The Board
“Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker
Mr. Basant Kabra
Chairman & Managing Director
Mr. Basant Kabra is the Chairman & Managing Director of the Company since 1991. He currently has more than four decades of experience in the overall management of the Company. Mr. Basant Kabra holds a degree of Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
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Mr. Shiva Kabra
Joint Managing Director
Mr. Shiva Kabra is Joint Managing Director of the Company. He oversees the marketing, business development and strategy of the Company. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of marketing, business development and strategy.
Mr. Shiva Kabra is a graduate of Economics and Mathematics from Grinnell College, USA and holds a degree of Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, France.
Ms. Ritu Joshi
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Ritu Joshi is Non-Executive Director of the Company. She brings over 20 years of experience in marketing, consulting, Start-up, and corporate experience both in the US and in India.
Ms. Ritu Joshi began her career at Control Print Limited in Marketing. Moving to the US, she co-founded a technology start up where she led consumer experience and design functions. While in the US, she also worked with Network Strategy Partners, a leading technology strategy-consulting firm. Returning to India, she joined the Sapat Group, a leading Company in FMCG and Pharma as Director – Marketing. She is credited with rejuvenating legacy brands and launching new products that won awards for innovation and design. She is also a partner in Arjun Ventures LLP, a boutique investment firm.
Ms. Ritu Joshi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics and Master’s degree in Management Information Systems and a second Master’s degree in Indology.
Mr. Chandresh Gandhi
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Mr. Chandresh Gandhi has graduated from Mumbai University in 1985 and a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1989.
He has been in professional practice for more than 30 years.
He is also a Managing Partner of the firm of Chartered Accountants which has undertaken assignments as under:
- Concurrent Auditor of a leading foreign bank for more than two decades for their All India Inward And Outward remittances -FTU unit and Imports/Exports Trade Unit as per Guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India.
- Internal Auditor for the leading commodity exchange in India for almost 10 years
- Statutory auditor of a listed company for more than 20 years.
- Conducted Statutory audit of nationalised bank branches allotted on the basis of Empanelment
- provided advisory services as well as representation before the authorities in the field of Auditing and Accounting, Local and International Taxation including Interpretation of Tax Treaties, Transfer Pricing and FEMA issues relating to Inbound and Outbound Investments under the RBI guidelines for NRIs, local corporates and foreign companies
Mr. Rahul Agrawal
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Mr. Rahul Agrawal is the Director and Promoter of Shiva Pharmachem Limited, company situated in Vadodara, Gujarat. Shiva Pharmachem Limited is a global supplier and one of the leading manufacturers of multi-functional intermediates in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals and performance chemicals and has three manufacturing sites and exports various products globally.
He has an experience in the field of Chemical Manufacturing Industry for almost 24 years. Mr. Rahul Agrawal has also promoted Shiva Performance Materials Pvt. Ltd., a Company situated in Vadodara, Gujarat, which is actively engaged in producing specialty polymers such as acrylic resins used in ink, coating, semiconductor and optical fibre industry. Shiva Performance Materials is one of the largest suppliers globally in the graphic arts and toner industries and provides a clean alternative to hazardous solvent based chemistries used in packaging industry. He has also been an active member of the chemical engineering honor society Omega Chi Epsilon.
Mr. Rahul Agrawal holds a bachelor’s degree of science in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a masters’ degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Harvard University.
Mr. Shome Danani
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Mr. Shome N. Danani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from INSEAD. He began his career with HDFC (Business Development) as part of the core team that launched CIBIL. In 2002, he joined Bharat Bijlee Ltd. And has served as its Executive Director since last 15 years. He has been instrumental in building scalable systems and processes. He has contributed significantly to business strategy restructuring, rebranding and the growth plans of the Company.
Ms. Shruti Jatia
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Ms. Shruti Jatia is an Independent Director. Ms. Shruti Jatia brings over 2 decades of experience in managing Finance, Accounts, and Human Resource Development.