G Varalakshmi
Director
Varalakshmi Grandhi is the spouse of Sri Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao- Group Chairman of GMR Group.
Mrs. Grandhi Varalakshmi is the life partner who immensely contributed to the success of Sri Rao for almost the last 5 decades. She has been instrumental by inspiring the family in setting up of the GMRV Foundation - the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the Group and is a Director on its Board since.
A deeply religious and spiritual human being, Mrs. Varalakshmi donated without reservation to many community, social and religious services and institutions across the country including wherever GMR Group has its presence.
She was the Director in GMR Bannergatta Properties Limited, GMR Enterprises Private Limited, GMR Sports Limited. She is also on the Board of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation.
She has constantly been a pillar of strength for the better-half Sri GM Rao, giving him freedom and space to concentrate on his business and achieve his passionate dreams; many a times sacrificing simple pleasures that normal couples enjoy. She is one person who completely understands GCM’s passion for building national assets and that was the reason she readily agreed to move out of Rajam first to Hyderabad and then to Bangalore and now to Delhi to accommodate the business priorities.
In fact, both at Delhi and Bangalore, where the language and people were completely new for her, she adjusted herself effortlessly. This is always acknowledged by her life partner Sri GM Rao, as her support was crucial at the time when he had to take charge of Vysya Bank which was in dire states and later when the move to New Delhi was imperative for future growth of business.
She is the Chairman of the Family Council, the apex Policy Framing body of the Family and is one of the chief architects of the design of Family Constitution, the one-of-its-kind in the Indian Family Business history.