About Us - Board of Directors  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI SAMIR S. SOMAIYA
Chairman and Managing Director of the Company aged 42 years having more than 15 years of experience in the field of Sugar, Chemical & Power. He is Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and a Master of Chemical Engineering. He has also done his Masters in Business Administration from Cornell University, U.S.A. and Master of Public Administration is conferred upon him by the Harvard University. He is the winner of Annual Chemical Awards for Scholastics Achievement from American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Procter & Gamble Technical Excellence Award and many other awards. He is also the Director and Member on many Companies and Committees.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI I. C. PATEL
He is LLB having more than 35 years of experience in the field of Sugar Industry. He is a well-known person in Sugar Industry. Associated with Apex body of Co-operative Sugar Factories, namely “National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories” and also Sugar Industry Export Import Corporation (Exim), a body jointly formed by Co-operative as well as Joint Stock Sugar Factories for Export/Import of Sugar. He is past President of both the Association.

 
     
     
 
 

PROF. ROOSHIKUMAR V. PANDYA
Shri Rooshi Kumar Pandya is B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (USA), M.A. (Canada) having more than 30 years of experience as Management Consultant. He is also engaged in the field of Finance for many years. He has served as an advisor to many big Corporates.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI B.R. BARWALE
He is Chairman of Mahyco Vegetable Seeds Ltd. and Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. Ltd. He has rich experience in agriculture. He is being Director and Member on many Companies and Committees providing his guidance. He has widely traveled abroad and expert in the field of agriculture.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI KAILASH PERSHAD
He is an Engineer having more than 38 years of experience in field of Finance. Previously he was associated with ICICI Ltd. He was involved in Financial Restructuring of many Companies during his tenure with ICICI Ltd. At present he is working as independent Consultant to many big Corporates.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

DR. K. V. RAGHAVAN
Dr. K. V. Raghavan is B. Tech (Chemical Engg.), M.S. (Reaction Engg.) Ph. D. (Mathematical Modeling and Simulation), Diploma in German and have more than 30 years of experience as a technocrat. At present he is Chairman of Recruitment & Assessment Centre, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Ministry of Defence, Delhi. He is a Doctorate in Science. He is former Director of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. He also possesses very senior experience in the field of Science.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI ANIL KUMAR JAISWARA
He is a Nominee Director of the Company from IDBI Bank Ltd. He is B.Com. and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He possesses rich experience in the field of Banking and Finance. He has been associated with IDBI Bank Ltd. for over 21 years.

 
     
     
     
     
 
 

MR. PAUL STEFFEN ZORNER
Mr. Paul Steffen Zorner from California, U.S.A. was appointed as a director of the Company. Mr. Paul Steffen Zorner has to his credit wide experience especially in the fields of Sugar, Chemicals, Power, Renewable Resources, Biotechnology etc. He is a Doctor of Philosophy. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Emphasis in Weed Science, Agronomy and Plant Physiology applied to dry-land agricultural systems. Thesis work focused on energy metabolism in dormant and non-dormant weed seeds.

He is a Chief Science Officer, Founder and Executive Director in Principle Energy Ltd., Southern Africa; Senior Director, Business Development in Diversa Corporation, San Diego, Callifornia, USA for renewable fuels platform; Adjunct Professor-Horticultural Science in North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Senior Vice President-Operations in CellFor Corporation, San Diego, Callifornia-Vancouver, British Columbia; Founder and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Telanetix Corporation, San Diego, California; Chief Scientist, Global Biotechnology and Bioprocessing Platform, Corporate Research and Development in the Dow Chemical Company (TDCC), San Diego, California; Vice-President, Product Development in Mycogen Corporation, San Diego, California etc.

 
     
     
     
 
 

SHRI V. SIVAPRAKASAM
Shri V. Sivaprakasam is a BE (Electrical) and also holding the certificate of Boiler Operating Engineer (BOE) has valuable experience of over 35 years in the field of sugar industry.

 
     
     
     
 
   

SHRI JAWAHARLAL CHIRIMAR
Shri Jawaharlal Chirimar is a B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Mathematics from Cornell University, Ph D, Computer and Information Science from University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Managing Director in Citigroup Alternate Investments. He has more than 14 years of experience in the field of Investments, Finance, hedging of fund in structured credit assets-long/short credit, cash flow CDOs, correlation trading and asset back trading, booking and risk-management systems for the credit-derivative business and the high-grade credit business.