Brief Profile Of The Board Of Directores

  • Mr. Anirudh Sonpal

Mr. Anirudh Sonpal, aged 50 years, has graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. His core areas of practise include Internal, Management & Operations Audit, Internal Controls, Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Indirect Taxes. He has actively participated in the activities of the ICAI at Branch and Regional levels. He has been nominated by various forums and associations in their committees. He has presented papers at various seminars organized by professional bodies and industry associations. 

  • Mr. Manish Kalani

Mr. Manish Kalani, aged 42 years, is the Managing Director of our Company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Daly College, Indore. He has completed a course on Business Administration from Sydenham College, Bombay University and thereafter completed a financial workshop from the Wharton College, USA. He was first appointed as Director of our Company in the year 2002. Under his management our Company started its second manufacturing facility at the SEZ in Pithampur in the financial year 2003-04. He has to his credit, successful completion of various expansion plans undertaken by our Company. He has been the Honorary Secretary of the All India Manufacturers Organisation and a member of the Managing Committee of Indore Management Association. He has been a member of various Advisory Committees formed by the Government of Madhya Pradesh for development of new Industrial & Commercial Policies for Industries.

  • Mr. Pawan Kumar Jain

Mr. Pawan Kumar Jain, aged 54 years, has a masters degree in commerce and has 32 years of experience in the field of accounts, finance and taxation. He is closely associated with our group for more than two decades

  • Mr. Ravindra Chourasiya

Mr. Ravindra Chourasiya, aged 43 years, is a fellow member of the ICAI. He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration in retail from Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore. He also has Master degree in Commerce from Ajmer University of Rajasthan. He has significant experience in financial and strategic business planning, general accounting, risk management and commercial operations.

  • Mr. Aswini Sahoo

Mr. Aswini Sahoo, aged 36 years and based in Mumbai, is a senior member of Clearwater Capital Partners and has been nominated by Clearwater Capital Partners (Cyprus) Limited on our Board. He holds an Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Rourkela and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Prior to joining Clearwater in 2006, Mr. Sahoo has held positions with increasing responsibilities with Vedanta Resources and ICICI Bank.

  • Mr. Kevan John Upperdine

Mr. Kevan John Upperdine, aged 51 years, has completed mechanical engineering course from Yorkshire and Humberside Council for Further Education and has over 29 years of experience as a mechanical engineer and production manager. He has worked with Apprentice Mechanical Engineer, Bowater PLC and Euro Bulk Packaging Limited in the past.

  • Mr. Sharat Anand

Mr. Sharat Anand, aged 51 years has completed his Economics Honours from Delhi University and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration, Delhi University. He has been a banker for over 20 years with assignments overseas and in India. He has experience in capital market activities including fund management, debt origination, syndication and trading, forex market and enterprise risk management across diverse global markets and products. He was Deputy CEO and Country Treasurer, Standard Chartered Bank in India from 1993-2000 and held senior management positions at ABN Amro Bank N.V in India as Country Treasurer from 1990-1993.