Our Global Resident Directors
RIAZ NAQWI
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
San Jose, USA
Riaz Naqwi has had a distinguished career of over 25 years in the top-most echelons of Government of India and set in the formative years of IT Revolution and set up/board member of Council of Electronics and software exports; SEZ Noida and STPI Silicon valley USA.
He was recognized and appointed by ex-Indian Prime minister Vajpayee as the IT Ambassador of India to USA. Due to his close interaction with American administration, leadership and top business leaders he has brought technology and US Companies to India.
He has studied International trade from Georgetown University USA, MBA from Delhi University and Electronics Engineering from Mysore University.
Dr. M. SATISH KUMAR
DIRECTOR
UK
Dr. M. Satish Kumar , FRGS,RCS,FHEA is the former Director, Queens’ Academy India. He has been at Queen’s University Belfast, since 2000. He has held Visiting Professorship positions in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, University of Calcutta and in Soka University of America, California. He has more than 27 years’ experience of teaching and researching in the Higher Education Sector in India, Cambridge and Belfast.
As a specialist on India/ South Asia, he brings multidisciplinary insights into the identification of strategic opportunities for the Board. His knowledge and expertise is widely sought by Governments, charities and other organisations and he has been an active advisor on subjects such as international development and higher education to the Department for International Development, Northern Irish Assembly, Indian Government, Royal Irish Academy, Belfast City Council and Habitat for Humanity amongst others.
He has won several prestigious awards and is a member of many reputed international bodies.
SUNIL KC
DIRECTOR
Kathmandu, NEPAL
Sunil KC is the Chairman & Managing Director at Asia Corporation Private Limited, one of the emerging commercial enterprises of Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also Vice President at Nepal India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI). He is also a Board Member at Ghashi Saving & Credit Cooperative Limited.
Mr. KC is an Adviser on International Investment Promotion at Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).
He also founded the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs ( AIDIA)- an influential think tank in Nepal. He is also chairman at AIDIA Consulting Private Limited.
ANIL SHARMA
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
Maputo, Mozambique, AFRICA
Anil Sharma is an Engineer with over 25 years of experience in managing a wide range of Infrastructure projects in Middle east, Southern Africa and India.
He has established good relationships with the governments and parastatal bodies in the Southern Africa region.
He was instrumental in setting up the first software park in Africa in Mozambique, which was inaugurated by Indian Prime minister Modi.
International Relations
ANIL TRIGUNAYAT
(AMBASSADOR)
ADVISOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
As a career diplomat, Ambassador Anil Trigunayat has served in the Indian Missions in Cote d’ Ivoire; Bangladesh; Mongolia; USA; Russia; Sweden; and Nigeria . He served in Moscow as Deputy Chief of Mission in the rank of Ambassador. He was also India’s Ambassador to Libya, Jordan, and High Commissioner to Malta. He superannuated in 2016.
He is a postgraduate in Physics from the Agra/Kumaon University and studied Russian History, Culture and Language at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a visiting fellow he conducted research work on “WTO and Regional Trading Blocs” at the Oxford University. Presently, Ambassador Trigunayat is the President of MIICCIA Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (www.miiccia.com). Recently joined the International Advisory Council of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). He is also on the Board of Advisers of BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Asia Africa Chamber of Commerce as well as Honorary Member International Trade council, Brussels. Recently he has joined the National Cooperatives Development Corporation as Adviser International (www.ncdc.in ) and as CoPresident of www.udmrd.org .
He is also member of All India Management Association /DMA, Oxford-Cambridge Society of India; and serves on the Board of Advisers at Peaceful Mind Foundation as well as Confederation of Education Excellence, New Delhi. As a Peace Ambassador, Mr. Trigunayat is closely associated with the Interfaith Dialogue, Peace and Harmony efforts in the Society especially through the Unity Dialogue by ( www.unity.earth) and World Congress of Religions, Kazakhstan. Ambassador Trigunayat knows French, Russian, and Spanish
JITENDRA TRIPATHI
(AMBASSADOR)
ADVISOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Ambassador J.K. Tripathi is a retired officer of Indian Foreign Service with 33 years of experience in Diplomacy.
