Our company’s core values and spirit of operations lie in the strong belief of living fully & learning consistently, thus providing the key to Innovation & Excellence
Ajay Nair founded Nair Innovations, Inc. in 1997 with head quarters in Columbus, Ohio primarily focusing the company's efforts in retail of leather apparel & accessories under the brand name "Mischief-The Quality Leather". Nair Innovations has successfully operated in Eleven Malls and now have two permanent stores named "Mischief" & 'Ohio Buckeye Connection" at the Columbus Convention Center. Also, Nair Innovations continues to operate seasonal stores in malls each year under "Mischief-The Quality Leather". The company changed it's focus in 2012 from retail to recruiting & staff augmentation under the parent name of Nair Innovations, Inc. and Digitizing Services under the trade name Global Digitize (www.globaldigitize.com) after Akshay Nair's commitment was confirmed to join the family business.
Ajay's professional career began in 1969 and over the past 40+ years, he has developed extensive management expertise and has run successful business ventures in varied industries. A graduate of Marine Engineering College, he worked as Chief Engineer with Shipping Corporation of India before venturing into consulting in shipping, offshore & Heavy Engineering with Lloyds Register of Shipping. In real estate, his accomplishments include building the Gwalior Airport of India, residential multistory buildings in both Mumbai & New Delhi along with commercial real-estate in Ohio. He also owned & managed a travel & tourism company in New Delhi, India. _
Akshay Nair – President & COO, B.S.I.S.Engineering,The Ohio State University Professional Affiliations: SPE, AADE & FWGS
Akshay Nair has more than 10 years of professional experience & oversees all operations, client management & business development. Prior to Nair Innovations, he spent 8 years in the oil & gas industry working for Schlumberger in Engineering, Management, Sales & Recruiting. Akshay has recruited engineers from several top universities such as MIT, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Duke, Penn State, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara & UT Austin. His passion in recruiting and the oil & gas industry stemmed from his experience at Schlumberger and has brought his knowledge & expertise back into the family business to establish Nair Innovations as a premier recruiting company & to provide exemplarydigitizing services for the oil & gas industry under the trade name Global Digitize
Shikha Nair – Director, B.A & M.A-Psychology, Delhi University. Certified Human Resources Management, CORNELL University
Shikha Nair has more than 8 years of recruiting experience & her areas of specialty include recruitment training, client relationship development, recruitment sales, team building and operational delivery. Prior to Nair Innovations, she worked in IT consulting and staffing firms in Central Ohio. Shikha provides strategic direction to both her clients & teams ensuring operational delivery through the S.M.A.R.T approach.
Chetan Nair – Advisor, B.S.E.Engineering & Executive MBA, The Ohio State University
Chetan Nair has more than 17 years of experience in Banking, Mortgage, Capital Markets, Insurance and IT industry with a strong concentration on large application development programs and projects, specifically Business Process Re-engineering & operations, IT Strategy, Information & Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture & Content Management, Infrastructure and Systems Integration. His prior work experience has been with Mettler Toledo, Cap Gemini Sogeti, JP Morgan Chase, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and currently with KPMG.
Pankaj "Jay" Chawla - Advisor, BS/MS in CIS/ISE, The Ohio State University
Jay Chawla has over 15 years of IT Systems implementation experience that includes 10+ years successfully managing deployments of Supply Chain, SAP, ERP, Package-based, and custom developed integrated IT solutions across international boundaries. Also, 10+ years of “hands-on” ERP Project management experience including 6+ years experience on multiple full life-cycle implementations of SAP R/3, ECC 6.0, Oracle 11i solutions for Transportation, Automotive, Media & Entertainment clients. His prior work experience has been with IBM Global Business Services, Capgemini, American Airlines & Valtech.