Soundarajan Narendran is a data scientist with over 25 years of experience in both business and government. From 1998 to 2007, he worked for Apollo Tyres and the TVS Group on product development, business channel development and supply chains. Since 2007, Narendran has worked on policy making, public policy and digital government. He has experience of working with non-governmental organizations, governments and global institutions on big data, social media analytics and sentiment analysis. Educated at IIT Chennai and Anna University, Narendran has an interest in spirituality and narrative development.