Mr Arvind Kumar Bhandari has checkered career in banking sector spanning over more than 3 decades.
A quick decision maker, Mr. Bhandari believes in delegation and works to create a culture, safeguarding corporate interest. As a mentor he has been instrumental in institution building and grooming people for higher responsibilities.
He was Associated with Various Companies like Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited (FACOR) Orissa Industries Limited, Gujarat Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organization Limited, Society of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and many more as a Director.
He has also Headed Management Audit team for Bank’s Japan Operations at Tokyo and Osaka.
He has been strategic advisor and mentor to a couple of companies for over 9 years.
Dr. Jitendra Adhia is a corporate trainer and a Life Coach. He has started a world class Mind Training institute in Ahmedabad, India. He also does counseling for all the problems of life.
He has written and published more than 40 books on different subjects related to Life. His Best-selling book is “Prernanu Zarnu” is also published in 7 different languages, namely Gujarati, Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Brail. This book is bestseller for last 18 years. He has produced various DVDs and Audio Cds on different subjects. He is also a Columnist in many Newspapers and Magazines.
Now Dr. Adhia is training people on various subjects such as Mind Power, NLP, Hypnosis, Goal Setting, Transactional Analysis, Memory, Effective Communication Skill, Character Building, Personality Development, Getting Rich, and Positive Health.
He conducts workshop in various cities and countries like Canada Dubai, London, USA , South Africa ,China, & Middle-East etc.
Mr. M. P. Chandran has done his Post-graduation in Management and has more than 15 years of Experience at Senior and Board level positions. He is responsible for public and private sector companies.
He is responsible for the overall management of JG International school. As a trustee of ASIA Charitable Trust he has been in the Forefront in all its endeavors. Passionate about education, he and his team are building JG International School into a school of Global Standards.
He has been a Financial Consultant to many large Corporates. He is associated with lots of Global PE Funds and Various National and International Financial Institutions.
Mr. Monish Bhalla is a GST Guru, Indirect Tax Expert, Author, Columnist. Mr Bhalla, an Indirect Tax Expert has been associated with Customs, Excise and Service Tax for more than 30 years.
He Came out with his Book on GST a year before the GST was implemented, (GST The Game Changer) in April 2016.
He has authored 6 books viz
His legal consultancy firm “Tax-O-Legal”, is a brand in itself and has a Pan India presence with offices in Ahmedabad; Mumbai; Delhi; Bhopal etc.
He is also a founder and mentor of an interactive web portal named www.gstonline.com, a Government Authorized Reporting and Publication Company for all the judgments delivered by Honorable Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).
Mr. Sameer Khale is a law professional with 25+ years of experience mostly working in Environmental laws, land laws and corporate laws. He is the Founder of MGK legal - a leading legal firm whose offices are in Pune, Mumbai and Tokyo. He has a vast experience in land acquisitions. He is the founding member of Association of Friends of Japan (AFJ) & is currently acting as the president there. Under his leadership the association has conducted various events and activities such as Cultural and educational exchange programs in India as well as in Japan including Government and industrial study tours, various Japanese language courses, online courses etc. He is the part of the development of Japanese garden in Pune known as the Pune Okayama friendship garden. He acts as a coordinator and facilitator for Japanese companies who are interested to invest in India and Indian companies willing to enter the Japanese market.
Dr. Jawahar Surisetti is an eminent Psychologist, a bestselling Author, an Innovator and TED Speaker. He is a doctorate in Psychology from the University of Washington. He has been lately adjudged as one of the top 24 policy makers of India by leading daily New Indian Express. He has been bestowed with - New York Times Da Vinci Innovator title for his innovations in social education to help uplift the less fortunate.
He advises the Government of India on policy issues and innovations in education, start-ups and youth affairs. Known worldwide as the Think Professor for his Art Of Thinking, he engages with 2.4 lakh children and parents across the globe through the UN expedition called Explora - exploring the minds of the youths. His two bestselling parenting guides “Mama & Me” & “Go To Hell or Come To Me” has sold more than 1.7 million copies worldwide.
