CAII Governing Council
Governing Council consists of entrepreneurs and business leaders drawn from various industries, including IT, Infrastructure and Banking & Finance. The Council supports the Secretariat in setting broad directional policy and meets periodically to monitor progress. Governing Council members have a tenure of two years and one-fourth of the members are replaced through a draw of lots every two years. Representation in the Governing Council is open only to Corporate Members on recommendation of the Secretariat.
S Ramadorai
S Ramadorai has been in public service since February 2011 and is currently the Chairman of National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) in the rank of a Cabinet Minister. The NSDA is an autonomous body, which coordinates and harmonises the skill development efforts of the Government and the private sector to achieve the skilling targets of the nation. He is also Chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a Public Private Partnership arm of the Government of India for creating large, for-profit vocational institutions.
He recently retired as Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, a company he was associated with, for 42 years. He took charge as CEO in 1996 when the company’s revenues were at $155 million and since then led the company through some of its most exciting phases, including its going public in 2004. In October 2009, he completed his tenure as CEO, leaving a $6 billion global IT services company to his successor to lead. He was then appointed Vice-Chairman of TCS. The company’s revenue was recorded at $13.4 billion for the year ended March 31, 2014.
Mr. Ramadorai is also the Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE Limited) and AirAsia (India) Pvt Ltd. He continues to be an Independent Director on the Boards of Hindustan Unilever Limited, Asian Paints Limited, Piramal Enterprises Limited.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian honour) in January 2006. In April 2009, he was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the growth of Indo-British economic relations.
His academic credentials include a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Delhi University, a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California – UCLA (USA). In 1993, Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management’s highly acclaimed Senior Executive Development Programme.
Ramadorai has actively participated in India’s IT journey from its inception in 1960’s to a mature industry today. Ramadorai has captured this exciting journey in a wonderfully personalised book titled ‘The TCS Story…and beyond’ which was published in 2011 and remained on top of the charts for several months.
Among his many interests, Ramadorai is also passionate about photography and Indian classical music.
Neelam Dhawan
Neelam Dhawan is the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard India. She has countrywide responsibility for revenues and profitability and ensuring the greatest leverage from HP’s Services, Personal Systems and Imaging & Printing businesses. With a portfolio that extends to offshore activities, BPO, Software Engineering, Research and IT Services, Neelam is focused on shaping the company’s overall business agenda and leading its strategy and corporate development efforts to make HP the most admired company in India. Previously, Neelam was the Managing Director of Microsoft India, a position she held from 2005 to 2008. During her tenure, she sharpened Microsoft’s strategic focus and improved its operating efficiency and execution, as well as its financial performance and customer focus.
Prior to this assignment, Neelam held a varietGulshan Raiy of successful leadership positions in leading Indian IT companies, including HCL and IBM. Neelam holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and a Masters in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.
Karan Bajwa
Karan Bajwa joined Microsoft India in November 2007 and after serving in senior leadership roles. He was appointed as Managing Director of the sales and marketing operations of the subsidiary in 2013. In this capacity, his responsibilities include growing the sales and marketing operations, driving strategic partnerships and alliances with global platform partners, channel partners, international and local OEMs services, telecommunications industries and the system builder community. Karan brings with him an excellent understanding of enterprises as well as insight into the Indian public sector, having led teams for these businesses for the company in the last seven years.
Karan Bajwa joined Microsoft India in November 2007 and after serving in senior leadership roles. He was appointed as Managing Director of the sales and marketing operations of the subsidiary in 2013. In this capacity, his responsibilities include growing the sales and marketing operations, driving strategic partnerships and alliances with global platform partners, channel partners, international and local OEMs services, telecommunications industries and the system builder community. Karan brings with him an excellent understanding of enterprises as well as insight into the Indian public sector, having led teams for these businesses for the company in the last seven years.
Ashishkumar Chauhan
Ashishkumar Chauhan currently works as Managing Director and CEO of BSE, the first stock exchange of India. BSE is ranked as the largest exchange in the world in terms of number of stocks listed. Ashish has been given the Distinguished Alumnus Award for the year 2014 by his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. In 2014, he has also received the best CEO in the Financial Markets in the Asia Pacific by the Asian Banker and the Best CEO Award for Global Islamic Financial Initiatives from CEO Clubs Network.
