The Founders

Built by operators, not academics.

Novara-Q began with a specific frustration: India produces brilliant, capable people who are never taught the human craft that decides how far capability travels. The institutions that once promised ‘finishing’ were built for a world that has long since moved on.

The school was built to answer that properly — modules rather than lectures, practitioners rather than professors, cohorts rather than classes. Novara-Q is led by its two founding partners, both Designated Partners of the LLP, who carry the curriculum, the faculty standard, and the commercial relationship with every client institution.

“A place to redefine not just what you know — but how you show up.”
Anuradha Chandran
Founder & CEO

Anuradha Chandran

Anuradha is the founder and driving force behind Novara-Q. She leads the company's vision, strategy, and direction, and set out to build a modern finishing school where presence, argument, and composure are taught with real rigour — holding the standard that defines every cohort.

Chaitanya Malik
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Chaitanya Malik

Chaitanya is a co-founder of Novara-Q and its Chief Strategy Officer. He shapes the school's strategy, partnerships, and long-term growth — translating its vision into the programmes, alliances, and systems that scale it, and bringing a builder's perspective to the founding team.

How the School Is Governed
01

Curriculum

Held by the founding partners with the advisory panel. Modules are revised against what fails in delivery, not on a fixed annual cycle.

02

Faculty standard

Operating experience is a condition of appointment. Mentors teach only the discipline they have practised.

03

Client relationship

Held directly by a founding partner from scoping through to the sponsor report. Engagements are not passed to an account layer.

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