Starting his career in 1981, Ambassador Tripathi has vast experience of Africa, Europe, Middle East and Latin America. He had served in Indian missions in Zambia, Maldives & Hungary as Second Secretary/ First Secretary looking after the political, cultural, information and administrative wings. He had also served as the Deputy Chief of the Mission in our missions (embassies) in Sweden, Venezuela and Oman before taking up the important post of Consul General of India in Sao Paulo, Brazil, India’s only trade office in entire central and south America. As such, he was responsible for growth of India’s trade relations with Brazil-India’s biggest trade partner in the Continent. Ambassador Tripathi retired in June 2014 after serving as Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe.
He is a member of Association of Indian Diplomats and Ambassadors’ Club of PHD Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador Tripathi is also on the Board of Advisors of the Indo-Latin American Chamber of Commerce, Centre for Economic and Cultural Cooperation, M/S Dimitris Infrapro Pvt. Ltd and M/S Quest Global Technologies. He is also a senior advisor of MIICCIA (Millennium India International Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture). He has a keen interest in keeping himself abreast with the latest developments in International Affairs and Diplomacy. He frequently appears on various National TV Channels for panel discussions on these issues. He also contributes articles related to Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in various periodicals. He is well versed in Urdu and Spanish.
Infrastructure Projects in USA
CHIDANANDA REDDY
ADVISOR-INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN USA
Dallas, USA
Over Reddy’s 43-year career, he has served in senior management roles on 11 large transit projects, delivering eight of those from preliminary engineering through final design and into construction, seven of which are currently in revenue services while one is still under construction. With a background that includes $20.4 billion and nearly 190 miles of alternate delivery transit projects, he understands the pros and cons of a variety of delivery methods and will assist Metro in making the right decision of the most desirable delivery method for any of their proposed Transit Corridor projects.
Reddy provides transit system facilities delivery experience, covering the full spectrum of discipline oversight, through such roles as project manager, design manager and peer reviewer. He brings technical expertise, configuration management and successful delivery for at-grade, tunnel and aerial systems, and his experience covers critical areas such as utility investigation and relocation, stakeholder and community outreach and shared-use corridor and right-ofway coordination.
Reddy’s professional experience covers every type of project delivery — DB, P3, DBOM, CM/GC and conventional design-bid-build projects.
He served as infrastructure manager for the first FTA-sponsored P3 in the U.S. — Denver RTD’s 36-mile Eagle P3 project (15 stations, 34 bridges and 36 grade crossings); project manager for the Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project final design and CM/ GC contractor procurement (currently in construction); and design manager for the $2.6 billion Dallas Area Rapid Transit Phase II project (45 LRT miles, 32 stations, tunnels and 14 park-and-ride
facilities).
International Projects & Trading
INDER SINGH
DIRECTOR PROJECTS
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & TRADING
Inder Singh is a mechanical Engineer from BITS Ranchi and Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi.
He has over 40 years experience in Central Electricity Authority and WAPCOS a government of India company in the field of Power and Water. He retired as General manager and currently running his own company. He has end to end extensive experience in dozens of power projects upto 5000 MW, Transmission line, water and irrigation projects.
He has worked across India, South Africa, Libya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
RAVI KUMAR
ADVISOR
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & TRADING
Ravi Gandham is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering with Executive Masters in International Trade from the Asia’s premier Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Result oriented International Marketing and Business development executive with Procurement and global sourcing knowledge for more than thirty years of experience in high value contracts.
He has operated profitably and successfully managed business projects across several countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Latin America. He has a global experience dealing with multinational
companies and have a fair understanding of the markets world-wide. He had initiated and developed new markets in West Africa and Central America, with large value contracts and proven profitable results. Besides he has experience in third country trading.
