Mr. Nitin Kulkarni is the Chief Operating Officer of Persistent Systems Limited. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Electronics from Mumbai University in 1988 and a Master’s Degree in Engineering in Electronics from VNIT, Nagpur University in 1991. Prior to joining Persistent Systems Limited in 2006, he worked with NELCO, Mumbai from 1991 to 1992 as a Senior Systems Engineer. He subsequently worked with Siemens Information Systems Limited from October 1992 to February 1996 as a Senior Systems Analyst and with Infosys Technologies Limited between May 1996 to November 2006 in various roles in two tranches ranging from Project Manager to Assistant Vice President and Development Center Head.

Mr. Nitin Kulkarni is now designated as an ‘Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer’ of the Company.

Mr. Pradeep Bhargava has been working as Managing Director of Cummins Generator Technologies India Ltd. since 2003. He has steered the growth of the Organization, made it a Market Leader and a major Global player. Mr. Bhargava’s association with Cummins started way back in 2000, where he was first responsible for steering growth and transforming a leading Engine business into a wholesome Energy Solutions Enterprise.

A veteran in the Industry, Mr. Bhargava has held responsible positions in both Private and Public sector organizations. His tenure with the State Sector spanned a decade, during which he worked with Indian Space Research Organization, Atomic Energy Commission, Electronics Commission, Bharat Heavy Electrical India (BHEL). He also had tenure of 1 year and 6 months with UNDP and World Bank respectively during his working with the Government. In the Private Sector, he has held various positions at the Kalyani Group, first helping them diversify and thereafter spearheading the Group’s entry into Consumer Electronics (Kalyani Sharp India). He then helped steer the foray of the Group into Infrastructure sector. He was the CEO of the Lighting Business of General Electric, Bangalore prior to joining Cummins.

Mr. Bhargava has been actively participating in Industry Forums, Education Institutions as well as various platforms of Civic Society. His primary focus has been to integrate the experience and knowledge of Industry into cause which benefit both the Society and the Environment.

Within CII, he was the Chairman of Pune Zonal Council during the year 2004-05, thereafter Chairman of Maharashtra State Council during the year 2008-09. He is the Chairman of Western Region Council for the year 2012-13. His key contributions have been Conceiving, Steering and Implementing the now famous “Pune Model” by virtue of which the city of Pune has been able to mitigate Load Shedding for the last 5 years. Likewise, he had a significant role to play in establishing Finishing School with Symbiosis as part of Affirmative Action. Both these initiatives have since been scaled up and replicated in other communities. He has considerable engagement in Skill Development Charter and establishing links between Educational Institutions and Industry.
 

Mr. Bhattacharyya brings more than 38 years of experience in the banking and financial industry. As an astute senior level banker, his expertise spans in areas such as International and Corporate Banking across geographies, Retail Banking, Credit & Risk Management, Liability Management and Human Resource Management. He was the Managing Director and Chief Credit and Risk office of State Bank of India (SBI) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ) and the SBI (International) Mauritius; participating in providing leadership to the Indian Financial System and being in the forefront of various initiatives undertaken by the SBI Group.

Mr. Bhattacharyya joined the State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer in the year 1972.  During his tenure with State Bank of India, Mr. Bhattacharyya has held a number of important positions, including those of Chief General Manager of Hyderabad Circle and DGM (Vigilance) at Chennai Circle.  Also, Mr. Bhattacharyya was posted abroad as Managing Director of SBI International (Mauritius) Ltd., Mauritius. 

Mr. Bhattacharyya also brings in an extensive experience in leading the bank in complex transaction situations affecting both the top-line and bottom-line, regulatory compliance and has also headed bank committees regarding strategic alternatives, capital structure and liquidity, impact on earnings per share and shareholder disputes. In his role as the head of the highest level credit committee of the bank, he has been involved with the evaluation of large value projects involving sanction of funds for mergers, acquisitions, green field and brown field projects.

Mr. Bhattacharyya was also the Member of the Basel-II Implementation and Risk Management Committee of Indian Banks Association, and Member of the Expert Committee on Banking & Finance of ASSOCHAM.
 

Dr. Anant Jhingran, a recipient of the President of India’s Gold Medal, completed his Bachelor of Technology from IIT, Delhi and subsequently his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Since his Ph.D., Dr. Jhingran has had a remarkable career at IBM Corporation with numerous recognitions in research and technology leadership. Currently, Dr. Anant Jhingran is Vice President, Data & Analytics at Apigee Corporation.

