He is the founder of the Kalpataru Group of Companies and a first-generation entrepreneur with a vision to create defining infrastructure landmarks contributing to the larger cause of nation building. Starting with Real Estate, he has piloted the group’s interests to Power Transmission and Infrastructure EPC, Civil Contracting, Property and Facility Management, and, Logistics and Warehousing Services, successfully leading Kalpataru to new avenues, within India and globally.
Under his leadership and strategic direction, the group has grown to become more than USD$ 2 billion infrastructure conglomerate with a footprint spanning over 70 different nations along with establishing local presence in Europe and Latin America, qualitatively impacting the lives of thousands of employees and their families, several partners and millions of citizens in the communities served by its products, services and interventions. The Kalpataru Foundation and The Munot Foundation, of which he is a trustee, serves several initiatives across the country, in the areas of education, healthcare and skilling, reaching out to society’s least privileged.
READ MOREHe is the Managing Director of Kalpataru Ltd. the flagship real estate arm of the Group. He is responsible for the Group’s real estate and property development business. At Group level, he provides strategic support and drives new business initiatives. He is a graduate in Commerce and holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Mr. Manish Mohnot has more than 27 years of experience in areas related to Energy, Infrastructure & Public Private Partnership (PPP) Sector. Under his leadership, KPIL has spearheaded various growth and transformation initiatives to build a more focused and stronger globally diversified EPC business. With his astute understanding of global business environment, and ability to motivate team to surpass expectations, KPIL is at the forefront to drive multi-fold rise in business to become a leading global Infrastructure EPC company with dominant presence in power transmission and distribution, civil construction, urban mobility, water and oil & gas segment.
Mr. Mohnot also holds key positions in various industry associations and Chaired CII Transmission Line Committee. Mr. Mohnot is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and has done advanced management program from Harvard University (U.S). Prior to joining KPIL in 2006, he has worked with as a Director in KPMG’s business consulting practice advising leading Indian corporates.
READ MOREMr. Shailendra Kumar Tripathi is a Civil Engineer from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Since passing out in 1984, he has worked in major Infrastructure companies like JMC, Gammon India, Larsen & Toubro Limited and Oriental Structural Engineers Private Limited. He has over three decades of experience in the field of project planning and execution of large-size infrastructure projects involving roads and airports. His technical, strategic decisions and leadership skills coupled with his sound financial and business sense have helped him in securing and successfully implementing many projects in the Public Private Partnership model.
Mr. Dhananjay Mungale is a seasoned banker and finance professional with extensive global experience of investment banking, corporate banking and private banking across Europe and India. Over 25 years he served at leadership positions in Europe and India at Bank of America and DSP Merrill Lynch. Since 1999 Mr. Mungale serves on the Boards of eminent companies in India as an independent director.
He also serves on Advisory Boards of select private equity organizations and investment committees of family office in India and London. Mr. Mungale also regularly mentors young talent in the Fintech start-up sector, across India and abroad. Besides his business and professional achievements, Mr. Mungale also finds time to work with eminent institutions in educational and not-for-profit domains as a member of their Governing Councils. These have included Mahindra United World Colleges and Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. Mr. Mungale is a graduate in Commerce and Law from University of Mumbai, and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
READ MOREMr. Bimal Tanna is a 1986 qualified Chartered Accountant who currently serves as Independent Director on the boards of reputed conglomerates. His 38 years’ career spans across two highly reputed professional services firms where he served some of the largest domestic and MNC clients primarily across direct tax, audit, due diligence and valuation services. In both these highly reputed organisations, he had grown through the ranks and had the privilege of serving as partner.
Mr. Bimal Tanna recently retired as a senior partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in India (PwC) after more than 25 years of service. Prior to PwC, Mr. Bimal Tanna was with Bansi S. Mehta & Co for a decade. At PwC, Mr. Bimal Tanna has served as Managing Partner (West) and led the critical Partner Affairs function. He has served on the Firm’s governance body, the board of directors and the Firm’s India Leadership Team. He has served clients across varied sectors and industries including Aerospace & Defense, Auto, Education, Consumer & Retail, Energy, Entertainment & Media, EPC, Hospitality, Financial Services (Broking, AMCs, Micro Finance), Industrial Products (Cement, Building Products, Industrial Manufacturing), Infrastructure (Ports and Roads), IT and ITeS, Pharma, Real Estate, Telecom and Travel & Tourism.
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Dr. Mehta has done his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Delhi University, M.Phil from Balliol College, Oxford, and Ph.D. from Harvard. He is currently the President, Director and Distinguished Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at MICA, Ahmedabad. After a sixteen year stint at Purdue University, he returned to India in 2006-07 to head the collaboration between Duke CE (Duke University’s Corporate Education Arm) and IIM-Ahmedabad as its head for India, West Asia and the Middle East and simultaneously as Visiting Professor of Business Policy at IIM-Ahmedabad. He has done extensive research in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Industrial Organisation, Information Economics and Experimental Economics.
Ms. Anjali Seth has over three decades of experience in advising top banks, financial institutions and corporates on a range of matters including M&A, PE Investments, industrial and employee relations, corporate governance, real estate negotiation, legal matters, statutory issues and litigations. She has been associated in various positions with International Finance Corporation, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Emaar Properties (UAE) and Swadhaar FinServe Limited. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Law.
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