ARK Enterprise

About us

Built on clarity and evidence

ARK Enterprise helps businesses, startups, and founders make confident decisions — combining rigorous research with practical, hands-on guidance.

ARK Enterprise is a consulting and market research firm helping businesses, startups, and founders make confident decisions. We combine rigorous research with practical, hands-on guidance.

Our approach is simple: understand the real question, gather the evidence, and translate it into action you can take with confidence.

We are a formally registered Indian enterprise (Udyam Reg. No. UDYAM-KL-09-0107548), based in Manjeri, Kerala, and serving clients across Kerala, South India, and the Middle East.

ARK Enterprise team collaborating in a modern office

Leadership

Meet the team

Decades of combined expertise across business and technology.

Dr. Ahamed Riaz K

Dr. Ahamed Riaz K

Chief Business Consultant

Director & Professor at FIMS, Farook College with 23+ years across academia and industry — spanning banking, chemicals, and agri-business. He advises corporates and startups on business strategy, marketing, brand, and financial strategy, and sits on the advisory boards of several firms.

  • PhD, Business Management
  • Harvard & London Business School certified
  • Ex-Tata Chemicals & Axis Bank
  • 23+ years experience
Ahamed Rishthas Kunnummal

Ahamed Rishthas Kunnummal

Chief IT Consultant

Technology specialist and solution architect with 16+ years in software development and implementation, solutioning, IT architecture, microservices, DevOps, cloud-native platforms, and Generative AI. A digital transformation expert who has architected and delivered more than 15 complex high-end applications and high-transactional ERP projects in the MEA region, he specializes in software development, infrastructure, DevOps, Generative AI, and large-scale digital delivery.

  • 16+ years experience
  • Complex High-End Applications
  • 15+ IT transformations
  • DevOps & Generative AI
Dr. Arun Velayudhan

Dr. Arun Velayudhan

Associate Business Consultant

Associate Professor at FIMS, Farook College and a business consultant and corporate trainer with 18+ years across consulting, training, market research, and business model design. He has advised businesses across food products, furniture manufacturing, real estate, healthcare and wellness, paint retail, and education, and delivered training and facilitation for organisations including the Reserve Bank of India, AkzoNobel, ESAF Small Finance Bank, CSB Bank, CII, and IEEE. He brings strong facilitation, systems thinking, and execution orientation to growth and operational decisions.

  • PhD, Management
  • EEP — IIM Ahmedabad
  • 18+ years experience
  • Trained RBI, AkzoNobel, CII

What we stand for

Our values

Clarity

We cut through noise to the real question that needs answering.

Integrity

Honest counsel, even when it isn't the easy answer.

Evidence

Recommendations grounded in research and data, not guesswork.

Partnership

We work alongside you, from decision to execution.

Udyam-registered enterprise · Reg. No. UDYAM-KL-09-0107548

395/F, Atlas Tower, Near KMH Hospital, East Road, Manjeri, Kerala 676122
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