He has worked with the United Nations, New York for their IT and communication equipment procurement. Also served for ten years in New York with major pharmaceutical companies like Merck, Novartis
etc. besides worked at New York subway under the New York state Government. He has been a speaker at several International forums including Miami Herald newspaper for business development with Latin America.
Defence and Security Systems
IV SARMA
ADVISOR
DEFENSE & SECURITY
I.V. Sarma has over 40 years of experience in Defence Electronics industry, Sarma is known for his significant contributions in the development of technologies, products and systems as well as his innovations in Operations Management and Strategic planning. His experience covers several functions including R&D, Manufacturing, Domestic and International business development, Project Management, Offsets Management, Strategic Planning, Setting up of factories, and formation of JVs. He has worked in diverse fields of Defence Electronics. In addition to Defence Electronics, his domain experience includes Telecom and renewable energy.
Sarma was Director (R&D) in Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), a Navratna PSU, in the business of Defence Electronics, for over four years. He was on Board of BPL group companies for five years. He also worked as an Independent Director on Boards of Public sector and Private sector companies overseeing the corporate governance. He is also a member of the advisory committee of Project Management Institute.
He is an Electronics & Communications engineer with MBA from FMS, Delhi. He is a Fellow of IETE. He is a recipient of several awards including awards for Technology Development and innovation, and best contributor in PSUs. He is one of the 100 Managers in India selected for a book with the same title.
SHANMUKH ML
ADVISOR
DEFENSE & SECURITY
Shanmukh is a strategic and innovative executive who translates business ideas and concepts into initiatives that improve performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. An influencer who thrives on tough challenges and translates visions and strategies into actionable, value added goals.
He has worked as an Advisor with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. and Director at Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Bangalore, India. He was responsible for strategizing, leading and developing business initiatives for BEL. He led a team of 20,000 professionals across 9 units across the country He was the member of the Board of Directors of BEL – led the Business and worked as a critical interface between the Stakeholders and BEL to optimize the growth of the Organization.
As the Senior CPSE Director, interfaced with the regulatory authorities like Parliamentary Committees, Rajya Sabha Represented BEL in Ministry matters and various Tri-partite bodies- Committee on Government Assurances, Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice and Committee on Official Language He was instrumental in Increasing the company turnover from 3212.09 Cr.(INR) in 2004-2005 to 6694.57 Cr. (INR) in 2014-2015; increased turnover per employee from 25.09 Lakhs (INR) in 2004-2005 to 69.00 Lakhs (INR) in 20142015 and value added per employee increased from 11.50 Lakhs (INR) in the year 2004-2005 to 29.00 Lakhs (INR) in 2014-2015.
Consulting
J. P. GUPTA
CONSULTANT
ENGINEERING
Mr. Gupta has over 38 years of experience with expertise in Design Engineering, Project Management & Execution, Operation & Maintenance
He has been associated for over 28 years with reputed Engineering Consultants like Holtec and Ercom He has led numerous projects globally for industries like Cement, Mining, Coal handling & bulk material handling industries
Over the course of his career, Mr Gupta has worked extensively on Plant Operation & Maintenance, Project Engineering, Execution and Management, Contract Preparation and Management in more
than 20 countries
He has experience of working for practically all usual cement plant capacities ranging from mini till 12k tpd belonging to various technology suppliers. He has experience of handling various bulk
materials upto a capacity of 4000 tph Extensive experience of Plant audits, modernization of existing plants
MAHENDRA VARDIA
CONSULTANT
ENGINEERING
With 38+ years of experience, Mr. Vardia has acquired deep expertise in Design Engineering, Project Management & Execution, Operation & Maintenance
He has experience of over 28 years with leading Engineering Consultants like Jacobs and Ercom He has led full-potential projects across a wide array of industries, including Cement, Pharma, Food, FMCG, Tyre, Chemical & Material handling globally He has worked for more than 10 years as Electrical, Control, Automation & Instrumentation Engineer in different capacity cement plants
An SME for Power System, Plant Automation & Instrumentation
Extensive experience of Plant audits and Modernization of existing plants
ASHOK SINGHI
CONSULTANT
ENGINEERING
Mr. Singhi comes with more than 38 years’ experience with expertise in Operation Management, Plant Potential Assessment & Optimization study, Plant Process Engineering, Quality control & Improvement Study He has spearheaded both Indian as well as International projects for the Cement Industry through reputed consultant (Holtec), Supplier(KHD) as well as worked as free lancer.
