Speaker Bio:  

Rajeev Ranadive
President, Automotive Robotics
Rajeev is a mechanical engineer from M.S. University, Baroda. He worked for vehicle manufacturers and vehicle engineering companies, both, Indian and MNC and has experience of over 30 years in automotive industry. He decided to set up his own “Technology Transfer & Management” company named “Automotive Robotics” in 2002. He handled several projects for Indian companies as well as companies based outside India, many of which were high tech SMEs who had developed innovative technologies and wanted to build prototypes and test them under actual working conditions. He is awarded the Innovation award, IIT (B) alumni and Award for Innovation Excellence by Indira Institute Of Technology & Management, Pune.
Prashant Pansare
Vice Chairman, Indo American Chamber of Commerce - Pune
Prashant is the Vice Chairman of IACC - Pune. He is also the Founder, MD & CEO of Inteliment Technologies. He is the member of National Knowledge committee of CII. He is a well-known speaker at national and international forums (NASSCOM, CII, MCCIA) and has presented papers and key note addresses in conference/s. He is a visiting faculty at institutions (NIA, NIBM, Symbiosis, and IIT). Prashant is a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and MBA in Finance and Marketing. He is guiding research work and has trained more than 1200 MBA/Engineering aspirants in BI, Analytics and Knowledge Management.
Anil Patwardhan
Vice President, Hinjewadi Industries Association
Anil has over 28 years Enriching experience in the field of Corporate Finance & Governance across the sectors. He is the winner of the ICAI CFO award 2010 for the best CFO in Information Technology Sector. Anil is awarded with “Recognition of Excellence” at CFO India’s 2nd Annual CFO 100 Roll of Honour 2012. The Award is received for “Winning edge – in Mergers & Acquisitions”. Anil is the Member of CII Finance panel and active member of ICAI Pune branch & CFO forum. He has received the Chairman’s Award for Best Enabling Function of the Company for FY08. He has worked with Kirloskar Group Company, Raymond Group, Praj Industries and KPIT Cummins.
Mukesh Malhotra
MD, Weikfield
Mukesh Malhotra formally joined the family business of Weikfield Products in August 1973, and decided to focus his energies on International business and started the Exports Division of Weikfield products in 1975. The Company’s products have received International Quality Awards from Europe and America in 1980 and 1994, and Mukesh is a member of the Trade Leaders Club in Europe, since 1981. Mukesh was a member of the Founding team that set-up the “Certificate Course in International Trade” in the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCIA), and he has been a Visiting Faculty at Symbiosis Institute of Foreign Trade, Lamcon Institute of Management, Indira Institute of Management, etc. He was appointed Managing Director of Weikfield Products in 1994 and continues to hold that position. He is actively involved in the activities of MCCIA with a track record of over 20 years, serving in various capacities such as Chairman - Foreign Trade Sub-Committee, Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Vice President & President 2008 – 2010. He is also a member of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, The British Business Group and various other International Bodies. Mukesh has also been a keen Rotarian and has served as President of the Rotary Club of Pune Riverside for the Rotary Centennial Year 2004-2005.
B Padmanabhan
Group CFO, Varroc Group
Padmanabhan has an impressive 30 years of experience. He started off his career with Best & Crompton Eng. Chennai serving from Jan 1983 to Dec 1992 wherein he held various positions in Accounts, Funds & Commercials and Taxation. From there he moved to ACC Group for a period of more than 13 years. Apart from holding the Finance, Taxation and IT function of various plants, subsidiaries and SBUs in ACC, he played a crucial part in the hiving off of one SBU in to a separate company and later selling it to private venture capital firm. He had a small stint of one year in TACO till Dec 2007 where he guided and advised all the 22 companies of the Group on the matter of accounts, direct and indirect taxation. In his current organisation, he is responsible for the group finance, accounts and IT functions and is closely involved in all the strategic decision making process of the Group.
