T. Muralidharan, Inner Circle Chair – Hyderabad Chapter and Chairman TMI Group

He firmly believes that 'fitment' is all about making the 'right' candidate work for the 'right company, in the 'right job.' A pioneer in his own right, he has many firsts to his credit including 'The Manage Mentor' (www.themanagementor.com) which is a Continuous Professional Educational (e-CPE) tool for practicing managers and the 'Jointly Owned Job Oriented' (JOJO) model of recruitment, which promotes earning while learning.

T. Muralidharan, a first generation entrepreneur, made his mark in the recruitment space by setting up three medium sized professional outfits - TMI Network, C&K Management Ltd. and TMI First. Started in 1991, TMI Network www.tminetwork.com is India's largest Recruitment Advertising agency and a top 5 recruiting firm. C&K Management Ltd. www.cnkonline.com started in 2000 is one of India's largest comprehensive content and knowledge services company. TMI First www.tmifirst.com, the latest baby of the group started in 2005, focuses on campus / fresher recruitments. Together, the three enterprises founded by him employ over 350 professionals who work from their six offices in India and one in Dubai and have a large client base of over 400 corporates in the IT & non-IT Sector.
 
A graduate of IIT Chennai & IIM Ahmedabad, Muralidharan was first associated with NOCIL (a shell JV in India) but he gave it up to enter the seeds business and subsequently into the recruitment & recruitment advertising space. What started with an initial investment of Rs. 50,000 in 1991 is today a fledging group with a turnover of over Rs. 26 Crores.
 
Mr. Muralidharan's main focus currently, is in helping young people, especially from disadvantaged sections of the society succeed by giving them access to corporate jobs and in essence, connect education to employment. TMI first, the key facilitator of this vision currently has a mandate to hire 7000 individuals (including 10th & 12th class passouts and graduates) from over 500 small towns spread across 20 states in India. He believes in giving as much weight age to the means of success as to the ends. He is currently working on launching an employability coaching institute for rural youth in the country.