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Mr. Ashok Jaipuria

Chairman & Managing Director

Mr. Jaipuria has more than 40 years of experience of the corporate world. Mr. Ashok Jaipuria is the Founder Chairman & Managing Director of Cosmo Films Limited and Founder Chairman of Cosmo Ferrites Limited. He is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and President of The Golf Foundation - a charitable society formed for helping under privileged potential golfers. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of IIT- Patna and among the Board of Directors of DPS, Gurgaon. He is a degree holder in Associate of Arts in Business Administration and diploma holder in Marketing Sciences.

  

 

Mr. A K Jain

Whole Time Director

Mr. Jain has over four decades of experience in Finance and Accounts and General Management functions in industrial enterprises in India. He is the Whole-time Director (Director-Corporate Affairs) of Cosmo Films Ltd. He has previously worked with Mawana Sugars Ltd. and A.F. Ferguson & Co. Ltd. and National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. Mr. Jain is a Commerce Graduate from Meerut University and an AICWA from ICWAI and a Certified Information System Auditor from Information System Audit and Control Association, USA.

  

 

Mr. H K Agrawal

Independent Director

Mr. Agrawal has over four decades of experience in the fields of Strategic Management, Organization Structure, Finance and Training. He is an independent Management Consultant. Mr. Agrawal has consulted several multinationals, large Indian corporate, small entrepreneurial organizations as well as developmental institutions. He has also worked for about 13 years with various large industrial organizations in Public as well as Private sectors in India. Mr. H.K. Agrawal is a Mechanical Engineer from University of Jodhpur and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

  

 

Dr. Surinder Kapur

Independent Director

Dr. Surinder Kapur is the founder Chairman & Managing Director of Sona Koyo Steering Systems. Dr. Kapur is a member of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council and the Chairman of ClI's “Mission on Innovation in Manufacturing”. He is also a member of the Automotive Mission Plan (2006-2016) set up by Ministry of Heavy industry, Government of India. Dr. Kapur has done his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, USA. He also holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Engineering from USA.

  

 

Mr. Rajeev Gupta

Independent Director

Mr. Rajeev Gupta was till recently the Managing Director of Carlyle Asia Partners and the Head of the Carlyle India Buyout Team. Previously he was a Board member and Head of Investment Banking of DSP Merrill Lynch Limited. He has successfully concluded landmark merger and acquisition deals across industries for large Indian industrial groups and for MNC's with several transactions under his leadership being widely viewed as pioneering merger and acquisition deals in India. Mr. Gupta earned his B.Tech from IIT-Benaras Hindu University and a M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

  

 

Mr. Suresh Chandra Rajpal

Independent Director

Mr. Rajpal offers over 35 years of entrepreneurial and multinational work experience. He is the Founder Chairman & CEO at Visnova Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a focused software solutions & high-end KPO/BPO organization. He co-founded Tecnova in 2001, providing consulting services to emerging growth companies in India. He was also the President & CEO of Hewlett- Packard India. He received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Companies begun in the prior 3 years in India from Ernst & Young in 2002 and is a recipient of US Ambassador’s Award for extraordinary services to American Businesses in India, as the President of American chamber of Commerce. Mr. Rajpal is an Electrical Engineer from the Banaras Hindu University, India and earned his MBA from York University, Toronto, Canada.

  

 

Mr. Badri Agarwal

Non Executive Director

Mr. Badri Agarwal has over four decades of experience in various organizations. He was the President of Bharti Infotel, a part of Bharti Airtel. He has also worked for over 20 years with Eicher Group of Companies in various capacities including as Managing Director of their holding Company-Eicher Good Earth Ltd. In 2006, Mr. Agarwal decided to spend most of his time on philanthropical activities and joined Bharti Foundation as Honorary President. Mr. Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant.

  

 

Mr. Rangarajan Vasudevan

Independent Director

Mr. Vasudevan had a distinguished career with the Government of India during which he held several senior positions including Secretary-Ministry of Power, Secretary-Ministry of Steel, Permanent Secretary-Small Scale Industries, Rural Industries and Technology Development, Special Secretary to the Prime Minister and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum. Mr. Vasudevan holds a B.A. (Hons.) (Economics) degree from the University of Madras, and a M.A. degree in Economic Statistics from the University of Delhi and has also completed MPA in Development Economics from Harvard University.