{"id":393,"date":"2026-02-08T13:17:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T13:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:20:33","slug":"founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/index.php\/founder\/","title":{"rendered":"FOUNDER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"393\" class=\"elementor elementor-393\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc9ce18 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"cc9ce18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bc9bb8\" data-id=\"8bc9bb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da517fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"da517fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e04a87\" data-id=\"8e04a87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1b069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d1b069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOUNDER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590a849 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"590a849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0.9,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"548\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20190703-WA0003-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-395\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20190703-WA0003-1.jpg 548w, https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20190703-WA0003-1-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a0b4bf\" data-id=\"9a0b4bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cba25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1cba25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vidya Rao is the Founder and Director of Happy Faces, a boutique consulting, management and advisory firm that offer a gamut of services for the start-up eco-system since 2012. The firm also handles niche consulting projects in areas such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sport<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">music<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entertainment <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">private investment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vidya is an artist by soul and a philanthropist by nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her team comprises of like-minded people from different fields who have been supportive of her initiative. Leveraging a rich corporate experience of 25+ years and a degree in Economics, Vidya has successfully led several projects in CSR Funding, Brand Building, Marketing, Event Management, Advisory and Client Relationships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vidya offers a unique combination of networking and consulting opportunities that help new age businesses scale up to the next level in terms investments and brand presence. Her corporate stint has been with leading companies in the Banking &amp; Financial Services domain, including Standard Chartered, American Express, Karnataka Bank and Waterfield Advisors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has also served as an Advisor to the Ambassador of Angola in India and Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59c21b50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"59c21b50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45c3a49\" data-id=\"45c3a49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a746f0 wpr-promo-box-style-cover elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-promo-box\" data-id=\"61a746f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-promo-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box wpr-animation-wrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-image wpr-bg-anim-zoom-in wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20200523-WA0107-1.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-overlay wpr-border-anim-oscar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66416404\" data-id=\"66416404\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffb2ff8 wpr-promo-box-style-cover elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-promo-box\" data-id=\"ffb2ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-promo-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box wpr-animation-wrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-image wpr-bg-anim-zoom-in wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20180813-WA0122.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-overlay wpr-border-anim-jazz\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d088cff wpr-promo-box-style-cover elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-promo-box\" data-id=\"4d088cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-promo-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box wpr-animation-wrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-image wpr-bg-anim-zoom-in wpr-anim-timing-ease-default\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/happyfaces.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20190707-WA0204.jpg);\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-bg-overlay wpr-border-anim-oscar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-promo-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOUNDER Vidya Rao is the Founder and Director of Happy Faces, a boutique consulting, management and advisory firm that offer a gamut of services for the start-up eco-system since 2012. 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