He has been ranked amongst the 60 most influential Gujaratis in the world for last 2 consecutive years by Chitralekha, the largest selling Gujarati magazine. He was also ranked amongst the top 50 Chief Information Officers by several magazines and institutions between 2005 and 2009 including CIO Magazine US, Information Week, US etc.
Ashish is best known as the father of modern financial derivatives in India. He was part of a small team of 5 people selected from IDBI to set up National Stock Exchange (NSE). At NSE, he set up the first commercial satellite network, initial technology platform, Nifty index, NSE’s certification in financial markets (NCFM), listing, derivatives markets etc. At BSE, he has been responsible to bring the fastest trading system in India with 200 microseconds response time. In addition, he has also been responsible for revamping of BSE, bringing equity, currency and interest rate derivatives to BSE, introducing mobile trading system in India and several other achievements.
Ashish is considered as one of the foremost experts in financial market policies, microstructure, Information technology, organized retail, telecommunications, Indian social issues, cricket etc. He also worked as the CEO of a cricket team in its formative years – Mumbai Indians in addition to his role as the President and CIO of Reliance group.
He currently serves on the Board of ICCL, CDSL, BSE Institute Limited and Marketplace Technologies Limited. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of IIIT D&M, Jabalpur. He also serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Technology of FMC, member of several SEBI committees (including Primary Market Advisory Committee and Secondary Market Advisory Committee), Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Money, Foreign Exchange and Government Securities Markets of RBI and has served on various other government and regulatory committees; CBDT and FMC, among others in the past. He is also a member of the UK-India Financial Partnership constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI as well as the Capital Markets Committee of FICCI, National Committee on Capital Markets and National Council on Financial Sector Development of CII. He also serves on the managing committee of Indian Merchants Chamber.
He and his writings have been quoted in various magazines, newspapers and other media – worldwide over last 2 decades.
Ashish holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and PGDM from IIM Calcutta.
Abhijit Tannu
A technology architect at heart and an entrepreneur by his calling, he was also the Founder, Director & CTO at Herald Logic, the company he set up along with Vishal Gupta and others. In the past decade, Herald Logic has become a leading name in optimizing Sales Force and Channel effectiveness for Financial and Pharmaceutical companies.
In his 15-year experience, of which 8 have been as Head of Technology and Product Management, Abhijit has managed large turnkey projects, design & development and quality assurance, besides driving technology and innovations. In earlier positions, at Patni Computer Systems, Abhijit managed some of the largest projects and was involved in all aspects of delivery. He has also worked at Larsen & Toubro handling large turnkey projects.
Abhijit is an inventor of a technology product – IntelliPush – which is a rule-based engine which collects data from various sources, analyses it and performs actions as previously defined by the user.
Abhijit holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur.
G. Srinivasan
Mr. G. Srinivasan, B.Com, FIII, AICWA has been Managing Director at The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. since October 18, 2012. Mr. Srinivasan served as the Managing Director at New India Assurance Co. Ltd. from April 12, 2011 to August 16, 2011. He served as Managing Director of United India Insurance Company Ltd. until October 17, 2012. He served as Managing Director of The New India Assurance Company (TNT) Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago and General Manger for The New India Assurance Company Ltd. He has over 25 years of experience in the Insurace Industry. He serves as a Director at General Insurance Corporation of India since July 28, 2010. He has been Chairman of The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. since October 18, 2012. Mr. Srinivasan served as the Chairman of the Board of United India Insurance Company Ltd. until October 17, 2012. Mr. Srinivasan has been a Non-Executive Director at GIC Housing Finance since November 26, 2007. He serves as a Director of Kenindia Assurance Company Ltd., Kenya and GIC of India. He is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India and also an ICWA graduate.
Anuj Agarwal
Anuj Agarwal is the MD & CEO of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance. Anuj has been associated with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance in its inception years in 2001 till the year 2004 and has handled senior responsibilities in Finance including that of Vice President-Finance. Anuj brings with him substantial experience in life insurance, having worked in India and abroad.
