is also an Executive Committee Member at Southern Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Panel Member on the Education Panel, TNSC at FICCI, Charter Member at TiE Chennai, Member at The Chennai Angels, and Charter Member on the Concordia India Advisory Board of Concordia College (New York).
Muralidharan was born on 29 December 1959 in Chennai, India. After completing his school education at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School and pre-university course at Loyola College, Chennai, he went to the College of Engineering, Guindy[1] and graduated in 1983 with a bachelor's with honours degree in electronics and communication engineering.
Muralidharan started his career with two of India’s biggest IT giants – Wipro, between 1983 and 1990, and HCL, from 1990 to 2000, where he rose to the position of General Manager. He was later the Director & President of Precision Techserve.[2] Since 2010, he has been the Chief Operating Officer of Bahwan CyberTek Group, a global software group.[3]
As the Chairman of Ethiraj College Trust, he heads the Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai and the Ethiraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Vellore. Earlier, he served as the Chairman of Ethiraj College Trust from 2013 to 2019. Muralidharan, great grandnephew of the founder and first chairman V. L. Ethiraj, became the first member from the founder's family to head the Trust.[4] Prior to being elected as the Chairman in 2013, he served as the Financial Trustee.[5]
He is also the Chairman of ALERT NGO,[6] a member of The Chennai Angels, a Charter Member at TiE Chennai,[7] Executive Committee Member at Southern Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Panel Member on the Education Panel, TNSC at FICCI, and Charter Member on the Concordia India Advisory Board of Concordia College (New York).