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Dr S R Ganesh Dr Ganesh had a distinguished academic career in leading institutes: IIT, MIT (Cambridge, USA) and the London Business School. He then taught at leading institutes, such as the Andersen Graduate School of Management, S. P. Jain Institute of Management Research, and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a visiting Senior Professor at NMIMS, Mumbai, since 2004. He was a former Member of Senate, IIT, Bombay, and a Member of Academic Council, NITIE. His business career is marked with stints as a senior executive with India's blue chip companies such as Reliance Industries, Hindustan Lever. He was a Consulting Advisor to TCS, Mumbai and also Essar Group. He has consulting experience of over two decades in the areas of strategy development, organization development, and management development. Dr Ganesh also serves on the board of AIA Engineering Ltd and Aries Agro Limited. |
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Shailesh Sheth Mr Shailesh Sheth is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management. He has long experience in the engineering industry, as he served as a Managing Director of Perfect Machine Tools for several years. Mr Sheth is associated with many leading associations and has been the past President of Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association, Chairman of National Committee on Capital Goods, CII, New Delhi, Chairman of Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, CII Western Region, etc. Mr Sheth is on the Board of: Endress + Hauser (India) Pvt. Limited, Birla Kennametal Limited, Jost Engineering Co. Limited, Bharat Fritz Werner Limited, Simtools Limited and Dagger Forst Tools Limited. |
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Atul Bhagwati Mr Atul Bhagwati received his degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from Pune University (India) in 1953. He joined the group immediately after his graduation and training in Germany. Besides his career as an industrialist, Mr Atul Bhagwati has also been honoured as an industry leader. Among other associations he has served, he has led the Indian Merchants Chamber (President – 1996-97), the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (President–1994-95 & 2002-04), and the Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association (Chairman – 1978-81). |
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Anuj Bhagwati Mr Anuj Bhagwati completed his B.S. (Engineering Physics) with distinction (1991) and M.S. (Applied Physics) (1994) – both from Cornell University, USA. Mr Bhagwati, who now heads the A.T.E. Group, joined the Group in 1994 and has held various positions in the Group. He has been actively involved in a wide range of activities in the group: for example, he introduced IT to the group, has been responsible for various group level functions, managed several companies, put together joint ventures, and been part of divestments, turnarounds, start-ups and scale-ups. In the process he has transformed A.T.E. into a modern and technology oriented group. Under the leadership of Mr Bhagwati, the group has diversified into machine-to-machine solutions and clean technology. The group’s foray into clean technology reflects Mr Bhagwati’s personal commitment to environmental protection. Mr Bhagwati has been active with the Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association (TMMA), India and is the Chairman for the year 2009-2010. He is on the Sub-Committee of Research and Developement set-up by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, to oversee the progress in the establishment of a textile engineering R&D centre as well as the academic activities leading to Post-Graduation in Textile Engineering. He is active with various non-profit bodies as well, such as the Urban Design Research Institute and the Kala Ghoda Association; and he was a co-founder of the Praja Foundation. From July 1, 2009 Mr Bhagwati was also appointed as a member of the Council of Cornell University. He has also been appointed as Director, Institute of Human Settlements, Inc., and Member, Governing Council, K J Somaiya College of Engineering. |
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G V Aras Mr Aras is M.Text from Mumbai University, Mumbai, India. He held first rank with distinction in the University in B.Text. He has also completed a Diploma in Marketing Management and has been conferred membership of the Institution of Engineers, India. Mr Aras has in all 30 years of experience in textile and textile engineering industry. He has been with A.T.E. since more than 25 years. He joined A.T.E. in 1981 as a Junior Sales and Service Engineer and rose to attain the position of Director - Textile Engineering Group (TEG) of A.T.E. Enterprises Private Limited. As the head of TEG, Mr Aras is responsible for the total functioning of the TEG, its profitability, customer/principal relationship, business strategy and growth. Mr Aras is on the committees of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Indo-Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and the Textile Association of India (Mumbai chapter), and is a member on the Senate of VJTI as well as its Technical Advisory Group. |
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Rajendra Halbe Mr Halbe obtained a B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) degree with Ist class from Laxmi Narayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. He has about 30 years of experience, and had been with Thermax Ltd., India for 22 years in various capacities. In Thermax, he was the Executive Vice President (Member of Executive Council) from July 2000 to till he left the company in July 2002. As a member of Executive Council he was responsible for strategy formulation of four core businesses of the company namely: industrial equipment of energy & environment apart from industrial cooling & chemicals. Leveraging his vast experience, he started a strategic management consultancy organization, Chiron Lasting Solutions Pvt Ltd, where he was a Consulting Partner. A.T.E. was one of Chiron's customers and he joined the A.T.E. Group full time in October 2006 to implement the blueprint he made for A.T.E.'s new strategy. Today, he is responsible as a strategic business head for A.T.E.'s Industrial Product Group (IPG) and Clean Technology Group (CTG) He is a member of the board of various companies of the A.T.E. Group. |