He has held senior positions as CFO/CRO, within the Allianz Group in Egypt and Indonesia. He was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer at P.T. Asuransi Allianz, Utama, Indonesia before joining Bajaj Allianz as MD & CEO.
Anuj is an Engineer by qualification having completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Delhi Institute of Technology. He has further completed his Masters in Management Studies from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and holds an Advanced Diploma in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK.
Prakash B Rane
Prakash B Rane is the Managing Director of ABM Knowledgeware Ltd. He is B. Tech. with postgraduate Degree in Management Studies (M.M.S.) and has an excellent academic record. Before becoming Managing Director of the Company, he had successfully established another software company in the field of e-governance. Under his stewardship, the Company has attained a leadership position in the niche of e-governance in a short span of time. He has conceptualized various pioneering and successful strategic solutions in e-governance, which have become benchmark in the industry.
Paresh Rajde
Paresh is the Founder of Suvidhaa Infoserve, India’s largest & fastest growing S-Commerce® company engaged in digital distribution of customer-centric services and payments. Paresh founded Suvidhaa in 2007 and raised an angel investment from Mr Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, Chairperson of one of India’s largest construction conglomerate. Paresh led from the front in successfully build the company as CEO for first 5 years and securing 3 Series of funding for Suvidhaa from globally acclaimed investors viz., Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Reliance Capital (ADA Group), IFC, the World Bank Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Suvidhaa today has a footprint of over 65,000 small retail touch points across 2800+ towns in India and services over 15mn unique customers. Suvidhaa was ranked by Red Herring Inc., amongst Asia’s Top 100 Start-ups in 2009 & nominated for Global 200 Start-ups in 2010 and more recently, as per The Brand Trust Report – India Study 2013, Suvidhaa has been acknowledged & recognized as the “Most Trusted Retail Services Brand”. He was elevated as Chairman last year and leads Suvidhaa’s innovative & strategic initiatives envisioning the Company’s growth path.
Prior to starting Suvidhaa, Paresh founded Forbes Infotainment Limited and as CEO of Forbes Infotainment, Paresh launched “DhanDhanaDhan” Online lottery, a brand that achieved Rs.3000 mn turnover in its inaugural years. He successfully exited from the business and sold the venture to Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
A qualified Chartered Accountant, Paresh began with his own Firm in 1991 & later became an Advisor to several State Govts., for online lotteries. Paresh then joined the Board of Turbo Technologies & as an exclusive IT Consultant to Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industries promoted IT Projects in France & other European Countries. Paresh pioneered his small ventures like www.taxationindia.com and www.yellowpagesmumbai.com in initial career.
Paresh has received several Indian & International Awards & accolades. The “Best Business Achiever (SME) Award 2009” by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the Girnar Award (2007), the SKOCH Awards for Digital Inclusion in 2010 & Financial Inclusion in 2011, to name a few. Acknowledging Paresh’s vision of an inclusive growth & livelihood promotion of rural & urban poor, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) honoured Paresh with its “Inclusive Business Leader” Award in 2011 and in October 2012 featured him as “Inclusive Business Pioneer” in its Report “Being the Change: Inspiring the Next Generation of Inclusive Business Entrepreneurs impacting the Base of the Pyramid”.
Paresh is a member of several Committees of various Industry Bodies & Institutions like FICCI, IAMAI & ICAI; has addressed several prestigious Government & Industry Forums worldwide and the IFC’s Inclusive Business Leaders Forum at Washington, USA (2011) & Tokyo (2012), the GSMA NFC Mobile Money Summit at Milan (2012 & Oct 2013), the Money2020 Conference in Las Vegas are but to name a few.
Paresh Rajde
Parveen Bhatia, MS, FRCS (Eng.), FICS, FIAGES (Hon.), FMAS, FIMSA, FAIS,FALS,FCL, is Chairman, Institute of Minimal Access Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Institute of Robotic Surgery(IRS), Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Medical Director & Consultant Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon of Global Hospital & Endosurgery Institute, New Delhi. He was a Governing Council member of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) from 2010-2013.