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K.L.Chugh
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K.L.Chugh
Mr. Chugh was the Chairman of the ITC Group from November 1991 to December 1995. On his retirement he was honored with the title of Chairman Emeritus – ITC.Prior to joining ITC in 1971, Mr. Chugh – a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi University – worked for 10 years with India’s largest engineering enterprise, the Heavy Engineering Corporation, a public sector organization based in Ranchi. Mr. Chugh achieved valuable experience in heavy industry and large projects.Mr. Chugh set up the ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited in the tribal area of Andhra Pradesh. Leading a young team, Mr. Chugh implemented this large project in record time with no cost over-runs. The company has since received numerous awards in recognition of its excellent working and has grown to become India’s largest company. Mr. Chugh has authored Clonal Plantation Technology in Bhadrachalam – this has helped spur the rapid growth of the Indian paper industry. In 1989, Mr. Chugh came back to ITC as Vice Chairman and took over as Chairman in 1991. During his stewardship, ITC became one of the India’s leading private sector corporations in turnover, profit, and market capitalization, the country’s largest exporter and a prestigious Super Star trading house. During Mr. Chugh’s tenure of four years as Chairman, ITC grew more than two fold in turnover and almost four times in profit. For two consecutive years ITC was India’s No.1 Company based on a number of criteria – growth, profit, return to shareholders and market capitalization. In the early days of economic liberalization, Mr. Chugh re-engineered ITC to grow as India’s leading multinational company. He was the first Indian CEO to talk about `Creating India’s Multinationals’ and encouraging global competitiveness.Mr. Chugh was appointed as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India Ltd., Tourism Finance Corporation of India and National Housing Bank of India and Member of Board of Governors, National Council of Applied Economic Research, IIM Kolkata, Administrative Staff College of India, President AIMA. Mr. Chugh was elected the financial world’s International 1994 CEO of the Year Asia and in 1993 was adjudged amongst the Top 2 Best Indian Chief Executives. He was elected one of five ‘Tobacco Men of the Year’ by the World Tobacco International, USA and the Most Distinguished Alumni of the Delhi College of Engineering.He is presently Chairman of Gati Ltd, Director of Sandhar Auto Industries, Urban Mass Transit Co., Fozal Small Hydro Power and Spice Telecom and Member of Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Population Foundation of India.Mr. Chugh’s current interests are management consulting, renewable energy and education.
Mahendra Agarwal
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Mr. Mahendra Agarwal
Mahendra Agarwal is the Founder & CEO of Gati Ltd. – leader and pioneer in Express Distribution and Supply Chain Solutions. He established Gati in 1989 with an aim to redefine the logistics industry. Mr. Agarwal is the driving force behind Gati’s journey to leadership position. His foresight has been instrumental in the company’s exponential growth by venturing into global markets and diversifying into varied domains. Under his visionary leadership, Gati has evolved into a major ILSP (Integrated Logistics Service Provider).Mr. Agarwal is an avid speaker and has been invited to many symposia and forums like the Global Logistics Summit 2006 held at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and the Logistics 2005 conference. He was also invited by IIM (Ahmedabad) to interact with the students. In June 2008, he was awarded “Best Entrepreneur of the Year” by Hyderabad Management Association. In Sep 2010, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 4th Express Logistics & Supply Chain Conclave held at Mumbai. In the same year he was also conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award from ASBM. In 2012, he was honoured with two more awards – ‘Executive of the Year’ Award (Logistics) by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for his contribution to the Indian Supply Chain & Logistics Industry and “Logistics Promoter Award” at the Logistics Talent Hunt 2012 International Conference. In Oct 2015, he was presented with the prestigious NITIE Empresario “Most Inspiring Entrepreneur of the Year” award at the NITIE Campus in Mumbai for his contributions to the Indian Logistics Industry.A leader, thinker and philosopher, Mr. Agarwal is an institution by himself. Apart from being on the Board of several Indian companies, Mr. Agarwal is also the founder member of Supply Chain & Logistics Group (SCLG) India (in addition to being a member of the international board of advisors for SCLG Global), member of CII Southern Region Council, member of CII Institute of Logistics Advisory Council, FICCI’s Civil Aviation Committee & FICCI’s Logistics Forum.He holds an Engineering Degree from Bangalore University and a Masters in Business Administration from Austin, USA. He loves travelling, golf and swimming. Mr. Agarwal continues to guide Gati towards the future with characteristic passion and a commitment to excel in everything he does.
N. Srinivasan
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Mr. N. Srinivasan
Mr. N. Srinivasan is a commerce graduate and has been a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1955. He was the Senior Partner of Fraser & Ross, Chartered Accountants, with Head Office in Chennai and branches at Bangalore, Coimbatore, Cochin and Hyderabad. Messrs. Fraser & Ross is a member firm of Messrs Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, New York – one of the four big multi-national firms of chartered accountants. Mr. N. Srinivasan is closely associated with the development of the profession of accounting and auditing in India. He has been the Chairman of the Southern India Regional Council and a Central Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.He is the past President of Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, Management Association and is on the committee of Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is on the Board of several reputed companies viz., United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd., Mc Dowell Holdings Ltd., The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd., AMCO Batteries Ltd., Redington (India) Ltd., etc.
P. Sudhakar Reddy
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Dr. P. Sudhakar Reddy
Dr. P. Sudhakar Reddy is a well-known Cardiologist, Humanitarian, Social Activist, He founded SHARE organizations which established Mediciti Hospitals and Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences. In February 2010, Dr. Reddy was awarded the Peter J. Safar Pulse of Pittsburg Award by the American Heart Association. He did his MRCP from Edinburgh, U.K. He is a faculty member of University of Pittsburgh and had been Director of Cardiac interventional laboratories. He promotes research by Indian doctors to solve health care problems of India particularly rural population.TETRA project empowers Technologically Enabled health workers to extend Telemedicine to Rural population at Affordable costs. He is planning to develop a total artificial heart in India to make it accessible to all citizens globally.
