Balachandar R

Balachandar R is a Retailer for last 24 years specialising in transforming legacy brands. 

He is a D&B Academic Gold medal Awardee. 

Post his Masters in International business he was Head of Retail for Asia at Hidesign as part of the brands growth upto 2010. 

He cofounded India’s first organised laundry brand, Wassup. 

Last decade he has been actively involved in leading legacy business transformation like Junior Kuppanna, Naturals, Wangs Kitchen, Kanakavalli, Thulasi Pharmacy and many more. 

Current Role - 

He is currently,

- Partner & Executive Director, Junior Kuppanna, South India’s leading non veg cuisine brand with over 48 restaurants in 5 countries. 

- ⁠CoFounder & Partner at Blue Koi Ventures which invests, transforms and scales legacy brands in India with geographic focus in South. 

Other roles - 

- He is an Honorary Council Member of Retailers Association of India, Tamil Nadu.

- He is the Co-Chapter Head for National Restaurant Assn of India (NRAI) Chennai Chapter.

- He is a part of Management Committee in Startup Thamizha, a Tamil Nadu State Government initiative to create First startup reality show in Tamil on TV.