Financial Fitness: Building a Stronger Nation from the Kitchen Table
Discover insights from Krishnakumar K. T. (Oleevia Group) on Times Now's Storymakers. Learn about financial discipline, passive income, and why...
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Krishnakumar K T is a Social Entrepreneur & Business Leader with expertise in strategy, leadership, and innovation. Explore his inspiring journey and ventures. Krishnakumar K.T. pioneered the world’s first Paid Menstrual Wellness Leave for corporate women employees, championing dignity and progressive workplace value.
I am Krishnakumar K T, currently serving as the Chairman & Managing Director of Oleevia Group of Companies, which today comprises 12 companies and services. My work spans across banking & finance, agriculture, education, social empowerment, restaurants, organic food, arts, media, culture, spirituality, and youth development.
Chairman & Managing Director, Oleevia Group
Ethical Business Ventures and Corporate Group, practices, employment generation, agricultural development, financial literacy, quality foods, and sustainable living with nature.
To make every individual self-reliant through ethical business practices, employment generation, and sustainable development initiatives.
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I began my journey in the NBFC sector, rising from junior roles to become National Head of ESAF Small Finance Bank . After the 16 years of Experience started Oleevia group and expanded across India with 10 segments of services. Today, my focus lies in scaling Oleevia Group into a force that creates impact across industries and communities.
Celebrating creativity and cultural excellence through performing arts
I began my journey in the NBFC sector, rising from junior roles to become National Head of ESAF Small Finance Bank . After the 16 years of Experience started Oleevia group and expanded across India with 10 segments of services. Today, my focus lies in scaling Oleevia Group into a force that creates impact across industries and communities.
Creating meaningful change through community empowerment
I began my journey in the NBFC sector, rising from junior roles to become National Head of ESAF Small Finance Bank . After the 16 years of Experience started Oleevia group and expanded across India with 10 segments of services. Today, my focus lies in scaling Oleevia Group into a force that creates impact across industries and communities.
Celebrating creativity and cultural excellence through performing arts
I began my journey in the NBFC sector, rising from junior roles to become National Head of ESAF Small Finance Bank . After the 16 years of Experience started Oleevia group and expanded across India with 10 segments of services. Today, my focus lies in scaling Oleevia Group into a force that creates impact across industries and communities.
Creating meaningful change through community empowerment
An RBI-licensed NBFC offering small-ticket loans to street vendors, women entrepreneurs, and even celebrities
Supporting farmers with expert knowledge and business loans to strengthen agriculture and national GDP.
A business & marketing consultancy for small businesses and startups.
Empowering tribal, transgender, and fisherman communities with 360° social support
Diploma, skill development, and career counseling programs.
Serving organic dishes with coconut oil and homemade spices in a hygienic environment.
Practical MBA training for individual entrepreneurs.
Producers of international-standard organic foods like vegetables, fruits, honey, ghee, and millets.
Free training for Bandset, Panchavadyam, Nadaswaram,Shikari Melam, Music, Drama, and traditional performances for unemployed youth.
A youth forum (18-30) mentoring with scientists, IAS officers, technocrats, and thought leaders for as sustainable development of Kerala.
A global Malayali initiative for education, health, housing, and entrepreneurship via crowdfunding.
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The Nandigaura Gauseva & Jeevaraksha Charitable Trust (NGJCT) is a visionary charitable organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and promotion…
Learn More →People talk about finance but you can tell they’ve never actually handled real money problems? That’s not Krishnakumar K.T. He put in 16 solid years at ESAF Small Finance Bank, starting from the bottom and working his way up to National Head. Those weren’t just desk years he dealt with actual customers, actual crises, actual wins and losses. Now he works as a financial advisor, but here’s the thing: he remembers what it’s like to be on both sides of that desk. His time as a banking expert wasn’t spent in some ivory tower. He saw farmers who needed loans, women starting their first business, families trying to buy homes. That’s why when he gives advice today as Chairman of Oleevia Group, it comes from somewhere real.
As a financial planner, he’s dealt with messy situations: businesses running out of cash, entrepreneurs making rookie mistakes, people who’ve been burned by bad advice before. But here’s where it gets interesting. Through his company Oleevia Grameen Credits (yeah, it’s RBI-licensed and everything), he’s actually putting his money where his mouth is. Street vendors, women who’ve never touched a bank loan, people the big banks wouldn’t look at twice—he’s their financial advisor now. Some business mentor types just talk strategy. Krishnakumar? He built an entire NBFC to prove his point. When he sits down as your financial planner, he’s bringing solutions he’s already tested in the field.
The internet’s full of self-proclaimed experts. But Krishnakumar’s track record as a banking expert speaks louder than any LinkedIn bio could. He didn’t just study business—he’s run 12 companies across totally different industries. That’s the kind of experience that makes him valuable as a business mentor. When startups come to him as their financial advisor, they’re not getting recycled advice from some business book. They’re getting the unfiltered truth from someone who’s signed the front of paychecks for 500+ employees. His approach as a banking expert? It’s old school meets new school. His style as a financial planner? Less PowerPoint, more “here’s what actually worked.” And as a financial advisor, he’ll probably challenge half your assumptions—but that’s exactly why over 500 businesses keep coming back to him.
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