The Leadership Team



Group Governing Board



This Board is at the group holding company for
overall planning & appraisal of group business affairs at independent subsidiary companies



Vijay Dhavala



Managing Director
Founder of DHAVALAS



Founded this Organization in January 2002 and has grown it to become a national-level agribusiness consortium. A finance professional with CA and MBA background, heading this corporate enterprise for 20 years and gained great exposure in all verticals of business management.



Srilata Dhavala



Promoter Director
Educationist



An avid educationist, joined the Organization in April 2003 and serving in the non-executive management profile. She has Master’s Degree in Physics and Diploma in Software Languages from IIT (Kharagpur). She runs own educational institute.



V Venkatesh



Promoter Director
MNC Business Associate



A marketing professional with 28+ years’ experience in various market segments. Presently associated with few MNCs in international distribution business in Africa and Middle East. He did MBA from Pune University.



M K Deshmukh



Independent Director
Ex-Director (Technical) MECON Ltd.



A veteran engineering professional, has over 4 decades of rich management experience. He actively served the PSU - MECON Ltd. as Director (Technical) and also served in the Board of Hindustan Copper Ltd. He is a Mechanical Engineer and also holds MBA and LLB degrees.



Prabhu G Hiremath


Independent Director
Business Coach & Mentor


A management professional with rich experience of over 39 years. Started his career with SAIL as engineer and subsequently moved to HR & management profiles with different corporates in advisory roles. He is an Engineer with Management degree as well.



Anand Kumar



Advisor
Marketing & Brand Consultant



A marketing professional with over 30 years exposure with different corporates and Govt. agencies. He is an MBA from Delhi University with creative expertise in brand building & market research. He runs a consulting company in Delhi with national & international corporate clientele.



M S Rathee



Advisor
Technocrat & Corporate Consultant



A project management professional with over 39 years’ experience in execution of large projects. An engineer by qualification, with strong commercial exposure, has worked for NTPC, L&T and other corporates on national as well as international projects at senior level.



Group Management Committee



This forum is for representation by all group companies
for centralized management and uniformity of overall group operations,
managed by the selected professionals from the top management team



Vijay Dhavala



MD & Group CEO
Group Holding Company



Founded this Organization in January 2002 and has grown it to become a national-level agribusiness consortium. A finance professional with CA and MBA background, heading this corporate enterprise since about 20 years and gained great exposure in all verticals of business management.



Ashish Chandorkar



ED & CEO
Venture Funding Division



A banking & finance professional with more than 27 years of exposure across all financing products. He has worked with Citi Group, ICICI Bank, Tata Capital, Cholamandalam, Satin Finserve etc., covering pan India operations. His specialization is in managing credit & sales of financial services. He has done MBA from Indore.



Anita Jha



ED & CEO
Agribusiness Services Division



A social enterprise professional, with over 28 years of experience. Worked with leading social service organization Sulabh International as Sr. VP. Served as Secretary General of Merchants Chamber of UP. Her expertise is in rural & social sector services. She has done M.Ed. from Guwahati University.



Rajkumar Shrivas



ED & CEO
Water Resource Management Division



An agribusiness management professional with over 30 years of experience in projects in India and abroad, with specialization in micro irrigation and precision farming. He has done his M. Tech. in Agriculture Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur and Executive PGDM from IIM, Raipur.



R Suresh Babu



ED & CEO
Agri-Science Consulting Division



A finance as well as management professional with over 31 years of vast experience in the industrial, mining, oil & gas and FMCG sectors. He has worked mostly in gulf countries, in various companies as CFO. He is Cost & Management Accountant (CMA), with other qualifications of CFM and MBA.



M L Bhalavi



Professional Director
(in 3 Divisions / Companies)



An engineering professional, having more than 35 years of experience of handling various types & stages of irrigation projects. He has served the Govt. of Chhattisgarh as well as Govt. of Madhya Pradesh in the Water Resource Department. He is a Civil Engineer by qualification.



Rajeev Menon



Professional Director
(in 3 Divisions / Companies)



An industrial management professional with over 35 years of exposure, mainly in the Public Sector Undertakings, in SAIL. His expertise includes public & industrial relations, corporate and strategic management. He has done MBA from IMA, New Delhi with additional qualifications in Quality Management Systems, Internal Audit etc.



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