A Aladi Arun, the Founder and CEO of AK Consultants was born in Madurai and did his schooling at Montfort School, Yercaud and at Vikaasa School, Madurai. His childhood interests in business and entrepreneurship made him enroll for B.Com at The American College and later for the MBA at Madurai Kamaraj University. He later traveled to New Zealand to pursue his international business studies at The University of Waikato. Aladi Arun is currently the Alumni Representative for the India Chapter for the University of Waikato’s alumni association apart from also being one of its authorized representatives.