His exemplary social enterprises like ‘MyBeti’ for the Girl Child, ‘Religion of Youth’ for youth and ‘Happea’ for the happiness of the world have been applauded by the United Nations and are also included in the SDG Report in 2017-18.
His innovation -Think Curriculum, for which he has been awarded an honorary Doctorate by Columbia University has been funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
His 1432 lectures, seminars, and workshops till date in 76 countries of the world have received rave reviews for their effectivity and simplicity. He has also been awarded with Bharat Shiksha Ratna Samman.
Mr. Niraj Shah (alumnus, School of Interior Design, CEPT, Ahmedabad ) is Partner & Co-Founder, with his wife(also a CEPT alumni) of IDO Design a multi disciplinary firm with 2 verticals, interior architecture and graphic design.
He is also the immediate past Chairperson of Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Ahmedabad regional chapter.
He was on board with the Oscars Panel as Art Director, for selection of Indian Film representation at the Academy Awards 2020.
Niraj is also recipient of the State award for Art Direction of Gujarati Film Bey Yaar for the year 2015-16 and is on the Gujarat Government Information & Broadcasting Department Panel.
His continuous need to add value by learning lead him to do a course in Strategy Management from IIM Kolkata (2013) and Design Thinking and innovation from Massachusetts Institute of technology, Sloan.(2018).Has been speaker, moderator and jury at various platforms including FOAID, Kohler Pecha Kucha, CE worldwide, MIT Pune etc.
He is also a Partner/ Founder at HorseWell Consulting that is purely into brand and business consulting, primarily focused on start-ups.
Apart from this, he is mentor & consultant and on advisory board with various products & service industry brands.
Mr. Mahesh Kothurkar has Conceptualized Global Footprint Advisory in 2014, & collaborated with Silicon Valley and West Europe based startups to create Traction globally. Mahesh is part of multiple advisory boards globally.He is associated with Capital firms from India, Australia, Qatar and London for fund raising.Mahesh has been successful in creating traction for 28, B2B oriented startups in Core telecom sector (SDWAN, SDN, ITOM, Big Data analytics, Cloud Data migration), EdTech, AdTech as well B2C oriented startups in eCommerce and media content.He has Worked with Tata Communications for over 8 years, in various global and leadership roles with extensive experience in South Africa and North America.
Before joining Industry, Mahesh was part of the coveted navigation and air combat branch in the Indian Navy as Commander. Mahesh served on various frontline ships and aircraft carriers for 20 years, also participated in the three international campaigns including UN peace keeping force at Somalia and Indian peace keeping force at Sri Lanka.
Mahesh has Bsc (Hons) degree in Physics from Royal Institute of Science, Mumbai and is alumni of the Harvard Business School, through the General Management Program.
Dr. Dineshkumar H Brahmbhatt has served Government of Gujarat for 22 years on strategic positions in the Co-op department and 14 years in IAS cadre. He has chaired important Gujarat Government organizations like- Gujarat State Marketing Co-op Federation, Kutch Dist. Co-op Bank, District Rural Development Agency-Gandhinagar, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management-Gandhinagar(Executive Director), Rajkot Urban Development Authority ,Gujarat Livestock Development Board-Gandhinagar etc. He has been appointed as municipal commissioner twice by Gujarat Government.
He is an Honorary Advisor to ASSOCHAM- Delhi, Secretary General of Confederation of Women’s Chambers of Commerce & Industries CWCCI-Bengaluru, Vihang Adcon Pvt Ltd-Gujarat. He is also DG of “ Indulal Yagnik institute of public policy and Strategic studies” Gujarat, Member, Governing Council of the National institute of Urban affairs ,Govt of India. Advisor , WAPCOS, a Govt of India owned Internationally famed corporation etc. Apart from this, he also mentors wealth management, business solutions & investment analysis for African Continent. He has also acted as mentor & advisor to CPD-CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
During his tenure he got many recognitions like- Best District Development Officer Award - 2003-04,Best Collector & District Magistrate Award - 2004-05, Best Officer Award in "101 Induction Training".He has worked with the then Hon’ble CM of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi from 2001 to 2014.
