Harsha Tipirneni is a Managing Partner at Aryabhatta Ventures. Harsha is a third generation businessman in a sixty five year old family held business that focuses on real estate, construction and its support activities. His involvement in real estate began in 2000 on his return to India. The objective was to grow on the foundation and goodwill created by his late father and grandfather over the years. Over the past decade, Harsha’s activities included land acquisition, development of urban properties with a focus on residential development and to a smaller extent commercial developments. Harsha’s projects are located in Hyderabad, India and Chennai, India. As a natural extension to the core business the firm has diversified into warehousing and logistic centers. With his experiences over the last 15 years Harsha has developed a competence in due diligence prior to property acquisition and legal protection of the property post acquisition.
Harsha is also a Trustee of TLP Charities, a charitable Trust founded by his late grandfather in 1966. The Trust has pledged money and land which is utilized in providing financial assistance to under privileged students for higher education.
Prior to returning to India, Harsha was associated with a startup company that spun off from the Mechanical Engineering department at UW-Madison. Harsha has an MBA and MS (International Businesses) from UW-Madison and was a part of the Weinert Applied Ventures and Entrepreneurship program. He also has a Masters in Commerce and Bachelor in Commerce (Honors) from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.