Dr. Ranga Krishna – Chairman and Audit Committee Chairman
Email: krishna@indiaglobalcap.com
Dr. Krishna is a licensed neurologist and an experienced health care entrepreneur having started several companies. Among them is International Pharma Trials, Inc., a company which assists U.S. pharmaceutical companies perform Phase II clinical trials in India. He also co-founded Fastscribe, Inc., an Internet-based medical and legal transcription company with operations in India.
Dr. Krishna is a member of several organizations, including the American Academy of Neurology and the Medical Society of the State of New York. He is also a member of the Medical Arbitration panel for the New York State Worker's Compensation Board. Dr. Krishna was trained at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center (1991-1994) and New York University (1994-1996).
Mr. Ram Mukunda – Executive Chairman, President and CEO
Email: ram@indiaglobalcap.com
Ram served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Startec Global
Communications, an international telecommunications carrier focused on
providing Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services into the emerging
economies. Startec was among the first carriers to have a direct operating
agreement with India for the provision of telecom services. Mr. Mukunda
pioneered marketing international telecommunication services to ethnic
populations, defining the International Long Distance sector. The company
eventually targeted a variety of ethnic groups, including the Indian
diaspora. Under his leadership, Startec became the fourth largest VOIP
carrier into the emerging economies with a network into over 50 countries;
and operating companies in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Hong
Kong, and the United Kingdom. He has completed over 15 acquisitions and
investments in Asia, North America, and Europe. Mr. Mukunda took the company
public on NASDAQ in 1997, and successfully restructured the company in 2004.
Prior to founding Startec, he was a Strategic Planning Advisor at INTELSAT
and prior to that he worked on Wall Street for a bond boutique bond trading
firm.
Ram serves on several boards including the Board of Visitors at the
University of Maryland, School of Engineering. He served as a Council Member
at the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at the J.F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is the recipient of
several awards, including the University of Maryland's Distinguished
Engineering Alumnus Award (2001); the Ernst & Young, LLP's Entrepreneur of
the Year Award (1998); the American Advertising Federation's Citation of
Excellence in the prestigious ADDY Award (2000); he has appeared on CNN and
CNNfn; featured in Fortune Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington
Post and other publications. He holds B.S. degrees in electrical engineering
and mathematics and a M.S. in Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Mr. Rabindralal B. Srivastava – Managing Director, Sricon Infrastructure
Mr. Srivastava is Founder and Chairman of Sricon Infrastructure. In 1974, he started his career in Larsen and Toubro (L&T), one of India's premier engineering and construction companies. In 1994, he became a civil engineering sub-contractor to L&T, as Vijay Engineering. He worked as a sub-contractor for L&T in Haldia, Wet Bengal and Tuticorin in South India among others. Under is leadership, Vijay Engineering expanded to include civil engineering and construction of power plants, water treatment plants, steel mills, sugar plants and mining. In 1996, Mr. Srivastava founded Srivastava Construction Limited, which in 2004 changed its name to Sricon Infrastructure to address the larger infrastructure needs in India like highway construction. He merged Vijay Engineering and Sricon in 2004. Mr. Srivastava graduated with a BSc. from Banaras University in 1974.
Mr. Srivastava founded Hi-tech Pro-Oil Complex in 1996. The company is involved in the extraction of soy bean oil.
He founded Aurobindo Laminations Limited in 2003. The company manufactures laminated particleboards.
Mr. Jortin Antony – Managing Director, TBL.
Jortin has been the Managing Director of TBL since 2000.
Prior to that he held various positions at Bhagheeratha starting as a management trainee in 1991.
From 1997 to 2000 he was the Director of Projects at Bhagheeratha.
In 2003, Mr. Jortin Antony was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award from the Rashtra Deepika.
He graduated with a B.Eng, in 1991, from Bangalore Institute of Technology, University of Bangalore.
Mr. John B. Selvaraj - Treasurer
Email: john.selvaraj@indiaglobalcap.com
From 1997 to 2007 John held various positions at Startec Global Communications including as Vice President of Finance and Accounting, where he was responsible for SEC reporting and international subsidiary consolidation. Prior to joining Startec, from 1984 to 1994, Mr. Selvaraj served as the Chief Financial and Administration Officer for the USA office of the European Union. In 1969, Mr. Selvaraj received a BBA in Accounting from Spicer Memorial College India, and an Executive MBA, in 1993, from Averette University, Virginia.
Mr. Selvaraj is a Charted Accountant (1971).