Currently he is advisor to various Boards & Corporates. Also, he is engaged to promote the scale of
business potential for Bio-CNG plants, organic farming, renewable energy and spread of investment in African continent and Conservation of famous Gir cow breed of India.
Mr. Kamlesh Tiwari had a long career in Indian Railways as an IRTS Officer,
serving mostly on Western Rly & West Central Rly., for more than 36 years.
He has served at Ajmer, Jaipur, Baroda, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, & Ahmedabad
divisions of Western Rly., Where he was head of Commercial Department at
Bhavnagar, Rajkot & Ahmedabad divisions. He also served in senior positions
at Church gate office of Western Railway & Jabalpur office of West Central
Railway where he was heading the freight business unit of the Zonal Railway.
During his long career he also had a distinct opportunity to serve for five long
years at Railway Claims Tribunal Ahmedabad.
As a Science graduate & Masters in Geography, along with his varied
experience in Railways, he brings to table a multitude of first hand
knowledge & experience. He is a team builder & talent sighter of great
repute.
As an IRTS Officer he has closely worked with cement, fertilizer, power, steel
& petroleum industries very closely. He is presently handling number of
Arbitration cases as an Arbitrator. He was a Badminton, Tennis, Squash
player in his early life & now confines himself to Golf & half marathons. He is
also an avid reader.
Mr. Pradeep Kshatriya, was a Group CEO, with Venus Group of Companies & continues to be an Advisor to them (Venus group is into Real estate and has projects around 3000CR in Ahmedabad and Baroda).
He has a Senior Management Experience Spanning over 20 years…, and post his Masters in Engineering, he had a successful stint at UPSC Civil Services & IIM.
Earlier to this, as a Director (Marketing, Sales and BD-India) with Pacifica Group of Companies, He was responsible for the entire marketing, business development, MIS at all Country level. He has been responsible for setting and achieving Branches, different Verticals & overall targets, and having looked into the functioning of Vertical Heads and their teams.
He brings to the table a tremendous connect across various industry verticals, in various countries at a very Senior Management level.
He has an excellent connectivity with South Asia Pacific Countries through Established Network of BEQ&BN Associates.
Mr. Mukund Rathi has done his Civil Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Pune. He then went on to top the Public Service Examination, Maharashtra, India. He held many important portfolios in Government of Maharashtra and Local Government such as Pune Municipal Corporation. He has been associated with the Government Policy and Training Institute, namely YASHADA, Pune, India to work on many Urban Management National and International projects. He has been recognised by the Government for outstanding contribution in Public service.
He was selected by Government of Japan for extensive training in Urban Management at Japan in Okayama Municipal Corporation and completed it successfully. He is key member of Association of Friends of Japan organisation, fostering Indo Japanese relations last 25 years. He has also completed special training by FEMA , USA on Incident Command System.
After stint of about 15 years in Government , he worked with reputed Corporates like HCC at senior key position for 10 years. He handled one of the largest urban infrastructure project , namely ,Lavasa Hill City development project between Pune and Mumbai spread over of 12500 acres.
Presently he is founder Partner and Director of BEQ n BN Management Consultants LLP which is working with preselected partners in India and in other countries namely, Middle East, Malaysia, Vietnam , Singapore in Housing and Infrastructure domain to help them grow.
Mr. Sachin Apte has done his Masters in Structural Engineering from COE, Pune. He went on to venture in to real estate and hospitality.
His flagship company Empire group has done lot of Real estate projects in Maharashtra, Sri Lanka and some operative presence in Dubai. He also has a good networking in Singapore, France, USA, and Dubai due to his Business Enterprise.
He has Active Participation in the following key Institutions:
Mr. Ambuj Jain has multi faceted experience of over 35 years in the area of Business Process Re-engineering, Project Management, Operations, Finance and cash flow management, HR and work management. He has experience in dealing with International business partners. Mr Jain has recently superannuated after spearheading for years as COO – HCC E&C Business. He has lead and motivated team comprised of over 1500 officers and managed P&L for business with annual revenue exceeding 4800 Crs. Mr. Jain is engineering graduate from BITS Pilani and Post Graduate from IIT Delhi.
