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Chennai, SRM College set to host Elon Musk's chosen man Sriram Krishnan

Krishnan, who is also a former Twitter employee, is expected to guide Musk in his ambitious plan to monetise the social media giant

Sriram Krishnan
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Sriram Krishnan | Illustration: Binay Sinha

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Sriram Krishnan, the Indian-origin investor handpicked by Elon Musk to revamp Twitter after the business magnate bought the microblogging platform for $44 billion, tweeted about homecoming on October 23. “…I will be back home in Chennai for a few days next month. If anyone here is interested in a meet up especially students!), let us know,” he wrote.

Since then, he has been getting hundreds of requests online for meetings.

His alma mater SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, a suburb of Chennai, is gearing up to host Krishnan. “We are very closely working with him and our management is planning