Mr. Abhay Wakhare – GM Finance, Sricon Infrastructure
Abhay has been the General Manager of Finance and Accounting and the company secretary since 2004 where he is responsible for finance, accounting, human resources, and is the corporate secretary of the company. Mr. Wakhare has broad experience, having worked in several industries. From 2002-2004 he was the General Manager Finance, for the ammunitions manufacturing division of the Eros Group of companies. From 1992-2002, he was an entrepreneur having founded a perfume company. From 1996-1999, he was the chief executive officer of Disani Agro Limited, a $50m pesticide and herbicide manufacturer. From 1994-1996, he was the Assistant General Manager Finance, at Hindustan Lever. Mr. Wakhare's education and qualifications are as follows: Bachelor of Commerce, 1990, Masters of Commerce, 1992, Nagpur University. 1993 Indian Institute of Cost Accountants. 1993, Chartered Financial Analyst. 1993, Bachelor of Law, Pune University. MBA, 1994, SIMB, Pune. Masters in Law 1996, Osmaniya University. MSc. Finance, 1997, Business School of Hyderabad.
Mr. M Santhosh Kumar – Manager Finance, TBL.
Santhosh been with TBL since 1991. Since 2002, he has been the Deputy Manager (Finance and Accounting). From 2000 to 2002, he was the Marketing Executive for Techni Soft (India) Limited, a subsidiary of Techni Bharathi Limited. From 1991 to 2000, he held various positions at TBL in the Finance and Accounting department. From 1986 to 1991, he worked as an accountant in the Chartered Accounting firm of Balan and Company. In 1986, Mr. Santhoshkumar graduated with a BA in Commerce from Gandhi University, Kerala, India.
Mr. Sudhakar Shenoy - Director and member of Audit Committee
Sudhakar is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Information Management
Consulting, Inc., a business solutions and technology provider to the U.S.
government, business, health, and life science sectors. Mr. Shenoy is a
member of the Non-Resident Indian Advisory Group that advises the Prime
Minister of India on strategies for attracting foreign direct investment.
Mr. Shenoy was selected for the United States Presidential Trade and
Development Mission to India in 1995. From 2002 to 2005, he served as the
chairman of the Northern Virginia Technology Council in the U.S.
Sudhakar holds a B. Tech (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT). He also has an M.S. in electrical engineering
and an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut Schools of Engineering and
Business Administration, respectively.
Mr. Richard Prins - Director and Chairman of Compensation committee
Since 1996 he has been the Director of Investment Banking at Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc (FBW was the lead underwriter for our IPO). Prior to Ferris, Baker Watts, from 1988 to 1996, Mr. Prins was Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the Investment Banking Division of Crestar Financial Corporation (SunTrust Banks). From 1993 to 1998 he was with the leveraged buy out firm of Tuscarora Corporation. Since 2003, he has been on the board of Amphastar Pharma and since 2006 he has been on the board of Advancing Native Missions, a non-profit. Mr. Prins holds a B.A. degree from Colgate University (1980), and an M.B.A. from Oral Roberts University (1983).
Mr. Suhail Nathani - Director
Suhail is a co-founder and partner at the Economics Laws Practice in India.
The 25-person firm focuses on consulting, general corporate law, tax
regulations, foreign investments and issues relating to the World Trade
Organization (WTO). Mr. Nathani holds a LLM from Duke University School of
Law, a MA (Hons) in Law from Cambridge University, and a Bachelors in
Commerce and Economics from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India.
Senator Larry Pressler – Special Advisor
Senator Larry Pressler was a Member of Congress for 22 years (with 18 years in the Senate) during which he served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was chairman of the Commerce Science and Transportation Committee. Currently, he is a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of O'Connor & Hannan, and is chair of the law firm's Telecommunications and Business Group where he specializes in regulatory law, commercial law, telecommunications law, and lobbying activities. Senator Pressler has extensive experience with helping businesses deal with the Federal Government. He is a McKinsey & Company alumnus, and spent three years as a government lawyer in the U.S. State Department Legal Advisor's office, working on economic, business, GATT and other trade issues. Senator Larry Pressler was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England and is a graduate of the Harvard Law School.
Mr. Howard Gutman – Special Advisor
Howard Gutman has served as our Special Advisor since April 5, 2007. Although he is not serving as an attorney for the Company, Mr. Gutman has been a lawyer in Washington D.C. for twenty-five years. Mr. Gutman, rejoined Williams & Connolly in October 1986 and became a Partner in 1988. He remains a partner at the firm today (although the firm has no role with the Company), where he is a business litigator.
