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Bhaskar
Panigrahi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Bhaskar has more than 14 years of experience as a technology entrepreneur. He is a confident and innovative leader, and he has a vision of building CTE to be the preeminent single-stop IT services general contractor for mid-size enterprises. Bhaskar has extensive experience in setting up, building, directing, and formulating corporate strategy for various successful organizations. Recently, Bhaskar led Cambridge Technology Enterprises’ successful IPO on both the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India. Under his leadership, Cambridge Technology has grown at 100% CAGR during the last three years. Prior to Cambridge Technology Enterprises, Bhaskar served as the CEO of CellExchange, an enterprise systems developer for government agencies and departments. Before that, he served as the CEO of Unique Computing Solutions, an Internet technology and services firm. In 1999, he co-founded e-Solutions Integrator, an e-business consulting firm that subsequently merged with Unique Computing Solutions. Bhaskar promoted two other technology companies, Mascot Networks (a product and solutions provider in the education market) and Trading Research Design (a financial risk management solution provider). He started his career as a technologist at IBM and State Street Bank, and at TELCO he was the chief architect of some of the Web's earliest products. Bhaskar holds a BS in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, India. Bhaskar firmly believes that the most valuable assets for a company are the deep relationship with the customer coupled with excellent execution and superior talent. He spends as much time as possible coaching and mentoring his management team and helping his employees embrace the feeling that working at CTE is more than just developing revolutionary solutions and applications for clients or innovating with the latest technologies. Besides his entrepreneurial interests, he enjoys golf, keenly follows cricket, and loves social networking.
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Krishna
Nangegadda, Whole Time Director |
Krishna founded
Unique Computing Solutions in 1995 and built it into one
of North America's fastest growing organizations, which
later merged with CellExchange. In 1986. Krishna founded UNICS
InfoTech Ltd, one of the most successful system integration
and IT products companies in India. Prior to becoming an
entrepreneur, he worked in sales and business development
for HCL, and Larsen
& Toubro Ltd., two of India's largest corporations. Krishna holds a BS in Electrical Engineering
from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India,
and has attended Masters Programs at Harvard and Northeastern
Universities in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Swaroop
Dharani, Whole Time Director |
Swaroop heads the
overall operations in India and is specifically responsible
for all the corporate governance and statutory compliances-related aspects of CTEL. Prior to his association with
CTEL, Swaroop co-founded a successful IT systems integration
company of more than 150 personnel. Swaroop
holds an electrical engineering degree from
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. |
Kamlesh
Gandhi, Independent Director |
Kamlesh Gandhi
has more than 35 years experience in the
capital and financial markets in India. He has been a member of BSE for over
14 years, has been on the board of directors of the Association
of Merchant Bankers of India (AMBI) since
its inception, and was director of AMBI from
2004 to 2006. He is also the one of the founders of the Stock Brokers Underwriters Association and served the
organization for 6 years. During his career, he
has been involved in raising funds in over 300 capital issues
and has been involved in the placement of equities of several companies
with retail, high net worth, and institutional investors,
both domestically and overseas. Presently, he is the country
head of investment banking at RELIGARE, a leading stock
brokerage and investment banking firm. Prior to that he
was the executive director of Centrum Capital Limited,
Mumbai, and was responsible for initiating and building
the capabilities for offering equity-related capital market
services to companies, setting up their investment management
services division, and ramping up their stockbroker activities.
Before that, he started his career as vice president at
Champaklal Investment & Financial Consultancy Ltd,
(CIFCO), Mumbai, and rose to the position of the company’s
chairman and managing director. He is a thought leader
and influencer in the Indian capital markets and has represented
India as the speaker in numerous investors’ forums
around the world. He has been a non-executive director of several
companies, including Dr. Reddy’s Group and Raasi Group
and he is currently on the boards of Priyadarshini Spinning
Mills Limited, Bhagyanagar India Limited, Kirloskar Electric
Company Limited, and The Bombay Swadeshi Stores Limited.
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H.K.
Katti, Independent Director |
H. K. Katti is the
managing director and executive vice president of Knowledge
Systems Private Limited, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of CIBER Inc., USA, and a billion-dollar global software
company. He has a blend of business and technology skills
and has over 25 years of IT industry experience. He started
his career with Indian Defense Lab as a senior scientific
officer and as head of their signal processing and graphics division.
At Wipro, he made substantial
contributions towards its all-around growth. He was in charge
of Wipro's worldwide software operations that included products,
projects, and consultancy businesses. He was instrumental
in identifying and growing customer accounts, including
Nortel, HP, Sequent, and GE. Prior to founding Knowledge
Systems, he was managing director of Cambridge Information
Technology, an organization that focused on delivering
world-class distributed solutions to international customers. |
B.Muralidhar, Independent Director |
B.Muralidhar
is the Director on board of DS Unics Infotech Ltd and
is responsible for the Finance & Accounts of the company.
He has played a key role in setting up and scaling extensive
IT hardware sales, services for the company and has all
round exposure to Software deployment, maintenance and
support services for customers in India. Prior to joining
DS Unics, he was with Southern Agencies, and established
the dealer network across the states in South India for
them. He is a Commerce Graduate from Andhra University
and holds an MBA from Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS), Ranchi”
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