RVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Trichy main road, Sulur, Coimbatore.
Managing Trustee, RVS Educational Institutions
Dr. K. Senthil Ganesh is the Managing Trustee of RVS Educational Institutions, which today encompasses over 50 institutions serving more than 20,000 students. Since 2000, he has played a pivotal role in the growth of the RVS Group, working alongside the Founder-Chairman, Dr. K. V. Kuppuswamy, to assemble a team of eminent academicians, management experts, and finance professionals. Between 2000 and 2008, this vision translated into the establishment of 10 new institutions in diverse fields including Dental, Health Sciences, Engineering, and Alternative Medicine.
With more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning strategy, finance, and marketing, Dr. Senthil Ganesh has been instrumental in transforming RVS into one of South India’s most respected educational groups. From 2008 onward, he embarked on a large-scale transformation project with a focus on Digital Disruption and Relevance in Education for the 21st century. Under his leadership, the Arts & Science, Health Sciences, and Ayurveda institutions were repositioned with innovative curricular, co-curricular, and administrative reforms. This division grew from 2,500 students to more than 7,500, earning numerous accolades along the way.
Ranked 1st in international student enrollment by Bharathiar
University (2007)
Named among Top 4 Colleges in Coimbatore by Times of India (2008)
College of the Year – Silicon India Magazine (2019)
Top 10 Emerging Colleges in India – Business Connect (2020)
Best College - Business Week (2008 - 09)
Ranked among Top 100 B-Schools in India - Higher Education Review
(2021)
As a recognition of his leadership in education, Dr. Senthil Ganesh also served as Chairman of CII, Coimbatore (2023-24), where he led collaborations between academia, industry, and government to strengthen regional development.
Dr. Ganesh is a constant learner and has completed over 20 global executive education programs from world-renowned institutions including MIT, Harvard, Oxford, Kellogg, London Business School, IMD, and ISB. His recent focus includes advanced programs in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, finance, real estate, and strategy, reflecting his commitment to bringing global insights into Indian higher education.
Prior to joining RVS full time, Dr. Ganesh worked in the US IT sector:
Business Application Developer, Zales Corporation (1997–1998)
Founder & Principal IT Consultant, Mantel Corporation (1998–2002),
servicing Fortune 500 clients including Sprint and AT&T
Technical Consultant, Cracker Barrel Inc. (RETEK ERP application)
He continues to engage actively with industry as an investor and board member of Transform Tech, an EdTech company focused on online programs in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, and IoT.
Ph.D. in Management, Bharathiar University, India (2018)
M.Sc. Software Engineering, University of Westminster, UK
(2004)
MBA, Texas A&M University–Commerce, USA (1997)
BBA, East Texas State University, USA (1995)
Dr. Senthil Ganesh is widely regarded as an edupreneur with a digital vision. His initiatives in curriculum design, faculty training, and industry-linked programs aim to create future-ready graduates equipped with skills in Data Science, AI, Big Data Analytics, and Cloud Computing. With a belief that education must evolve with technology, he has consistently worked to position RVS institutions as pioneers of Education for the Digital Era.
Mrs. Srividya Lakshmi wields the office of an ardent and active correspondent for a spectrum of RVS Group of educational institutions at sulur, Coimbatore. She has been endowed with acquisition of more than a decade’s ripe experience in food service industry. Evincing utmost interest, she has played a vital and vibrant role in the transformation of RVS hostels, which accommodate more than 3000 students.
Her remarkable expertise in change management emanates from accomplishing successful, down to earth practical changes brought in, thoroughly revamping the 30 years of management legacy. This has contributed for more than 20 percent of cost reduction and a significantly stupendous enhancement in student satisfaction. Some of the pivotal changes made by her include the centralization of the procurement and production systems in the hostels.
Her current change management project goal is to transform RVS Matriculation School into a dynamic center of excellence in terms of quality oriented academics, pedagogy and state of the art infrastructure involving cutting edge technologies of the modern trends.
She has developed a unique sense of flair for remodeling and designing buildings through her intense education and wide travels. By amalgamating the western and eastern design concepts, she has redesigned more than 1,00,000 square feet of buildings for RVS institutions and her other clients.
She has abundant passion and a deep concern for ecology and the environment preservation and has volunteered many initiatives for raising awareness among students and the public. Srividya Lakshmi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Madras University and PG diploma in interior designing.