Mr. Vikram Agnihotri , MRICS , offers 2 Decades of Experience in successfully conceptualizing & executing investments in various Real Estate Asset classes – Commercial, IT parks, Residential, Retail & Hospitality. He holds extensive Real Estate experience in Southern India & Delhi/NCR & a global experience in Asia Pacifica and Middle East.
Trusted Leader with superior track record of motivating people right from the grass root level & taking subordinates into confidence for implementing new and innovative ideas. Leadership revolve around transforming complex business challenges into focused growth solutions through integration of people, processes and technology. Have demonstrated excellence in building high ROI ecosystems & Centre of excellence.
Prior to Beq&BN, Vikram was Director – Southern India at Pacifica Companies, India., wherein he Successfully established organizational structure to support operations for all the verticals in the region.
He also worked as Regional Director for Trammell crow (JLL) and has worked with CBRE.
Mr. K J Rawal has overall 36 years of vast experience in different sectors of construction. He was Managing Director at renowned M/S Gannon Dunkerley & Co. Ltd, (a +90 year old company) & has worked there for more than three decades.
His varied experience in different sectors include Heavy Industries (like cement, steel, power) ,Infrastructure, Water & Irrigation, all type of Buildings, Railway, Petrochemicals & Refinaries etc with successful time bound achievement. His core competence is in Strategic Business planning, Business development, Operation and Management of high volume capital projects. He has also handled projects with international clients and consultants. He brought many structural changes and diversification in to other sectors and grew business up to $500 million in annual revenue with a backlog of $1300 million with a staff of 3500 nos across India.
Later he has worked as COO with M/S Montecarlo Ltd.,a $400 million infrastructure company for almost two years and was looking after operation of ongoing projects in the field of Infrastructure, Railway, Building & factories, water & mining.
Mr. Sujit Kothiwale is an Architect with over 18 years’ experience in both Indian and International projects. His professional experience spans across all sectors; Urban Design, Transportation Design, Railway Stations, Bridges, University and School Campuses, Healthcare, Industrial Buildings and Residential Townships in both Government and Private sector. His strong technical background and collaborative approach enables him to handle any scale and complexity of projects and enhance the project management experience for the client.
He has a degree in Architecture from CEPT Ahmedabad. As a Senior Associate with global leader Stantec Consulting, he expanded their business region to other parts of India. He was also a Director at Archwert Planners and Designers.
Currently, he has an Ahmedabad based practice and continues to expand horizons with many challenging and prestigious projects as a designer, such as new phase of IIM Indore, IT Park, Redevelopment of Bangalore City Railway Station, GPEACE campus with the United Nations at four locations across India, to name a few.
Mr. Haroon Asrar is founder of MRN Infra, a project advisory & legal consultancy firm which advises Corporates in the Field of Infrastructure Law, Real Estate, Contract & Project management, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Commercial Arbitration etc.
Mr Asrar is an experienced Management Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Infrastructure industry. He is skilled in domains like Project Management, Business Relations, International Law, Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, and Joint Ventures.
Earlier to this, As a former General Counsel and Head of Business Relations with Assystem STUP (Formally STUP Consultants Pvt Ltd), he was responsible for Litigation/Arbitration Support, Contract Management and for over all legal policy of the company and its subsidiaries related to Engineering, Architectural and project management services for roadways, highways, railways, water treatment plants, power, telecommunications, commercial, institutional, recreational, manufacturing facility and big infrastructure.
He was also Director & CEO with VANDAC Properties Pvt. Ltd.
He brings to the table a tremendous connect across various industry verticals, in various countries like Turkey, Kuwait,UAE etc. at a Senior Management level
Mr. Anurag Nagar , a passionate Business professional with almost 2 decades of Real Estate experience (Companies : Godrej Properties, Tata Housing, Pacifica Companies are few known names.) He is a seasoned management graduate who has been engaged with mid & senior level positions in Real Estate companies.
His last assignment was a National Sales Head and continues to be a principal partner with an Australian based Business Migration & Advisory firm where he facilitated 1.5 Billion AUD investment of HNI/UHNI Indian Business owners through Business Migration in different states in Australia.
His core competencies are Large Transactions, People Management, Strategic Partnership & Alliance, Life cycle business planning, Brand Entry Strategy.