During his tenure at IBM Dr. Jhingran, was an IBM Fellow, which is IBM’s highest technical honor. At IBM he was also recognized for establishing IBM’s data warehousing technology business and other critical businesses such as search, e-commerce and Big Data. He has contributed towards several academic and industry conferences like World Wide Web conference and Hadoop Summit. He has an impressive count of academic papers and ten patents in the areas of information management and e-commerce. Dr. Jhingran is a renowned technology leader and is well respected by his peers and senior management at IBM and by technology enthusiasts worldwide.
 

Dr. Dinesh Keskar brings more than two decades of expertise in the aerospace/defense industry. He was appointed Vice President of Boeing International and President of Boeing India in March 2009. Dr. Keskar is responsible for representing the entire enterprise and for leading Boeing-wide efforts focused on expanding the company’s local presence and pursuing new growth and productivity initiatives in India. He is based in New Delhi and reports to Shep Hill, president of Boeing International. Since he joined Boeing in June 1980, Dr. Keskar has held senior positions in engineering, marketing and sales.

Dr. Keskar serves on several boards and organizations, including the national board of directors of the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin; chairman of Amcham India, chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s civil aviation committee; the advisory board of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati; U.S.-India Business Council Board Member Emeritus, which operates under sponsorship of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society; and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. From 2003 to 2007, he served as a member of the board of directors of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading, an organization that serves as the official voice for the entire commercial transport aircraft secondary marketplace, and was a member of the executive committee of the Indo-American Society. Dr. Keskar remains an active member of Indian community organizations in the United States.

In June 1999, Dr. Keskar was honored with the “Distinguished Alumni Award” by the University of Cincinnati for meritorious achievement, recognized stature and conspicuous success in the imaginative blending of engineering education with highly productive endeavors in industry. In September 2006, he received the Outstanding Achievement award from the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin.
 

Mr. Kiran Umrootkar, B.Com (Hons.), LLB, FIIBF, MCIPD (UK) had a distinguished career with Standard Chartered Bank for 26 years, from where he voluntarily retired as the Executive Director-Treasury in November 1993. He is currently the Director-Finance of Jacobs Engineering India Private Limited, which is a part of US based Global Fortune 500 Company with revenues exceeding USD 11 Billion and is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services. In India, the Company has its registered office in Mumbai with branches located at New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Navi Mumbai etc.

After leaving Standard Chartered Bank, he worked with Tata Group in India and was the Executive Director of Tata TD Waterhouse Securities Limited managing Primary Dealership business involving wholesale trading in government securities, Director of Tata Finance Amex Limited, a Joint Venture between Tata Finance and American Express and a Director of Tata Home Finance Limited, a Joint Venture between Tata Home Finance and Abbey National Group, UK. During this period, he was also the Director of Primary Dealers’ Association of India.

At Standard Chartered Bank, he specialized in Foreign Exchange and Treasury Operations and was instrumental in building Treasury Operations of the Bank since inception. During 1991/92, he was deputed to establish Treasury Operations of the Bank in East and West Africa.

In 1980, he was the recipient of the Lord Aldington Banking Research Fellowship which was awarded by the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance to study foreign exchange markets in the UK and Europe. He is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, U.K.

Mr. Umrootkar represented Standard Chartered Bank as a Vice-Chairman at the Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI). He was also a member of the Expert Group established by the Reserve Bank of India in 1995 popularly known as the “Sodhani Committee” for introducing forex reforms in India.

He has been associated with the Bombay Management Association (BMA) since 1980 and was the President of BMA for the year 2000-2001. He is also a Member of the Finance Committee of All India Management Association (AIMA). He is a Trustee of Foundtion for International Taxation in India.

In 2002-2003, he was the Chairman of Banking & Finance Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and was also the Chairman of Risk Management and Systems Group to prepare “Risk Management Handbook” for Corporates in India and a Member of the Task Force appointed by Indian Merchants’ Chamber to hasten the process of establishing Mumbai as the “Regional Financial Hub”.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of ICFAI Business School, Mumbai and N.L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research. He is also a Trustee of Students’ Literary & Scientific Society and Aryan Education Society which run two schools in South Mumbai.