- Born in Uganda, East Africa.
- 1964 family moved to Gujarat India. Childhood, early education and exposure to Indian culture till age of 14.
- Moved to London, England in 1973 Graduated 1981 from Lancaster University BSc in Operational Research, Statistics.
- Have been in business since in variety of fields - retail, restaurants, wholesale distribution, construction.
- Been a spiritual seeker since childhood, found my guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 1975, have been leading life by his teachings.
- Structured charitable work started in 1998 with Baba's trust.
- Joined board of a start up charity, Sankara Eye Foundation 1999, to date this Foundation has given sight to nearly 2 million individuals. Currently a Lead Board Member.
- Joined board of Sai Global Mission in 2014, Foundation's focus is free health Care, education and nutrition to all. Foundation supports 3 Child heart hospitals, 20 schools and 200,000 breakfast everyday.
- Ashok Swaminathan is a Technocrat as well as ardent connoisseur of music. He has learnt classical violin for many years early in his youth before plunging into his career as a marketing leader in the Tech arena. Ashok believes in supporting causes that give back to the community, especially through art and culture. Ashok believes that Academy of Indian Culture is a very good platform that fulfills this goal.
- Ashok Swaminathan is a seasoned software product management and marketing leader with extensive experience in the enterprise software market bringing new products to market and growing established product lines. Currently a senior director at Oracle Corporation, he has held leadership positions in many companies. Prior to that Ashok worked in a variety of different leadership roles, including co-founding a startup, as VP for marketing/product management at a CRM startup and as a management consultant at Booz Allen and Hamilton.
- Ashok has a MBA from The Wharton School, M.S in Computer Engineering from Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
- Ashok resides in the Bay Area, and enjoys hiking and cooking. He has also learnt yoga from his late father who was an ex-chairman and CEO of one of the Tata companies, and a certified yoga teacher.
- Srinivasan Kolathur is an Engineer and a Postgraduate in Business Management from a highly renowned institute in India.
- An acclaimed sdministrator and a technocrat with an experience of well over four decades in the manufacturing industry in multiple functional roles as CEO and Managing Director.
- Well known Management Consultant experienced in project feasibility, sick industries revival, manpower planning, diversification and expansion strategies.
- Was a member of the Film Censor Board of Government Of India.
- Was an active member of the Rotary Club, Pune, India and was Director, Rotary services for several years.
- Was the Vice President Of the Federation Of Manufacturers Association, Punjab, India.
- Was a member of the Telecom Advisory Panel, Govt of India.
- Was the President of Kaduna Indian Association, Kaduna, Nigeria.
- Connoisseur of all forms of Music, Dance, and art and worked extensively to promote them.