Prof. Umamahesvaram Srinivasan Mandi has a total work experience of over twenty-five years. He has worked in major Indian organizations as TAFE, Godrej Agrovet Ltd; Reliance Industries Ltd; Bennett, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL), Educomp Infrastructure and School Management Ltd across the domains of manufacturing, marketing and Business Development, Investments and creating affordable schools in rural India. He held senior and leadership positions in his professional journey. He has created a DST, GoI funded incubator i.e., Indigram Labs Foundation as its Chieef Mentor and Investment Officer and co-founder and later worked as the CEO of IIM Udaipur Incubation centre, IIMU. As an associate professor he taught a continuum of courses in Entrepreneurship and Marketing apart from a host of other specialized courses in the Institute of Management at JK Lakshimpat University, Jaipur

His research interests include, multi-generational entrepreneurship and family business and the adoption of Weather Indexed Insurance among farmer households in India.