Dr Srinivas Chunduru, former advisor for Ola has joined food start-up Snack Amor as a strategic advisor.

He has also invested an undisclosed amount in the company through his family office VANS Investments. Started in 2017, Snack Amor is a healthy snack start up founded by Deepak Grover.

Dr Chunduru is the founder of VANS Group and has recently been inducted as Chief Advisor- Strategic alliances and Member of the Board at fintech start-up Crowdera. He has been a key advisor for Ola as its Interim CHRO and CEO (OSPL) and continues to be on the board of Ola group companies (OSPL).

With over 20 years’ experience at Piramal Housing Finance as Business Head and Executive Director, Dr Srinivas has unparalleled expertise across diverse functions such as P&L Management, Business Development, Corporate Strategy, M&A, Investor Relations and Strategic HR.

Speaking about his association with Snack Amor, Dr Chunduru said, “I'm extremely excited to join hands with Snack Amor. It is my privilege to be part of a company that is contributing to a healthier India. The product concept has the potential to grow multifold in the years to come. I'm looking forward to working closely with the young team of Snack Amor led by an enterprising young founder Deepak Grover.”

Deepak Grover, Founder and CEO of Snack Amor stated, “We are delighted to welcome Dr Srinivas on board Snack Amor. Dr Srinivas has an exceptional and unique track record in both business and HR with large corporates as well as established start-ups. His contribution to our next level of growth and design & implementation of the best in class HR strategy for us would play an immensely important role for us. We are looking forward to working closely with him to fulfil our mission of contributing to a healthier India by providing tasty, healthy, natural, immunity building and affordable 4 PM snacking alternatives.”

Dr Chunduru has earlier worked with initiatives in the space of Food, Livelihood, Skill Development, and Education. He is the Founder and Member of the Board of Vans Group (Vans Investments, Vans Skilling, and Advisory) which has interests in varied areas like Edutech, Fintech, Skilling & advisory, and HR analytics. He is also on the board of AF Capital (Avail), a digital financial services company.