Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. Dharani Raghurama Swaroop, Whole-time Director

Dharani Raghurama Swaroop heads the overall operations in India and is responsible for the corporate governance and statutory compliances-related aspects of CT. Prior to his association with CT, Swaroop co-founded a successful IT systems integration company comprising of more than 150 personnel. He is a member of the following Committees of the board of the company viz., Audit Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee and CSR Committee. Swaroop holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Dr. K. Jayalakshmi Kumari, Independent Director

With a deep passion for teaching, Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari brings 15 years of experience from the educational sector having worked for leading schools and colleges in Hyderabad. Presently, she is working with the Nalanda Educational Society as a faculty in the field of social sciences. With proven ability to constantly challenge and improve existing processes and systems, she has been participating and rendering voluntary services to many social organizations. Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari has a Ph.D. in social sciences, an M.A in Economics, M.A in Political Science, M.Phil and M.Ed. She is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Audit Committee and CSR Committee of the Board.

Mr. Sridhar Lalpet, Independent Director

Mr. L. Sridhar is a practicing Chartered Accountant with 18 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Accounting, Auditing, Company law and Taxation. Before entering into practice as CA, he worked as General Manager (Finance) in Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies & Allied Chemical Limited, a listed Company, as Finance Manager and Company Secretary in Gayatri Starchkem Limited and Divyashakti Granites Limited, both listed companies. Also worked as Accounts Manager in Hyderabad Allwyn Limited, an AP State Government Company. He is a graduate, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and also a holder of Diploma in information System Audit from ICAI. He is also a licentiate in General Insurance from Insurance Institute of India.

Mr. Stefan Hetges, Director

Stefan joined CT as a part of the acquisition of smartShift, the leading provider of tool-based modernization of complex IT systems. Stefan started his career as a consultant at Cambridge Technology Group. In 2001, Stefan acquired the assets of i-Cube from Razorfish in a management buyout and formed smartShift. Stefan has a Masters in Computer from University of Constance.

Ms. Manjula Aleti, Independent Director

Manjula Aleti is a practicing Company Secretary with over 7 years of experience in monitoring of various compliances under Companies Act 1956/2013, Listing Agreement/SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, FEMA and other statutory laws/regulations applicable to corporates. She extends a wide variety of Corporate services in the present day competitive global and economic scenario, gives expert opinions and advice on all the matters of Corporate Laws, represents corporates before Registrar of Companies, Regional Director and RBI. She also acts as Secretarial Auditor for Listed Companies. Manjula is a Law Graduate from Osmania University, a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and also Master of Arts in Economics from Osmania University.

Mr. Amudala Sreeramulu Nageswar Rao, Director

Mr. Amudala Sreeramulu Nageswar Rao has over 30 years’ experience in the Banking/Finance area Business and Financial Planning & Analytics, structure corporate finance, Overseeing budgeting, budget implementations. He has an expert knowledge in overall analyzing Business with Strategic Planning, Budgeting and Compliance across the tenure and extensive experience in conceptualizing and implementing Management Accounting function with internal controls. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He holds degree in Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science. He also serves as an Independent Director in 6 companies. Mr. Rao is currently working as Company Secretary and General Manager (Accounts) in Gloster Cables Limited, a manufacturing company and previously served as Company Secretary in a BSE listed company. He also worked as CFO in a company engaged in manufacturing, practiced as Company Secretary and consultant. He also served as former Assistant General Manager with scheduled commercial bank with exposure to areas of Credit, Forex, Risk Management, ALM at Head Office of the Bank and in charge for Exceptionally large Branches of the Bank, for more than 3 decades with 3 different Banks.

Mr. Chirravuri Subrahmanya Leeladhar, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Chirravuri Subrahmanya Leeladhar is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and Cost & Works Accountant (CWA) with over 30 years of experience in IT, ITES, logistics, petroleum, EPC, manufacturing and trading sectors. His areas of expertise are corporate finance, IPO, Mergers & acquisitions, MIS, US GAAP, and taxation. He is associated with Company as CFO since August 09, 2018. He also worked with companies like M/s. Central India Polysters Ltd, LGS global, Shell petroleum, Sujana Towers, Gold Stone Group, Seaways Shipping & Logistics Ltd and Tenny Jose Ltd in the past.