Mr. Ankit Chakravarty's career has led him to specialize increasingly in the management of complex projects and their staffs at international levels. His own cosmopolitan background and multi-cultural adaptability, together with his ability to connect with people helped him to grow a good business network.
He has worked in the listed MNCs in India (IBM, iGATE Patni and Barclays), specialized in Channel Partner Relationship and Sales through Channel Partners.
His work profile has given him chances to broaden his knowledge in Real Estate and Business/Investment Advisory and Immigration to countries like Australia, Canada & the U.K.
Mr. Pramod Tambe is a marketing professional with an experience of over 30 years in Cement and Construction Industry. He has worked with companies like Gujrat Ambuja Cement Limited, Mehta Group, Somany Tiles etc.
He is founder member and Marketing Head with Hymn Publicity Management, which deals into Product & Software Development, Creative concept, Branding - Rebranding, Advertising campaign, Public Relations, V ideo/Motion Graphics etc.,
He is associated with Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturers Association (RMCMA), Mumbai as a consultant where top RMC manufacturers like UltraTech, ACC Ltd., Prism Johnson Ltd, RDC Concrete, Godrej and Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Nuvoco, IJM and many more are members.
He is Business Consultant with Cement Companies and many large and medium size construction houses.
Mr. Abhijeet Wadkkar , a seasoned executive with over 20+ years of experience in leading Technology, Smart City Projects. He is skilled at leading teams, creating global ecosystem partnerships, resulting in multi-million revenue recognition.
He gives strategic insights to private and public enterprise organizations on their digital transformation journeys across all segments and industries.
Previously, he has worked for joint venture of Wipro Ltd, Cisco and Lavasa for over 10 years as Head ICT Infrastructure. He was also involved in creating technology master plans for various technology initiatives, Smart City elements etc.
As Smart City Presale Practice Leader at Highbar Technocrat Ltd , he has done many smart city projects in India.
He was Associate Vice President at Prolific Systems and Technologies where he has worked on SCADA based control and automation projects .He has handled reputed clients such as BARC, ISRO, RDSO, BALCO, ONGC, IOCL etc.
Mr. Dilip Karmarkar, MRICS has a span of for more than 33 years of professional life so far. Conceptualizing, developing and operationalizing strategies to bring in meaningful changes are his key strengths, which he has demonstrated while working with variety of employers.
He started his career with Government of Maharashtra, after clearing the State Public Service Commission examination and during his initial phase of 15 years, had worked in Finance Department, Chief Minister’s Secretariat Apex Training Institute, namely YASHADA at Pune.
In his second spell of about 6 years with private sector, he started with ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited, and later was Vice President at IL&FS Group. His third inning for a total period around 5 years was as an Individual Consultant with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank and other multilaterals, such as JBIC, USAID, UN agencies etc.
He has spent 3 years with Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, UK as a faculty member for a full time MBA program in Infrastructure Management, and another 3 years with PwC as a Lead Project Coordinator for about 10 projects in a Smart City. His areas of insight are various facets of infrastructure management; such as; infrastructure economics, finance, accounting & law; transactions, procurements & contracts; institutional arrangements & implementation structures; land acquisition, clearance & compliances; sustainability issues etc., and also data driven digital transformations.
Ms. Priya Dixit has her done Masters in Construction Engineering and Management from CEPT University. She brings a good amount of Engineering & Business Development blend given her exposure in both the domains. She was with planning department at Shapoorji Pallonji in Mumbai & subsequently headed Business development at Capital Construction in Indore.
Having worked in various cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Indore, Ahmedabad etc she has a good outreach & intel about the various business possibilities at a national level. She has around 5 years of experience in the Industry.
As a Group Head-Business Development she oversees business development opportunities across private & government sectors. She is a young energetic professional & and brings a lot of new ideas and growth solution in business development domain.
A dynamic professional with more than 22 years’ of experience in Purchase, Procurement, Materials Management, Vendor Development, Inventory Management, Cost Control, Budgeting, Contract Management, Man Management and Dynamic experience of ERP Systems.