Yasuhiro Kaneda
P. N. Shukla
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Mr. P. N. Shukla
Mr. P N Shukla, joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1976. He is a Rail transport Operations & Logistics specialist. He completed MSc Physics & LLB from Allahabad University and graduated in Business Management from Perth University, Australia. He has worked in various capacities in Safety, Commercial and Operations departments of Railways. He served as an Executive Director of Traffic Transportation, Executive Director of Tourism & Catering and Executive Director of Freight Marketing in the Railway Board. He is Rail Advisor to Hindalco and Kakinada, he also worked as Director of Container Corporation of India and Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation. He has been on the Board of several renowned companies.
Dr Savita Date Menon
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Dr Savita Date Menon
Dr Savita Date Menon, PhD, is a Psychologist having trained at Mumbai University, India. She is also a certified Health & Wellness Expert. She has worked in the field for almost 30 years. 10 years with Tata Steel Hospital, Jamshedpur, where she was responsible for setting up the Dept. of Psychiatry, and where she received several Quality Awards. And over 18 years with Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, where she helped set up Apollolife, the Wellness Company of the Apollo Hospitals Group, in which she pioneered the concept of Rehab & Rejuve, by setting up Holistic Spas in Chennai & Hyderabad, with Rehab, Chronic Disease Management, Wellness & Rejuvenation, all under one roof.She consults one on one, and also conducts Workshops in all areas of Mental Health & Positive Psychology, covering Stress and Burnout, Anxieties and Panic, Fears and Phobias, Parenting issues, Children and Developmental issues, Relationship and Marital counseling, Drug Abuse & Detox, Depression, Behavior and Change, Smoking Cessation, Work life balance, Health & Wellbeing, Communication & Counseling, Sleep Rehab & Relaxation, Women & Health and Happiness .
She also specializes in School Health, Corporate Wellness, & Chronic Diseases Management for
Hospitals and Insurance Companies, where she also conducts training programs & workshops. Her list of clients include Tata’s TMDC, XLRI, IIM, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), HSBC, Amex, Computer Associates, J P Morgan, Motorola, DuPont, Deloitte, Dr. Reddy’s Lab (DRL), Tecumseh, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), Indian Oil Corporation, in India, & Jotun Paints, Mashreq Bank, Standard Chartered, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Abu Dhabi Oil Corporation, Dubai Development Board, RAK Ceramics, Electro RAK, Guardian Glass, Arc International, Waldorf Astoria , RAK Academy, Gems schools and more in the UAE.
She has also conducted workshops for Wardens of Chanchalguda Prisons, Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Menon was co Faculty, Harvard Medical School (USA), for a series of Lifestyle Medicine seminars
Conducted in India in 2006. She also lectured in Spaulding Hospitals (Harvard Medical School), Boston, USA. She is also Faculty, Apollo Medical College, Avanti Engg colleges & Mofukkam Jha Management
College. In addition, she is Director Academics, (India), for Arabian Wellness, UAE’s Post Graduate Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine. Also, Dr Menon is Member, Undergrad & Post grad Board of Studies, Psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India and St Francis College, Hyderabad, India.
In her early years she worked with Intellectually Disabled Children and their Parents and was tied up
with Special Olympics International as the Global Clinical Advisor India for conducting Health and Psychological Screening for Special Children across the country.
Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla
Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla
Mr. Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla is a Solicitor and Advocate of the Bombay High Court and a partner of Maneksha & Sethna, a law firm based in Mumbai.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Mumbai.
Mr. Kalyaniwalla has been practicing law for over 22 years and is also enrolled as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
His practice is predominantly in the field of corporate law, property law, tax law and general commercial law.
Shashi Kiran Shetty
Shashi Kiran Shetty
Shashi Kiran Shetty is a pioneer and leader of the logistics industry with numerous Indian and globalrecognitions and a deep-rooted commitment to social welfare.
He began early, when the logistics sector was at a nascent stage. In 1993, he founded Allcargo Logistics which today enjoys the status of being India’s largest integrated logistics company. Its trajectory of success and wide portfolio of world-class services like MTO, Contract Logistics and Project Equipment are testimony to Mr. Shetty’s entrepreneurial spirit and foresight.
Spearheading over 10 key acquisitions in less than a decade, he sets a brilliant example of benefiting from first mover’s advantage, wherein he saw the formidable strength and bright future which the logistics sector holds in India and globally, creating India’s first and largest integrated logistics
solutions provider in the private sector and a global leader in multimodal transport with operations in more than 160 countries.
Right from being conferred Belgium’s highest civilian honour the ‘Distinction of Commander of the Order of Leopold II’ to being declared as the Global Logistics Personality of the Year, Mr. Shetty’s experience and contribution has been recognised across diverse fora and platforms in India and
internationally. An astute business sense, exemplary leadership and a vision to identify potential opportunities reiterate his position as an industry veteran.
Mr. Shetty is known not just for his professional achievements, but also his involvement in a number of philanthropic and community development initiatives. Be it through personal donations and contributions or involvement in the interventions of Avashya Foundation, Allcargo Logistics’ CSR arm, Mr. Shetty walks the talk when it comes to giving back to society in every way possible.
Under Mr. Shetty’s guidance and insistence on quality, impeccable execution, customer satisfaction and a values-driven culture, Allcargo Logistics continues to be recognised as one of the most professionally-managed and process-driven organisations.
In addition to being a sports enthusiast and an avid golfer, Mr. Shetty also appreciates art and its diverse cultural expressions.