He holds hands-on experience of Plant audits, modernization of existing plants, Project conceptualization, TEFRs, Financial assistance, Project contracting and management Amongst others, Risk Management and Mitigation in Contract formation, Cost and Resource Management, Disputes and claim settlement are also his areas of competence.
He has also been part of supervision of trail runs, load trails, Commissioning activities, performance guarantee tests, hand over to operations for several projects globally.
India Entry Strategy & Implementation
SHUCHINTO CHATTERJI
ADVISOR
Suchinto as a legal professional brings to the table more than 27 years of experience, with the primary experience of advising foreign direct investment (FDI) through clients such as BMW, Telstra, Sanwa Bank, Estee Lauder, Time Life, Amway, Nokia, Levi Strauss, Bridgestone, Itochu Corporation, Toyota, Shimidzu, AHK (Indo German Chamber of Commerce), Rickmers Immobilien, General Motors, Alcoa, Volkswagen Group, Rheinmetall Corporation, Diehl AG, Agfa, Tupperware, Pepsi Co., Fuji Films, Kawasaki Heavy Engineering, JETRO, United Technologies, Hitachi Hitech, Lehman Brothers, J P Morgan, Avaya, Lucent Technologies, Ciena, DLF, MPC Capital, Carval Investors, etc.
Suchinto, also held the added responsibility of running and managing his family business in IT and ITES – globally; for the years 1995-2002, a responsibility which made him think beyond the straight jacketed legal counsel and for him to live in UK then in USA.
Finance & Strategy
R.C. GUPTA
DIRECTOR FINANCE
A qualified Chartered accountant with over 30 years experience in the financial and Management field. During his tenure of working, he rose to the rank of CFO in a private sector Industrial house. He has travelled across geographies and has been instrumental in raising millions of dollars from the overseas markets. He has served in FMCG, media, packaging, trading and EPC Industry.
VINOD GOEL
CHIEF ADVISOR, SPECIAL TRANSACTIONS
Former General Manager, Exim Bank Of India and former headstrategy Trade finance, DCB Bank Limited. By qualification an accountant M-Com, Lawyer LLB and banker(CAIIB). He has an experience of 38 years in commercial banking. Extensive interaction exposure having visited countries worked as resident representative for Africa for 5 years based in South Africa. Represented Exim Bank as director on the board of directors of Development Bank of Zambia.
JOHN MATHEW
CHIEF ADVISOR, CAPITAL RESOURCES
He is also a partner at Invictus capital advisory, which runs a debt and equity advisory practice in Mumbai. He has over 27 years of Banking/investment banking experience. He was the MD and CEO
of CFS Limited, the investment banking subsidiary of Central Bank of India.
He was earlier the Chief general manager and country headcorporate banking-Exim Bank of India where he managed a portfolio of over USD 3 billion with more than300 corporate/client relationships. He also served as the regional head in Exim Banks European Union Office.
KISHORE KALRA
CHIEF ADVISOR, FINANCE & STRATEGY
Kishor Kumar Kalra is a seasoned banking veteran with 33 years of experience in banking and corporate finance of which the major part was in leading roles with multinational banks.
His areas of expertise include corporate finance strategies through management of Assets and Liabilities portfolios, Credit and Financial Analysis, Risk Management, business plans, reorganization and restructuring, Compliance and Legal Documentation.
His last position held was as a Senior Director and Regional Head (North and East India) at Société Generale, a leading European Bank where he was responsible for managing a business portfolio of USD 700 Million.