Mr. Naresh Choudhary has a vast experience in construction industry & has worked in various big firms like M/s. Gammon India Ltd., M/s. Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd, M/s. Ramky Infrastructure Ltd., M/s. Doshion Ltd., M/s. M.V. Omni Projects (India) Ltd. And Venus Group of Companies.
He brings to the table a tremendous connect across various construction verticals as well as with Govt sector in Northern and Eastern part of India at decision making level.
Mr. Sandeep Pushkarna is competent professional with over 24 years of experience in the field of Business Development, Strategic Alliances , Investors Relations, Project Development and Supply Chain with exposure in setting up of new initiatives across various industries. He has successfully handled senior strategic positions in companies like IPCL, UPL, Reliance, Adani, HCC- Lavasa and Jain Irrigation. He is BTECH in Chemical from LIT Nagpur and done post graduation in PGDBA – CFA degree from ICFAI Business School.
Mr. Ashit Khandelwal is a Technology Evangelist and serial entrepreneur who has harvested and converted every seemingly minor opportunity into a successful commercial reality. His experience runs over two decades and has leveraged high-end technology and advanced business practices to reinvent and reshape the society around him.
With his network-worth, associates in private and government sectors, he proactively provides inputs that influence and lends to increase the topline business of the company. He has a solution-oriented attitude .Mr. Khandelwal adds value, resources, and efficiency in terms of people and processes through his rich network and valuable associations across different industry verticals.
Mr. Giresh Kulkarni An Accidental Entrepreneur ventured in his first business outfit at the young age of 17 and successfully setup Invents as a successful Event Management and Marketing Communications Venture in India and has never looked back. A global citizen with over 24 years of experience in the fields of Media, Brand Communications, Business Facilitation, Hospitality, & Live Events
He is a renowned Speaker in the Field of Media, Events, Entrepreneurship & Global Business Expansions with sustainability. He has been an integral part of the Education in Media and Events as a sector and was Director of EMDI - Pune a leading Media & Events Management Institute.
He has a strong foot print in the Global Trade and Business Interface in UK, Netherlands ,Hong Kong , Japan, whole of Middle East , and South East Asian business markets for over two decades and is very well connected with the Indian Diaspora globally in the field of Power, Renewable Energy, Water & Sanitation , Oil & Natural Gas and Heavy Industries
In a personal capacity he consults and mentors many individuals and start-ups across a spectrum of sectors, but with an overarching online and technology bend. He is also equally interested in the Temple Tourism Industry and his venture Temple Connect (Divinity Worldwide) is an initiative helping the sector get maximum mileage and reach with various digital engagements. Empowering philanthropy digitally is his core activity through his ventures.
Mr. Girish Dharmadhikari , a person with a sharp analytical mind providing stock broking services nearly since last 2 decades with Edelweiss broking limited.
An Electronics Engineer by qualification, he has been working as a Director at Mahila Karve Shree Shikshan Sanstha(MKSSS - a charitable organisation specially made for women education)and Partner of Orbitel(led and solar manufacturing company)
He is a hard working, self made individual who always promotes budding entrepreneurs and believes in self built personality with an optimistic and futuristic approach.
Despite being associated with various companies….promoting team spirit, culture and tradition of the organisation and being an influencer and helping hand to start ups has always been his strength.
He is a person who practices and preaches discipline being a part of the Rashtriya Swayamseva Sangha (RSS).
Mr. Ritesh Kumar is a Real Estate professional with over 18 years of experience in Sales, Business Development & Marketing and has worked in few of the largest real estate organizations for over 15 years. He has successfully managed complex business functions/initiatives and achieved exceptional results in Real Estate Asset Classes, Student Housing, Residential- Townships, Luxury & Premium Group Housing, Commercial.
He possess Real Estate Market Experience in North India, Delhi –NCR and global experience in USA, UK, & Middle East.
A peoples’ person with the ability to lead large teams and communicate at any level of business to develop and nurture profitable relations. Robust Pan India Relationship network across stakeholders including Financial Institutions, Developers, Consultants, Asset Owners/ HNI investors.
He has worked with Organizations like Country Garden Group India (Director-Sales & Marketing), Pure Earth, BPTP & Parsvnath.