Vineet R. Joshi
CFO, Precision Automation and Robotics India
Vineet has about 25 years of work experience in Strategic Fund Raising, Working Capital Management, Project finance, IPO, Rights Issues, International equity and equity linked issues, Investor relationship, SAP implementation, Financial Accounting, Costing and MIS, Income Tax assessments, participation in strategic financial management. He has worked in companies like Bharat Forge Limited, Pudumjee Pulp and Paper, Thermax, Walchandnagar Industries, DGP (now Mahindra Hinoday) and Precision automation and Robotics India Ltd.
Ranjan Mohapatra
CFO, Nilons
Ranjan started his career as Asst Manager- Financial Planning and Analysis in Career Aircon, Gurgaon. He was Finance Manager in EPC Irrigation, Nashik. He was the CFO in Fem Care Pharma Limited, where he partnered the wealth creation processes. He had short stints with Gujurat Sidhee Cement, Taco Composites and ABG Cranes as CFO of the respective entity. Ranjan is currently the CFO of Nilon’s and have built strong relationship with Investor community comprising of Banks, Financial Institutions, Rating Agencies and Investment Bankers. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has done his post graduate Executive MBA from the prestigious “IMI”, Delhi. He also holds a degree in Law from University of Bombay.
Anil Koul
AVP-Group IT, RSB Global
In this role, as GROUP IT HEAD, Anil is responsible for IT strategic direction and daily IT operations of organization. He ensures that the IT organization has the capabilities necessary to deliver critical functionality and information flow to support existing and changing business needs. Anil has led significant organizational and process change initiatives, ensuring IT alignment with business. Anil has more than 15 years of business, technical and execution experience in the fields of technology and business information systems. He has successfully worked in developing Corporate Information technology strategies, along with planning, managing and deploying of various Information management systems across various organizations using appropriate level of investment, technologies and personnel.
Rajiv P. Bhalerao
Director-Operations, Dali & Samir Engineering
Rajiv has 30 years of experience working in huge Auto-component Manufacturing Units as well as esteemed house of Birlas. He worked for 10 years in Maintenance in Cimmco, Bharatpur, Rajasthan in the Railway Wagon manuacturing unit. He then joined Jamna Auto Industries and their joint venture company NHK India Ltd., at Malanpur near Gwalior in their leaf, springs, and stabilizer bars manufacturing unit as a Manufacturing Head. Rajiv has Work experience in Heavy Commercial Vehicle Industries like Transport Solutions India, Kailash Vahan and Auto-component Manufacturing Unit Dali & Samir Engg.
Huzefa Motiwala
Regional Head – Technology Sales, Symantec India
Huzefa Motiwala is responsible for planning and execution of Technology Sales and Solution Evangelism for enterprises in India West Region. He is also responsible for building technical capacity and enablement for Symantec partner community. Having spent more than 14 years in the IT industry, Huzefa has been with Symantec for over ten years. He has been associated with Solution architecting and Technical Consulting roles, with an in depth understanding and active participation in strategic planning and execution with customers. Huzefa brings experience and expertise in transforming customer&rsquot;s business challenges into IT solution that can help achieve immediate and longterm success for IT deployments. Prior to joining Symantec, Huzefa was associated with Wipro.
Arjun Guha
General manager, Tasty Bite Eatables
Arjun's primary career anchor has been manufacturing. He has worked with the finest consumer product companies, like HUL, Marico and ICI Paints. Over a period of time, he has enhanced his competencies in other areas by taking up appropriate roles. As Profit Centre Head of the Food Service Business at Tasty Bite, business development, customer relationship management, and project and program management are his biggest priorities. In his earlier role as General Manager Operations, Arjun has driven the streamlining of manufacturing processes, and designed and implemented Capex programs to give the company the decisive edge in the market. In terms of industries, Arjun is a Chemical Engineer and an MBA with almost 19 years of work experience. He is a Certified Six Sigma professional, and has underwent special trainings in Safety and Quality Management systems as well.