From May 1985-October 1986, he was Special Assistant to the Director William H. Webster of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. From October 1982 to May 1985, Mr. Gutman was an associate at the law firm of Williams & Connolly. Mr. Gutman has been active in Democratic politics for 20 years having served as an advisor to candidates for President, Governor, and Congress. He assisted the gore campaign in Florida in 2000. Mr. Gutman, since 1983, has been an Associate Editor of Litigation Magazine and an active participant in the ABA's Litigation Section. He has also appeared on several episodes of the HBO series "K Street.
Mr. Gutman was graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in 1977 and from the Harvard Law School, Magna Cum Laude in 1980. From September 1980-September 1981, he served as a Law Clerk to The Honorable Irving L. Goldberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. From September 1981-September 1982, Mr. Gutman served as Law Clerk to The Honorable Potter Stewart,(retd), United States Supreme Court.
Mr. P. G. Kakodkar – Special Advisor
Mr. Kakodkar’s career spans 40 years at the State Bank of India. He served as its Chairman and prior to that he was the Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI) Fund Management Private Ltd., which operates the SBI Mutual Fund. He currently serves on the board of 13 companies and is an Advisor to Societe Generale, India. Mr. Kakodkar received a B.A. from Karnataya University and an M.A. from Bombay University, in economics, in 1954 and 1956, respectively.
Mr. Shakti Sinha – Special Advisor
Since 2004, Mr. Sinha has been a Visiting Senior Fellow on economic development, with the Government of Bihar, India. From 2000 to 2004 he was a Senior Advisor to the Executive Director on the Board of the World Bank. From 1998 to 1999 he was the Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of India. He was also the Chief of the Office of the Prime Minister. Prior to that he has held high level positions in the Government of India, including from 1998 to 1998 as a Board Member responsible for Administration in the Electricity Utility Board of Delhi. From 1996 to 1998 he was the Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition in the lower house of the Indian Parliament. From 1995 to 1996 he was a Director in the Ministry of Commerce. In 2002, Mr. Sinha earned a M.S. in International Commerce and Policy from the George Mason University, USA. In 1978 he earned a M.A. in History from the University of Delhi and in 1976 he received a B.A. (Honors) in Economics from the University of Delhi.
Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli – Special Advisor
Dr. Ganguli is the CEO of Vision-IPR, an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
management consulting firm. Clients include companies in the Pharmaceutical,
Chemical and Engineering industries. He is an adjunct professor of IPR at
the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Prabuddha has been honored as a
fellow to the Maharastra Academy of Sciences, and to the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation (Germany). Additionally, he is Honorary Scientific
Consultant to the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
He is a Member of the National Expert Group on Issues linked to Access to
Biological materials vis-a-vis TRIPS and CBD Agreements constituted by the
Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is also a Member of the
Editorial Board of the IPR journal "World Patent Information" published by
Elsevier Science Limited, UK. Dr. Ganguli is a Consultant to the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva in IPR capability building
training programs in various parts of the world. Dr. Ganguli received a PhD
from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay in chemical physics,
a M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), and a
BS from the Indian Institute of Science (Bombay University).
Dr. Anil K. Gupta – Special Advisor
Dr. Gupta is Chair of the Management & Organization Department, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Strategy and Organization, and Research Director of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland at College Park. He has also served as a visiting professor at Stanford University, at Dartmouth College, and at SDA Bocconi (Italy). Dr. Gupta earned a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1970; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in 1972; and a Doctor of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1980.
Dr. Gupta has been recognized by Business Week as an Outstanding Faculty in its Guide to the Best B-Schools and serves as a consultant, executive program faculty, and keynote speaker with multinational corporations and other organizations worldwide. His books include The Quest for Global Dominance (coauthored with Vijay Govindarajan) and Smart Globalization (coauthored with Eleanor Westney) published by Jossey-Bass/John Wiley in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He is also the author of more than 60 highly cited papers in major journals and has been honored with inclusion in the Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame. In 1997, one of his papers was recognized as “one of the ten most-often cited articles” in the entire 40-year history of the Academy of Management Journal. In 1994, he was ranked by Management International Review as one of the “Top 20 North American Superstars” for research in strategy and organization.
Dr. Gupta serves on the board of directors of NeoMagic Corporation (NASDAQ) and has earlier served as a board member of Omega Worldwide (NASDAQ) and Vitalink Pharmacy Services (NYSE). He has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, USA Today, Red Herring, The Industry Standard, ComputerWorld, CIO Magazine, as well as the leading publications in Italy, India, and
China.
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