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Chairman & Managing Director, GTL Limited :
Mr. Manoj G. Tirodkar, founder of the Global Group is a first generation entrepreneur.
He is widely credited with pioneering an integrated telecom play based on Network
Services and Telecom Infrastructure.
Global Group has 7 operating companies, two of which are listed on Indian Stock
Exchanges (BSE & NSE).
The Group is expected to cross revenues of US $ 1.5 Billion, total asset size of
over US$ 5 Billion and more than 35,000 professionals by FY 2011. The Group has
Operations across 46 countries, employs people of 22 nationalities and supports
18 social causes.
Mr. Manoj Tirodkar has been quick to recognize changes in the business environment
and has been a pioneer in conceptualizing new business models. Under his leadership,
GTL, the flagship Company of Global Group is India’s largest Network Services Provider
to the world. In a span of five years, GTL Infrastructure has grown to be the World’s
largest independent and neutral telecom tower company.
As part of his vision for a cleaner and greener environment, Global Group is investing
over ` 2,500 Crores in engineering the world’s largest green tower roll out, using
energy management solutions and greener sources of fuel like Solar, Wind, Biomass
etc.
A firm believer in Corporate Social Responsibility, Mr. Manoj Tirodkar supports
a number of causes through GTL Foundation. He takes keen interest in educating children
in rural India, improving their health and helping the cause of visually challenged.
Mr. Manoj Tirodkar has won several awards and recognitions for his contribution
to industry and entrepreneurship. He is the first Indian to win the prestigious
“World Young Business Achiever Award 2000” (WYBA) presented by Worldcom group. He
also won the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Young Entrepreneur Trophy
in 2001 and Telecom Man of the year.
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Independent Senior Director :
Mr. Patil was born on November 10, 1955 is a Commerce Graduate from the Mumbai University.
He has been a member of the Board since September 5, 1998 as an independent director.
Mr. Patil has a rich experience of more than 21 years across functions like finance,
audit, logistics, distribution, customer service, human relations and administration.
He takes a keen interest in addressing the organizational issues, and heads the
Shareholders / Investors grievances committee. |
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Prof. S. C. Sahasrabudhe |
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Independent Director :
Born in 1942, Prof.Sahasrabudhe obtained his M.Sc from Nagpur University in 1964,
followed by M.Tech, from IIT Bombay in 1966. He received his Ph.D in 1971 from Leningrad
University of the erstwhile USSR. He served as an Independent Director on the Board
of GTL Limited, between September 5, 1998 and December 31, 2000. Thereafter, he
joined the Company as a Whole time Director from January 1, 2001 until September
2005. Presently, he is associated as a Non Executive Director of the Company.
Prof Sahasrabudhe is the former Deputy Director of Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Mumbai, and was instrumental in setting up many teaching laboratories, such
as the micro-processor lab, the communication electronics lab, etc. He guided 15
doctoral dissertations, over 75 M.Tech theses and a very large number of B.Tech
students. For all these efforts, he was awarded the Best Teacher Award in 2001.
His research focus has been primarily on image and signal processing and telecommunication.
His pioneer contribution in these areas in India has helped in grooming a large
number of excellent researchers. He also has been awarded the prestigious Prof.SVC
Aiya memorial award and the Prof. S.K.Mitra memorial award.
He was a visiting faculty at the School of Electrical Engineering, University of
Sydney, Australia and at EPPL, Lausanne, Switzerland. His fields of interest include
Communications, Signal & Image Processing and Microprocessor Applications. Currently
he is the Director of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication
Technology. |
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Independent Director :
Mr. Poddar was born on November 9, 1943. Mr. Poddar is a Science Graduate and holds
a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, Boston, USA. He is also a member
of The Institution of Engineering. His area of expertise includes Engineering and
Finance. He has been a member of the Board since October 27, 1998 as an independent
director, and is a member of the Audit Committee, and the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee.
He was previously with Golden Tobacco Company Limited where he was the President
and Director General during his tenure from 1979-1986. He has experience of over
three decades in finance, automobiles, garment exports, precision engineering and
other areas. Mr. Poddar has been the Managing Director of Bajaj Auto Finance Limited
since March 31, 1987, and holds directorship in several other leading companies.
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Independent Director :
Mr. Ayyar was born on April 21, 1961, is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and has
been an independent financial consultant involved in corporate finance and investment
advisory related practice.
He has been a member of the Board since April 24, 2000 as an independent director,
and heads the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Mr. Ayyar has over twenty years post qualification experience and has been involved
in development and public finance, privatizations and investment banking in advisory
capacity. Mr. Ayyar has spent over four years as a long-term consultant to projects
funded by multilateral & bilateral agencies in over twelve developing countries
around the world. These projects included parastatal review and restructuring, institutionalizing
private sector initiatives for promoting non-conventional energy programs and other
development projects. Mr. Ayyar has participated as an advisor to several state
utilities in the power sector in India and was also a member of the expert committee
appointed by the state government for renegotiating the Dabhol Power Project.
Mr. Ayyar has also served on the Boards of several Indian and multinational companies
as a non-executive director. These companies include those engaged in consumer durables,
aviation, networking and telecom solutions, power transmission & distribution, 3D
animation, agro processing & logistics, software development, asset management,
banking & finance and insurance. |
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Prof. Shamkant B. Navathe |
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Independent Director :
Prof. Navathe was born on September 23, 1945. He is a Ph.D from the University of
Michigan, USA and MS in Computer and Information Science from Ohio State University,
Columbus and a BE in Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore.
He has been a member of the Board since July 30, 2001 as an independent director.
Dr. Shamkant Navathe is currently a professor at the College of Computing, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta. He is known for his work on database modeling,
database conversion, database design, distributed database fragmentation, allocation,
and redesign, and database integration. He has worked with IBM and Siemens in research
divisions and has been a consultant to various companies, including Honeywell, Nixdorf,
CCA, ADR, Digital, MCC, Harris, Equifax and Hewlett-Packard. Prior to his current
position, Dr. Navathe was with the Database Systems Research and Development Center
and was a Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of Florida
in Gainesville (1979-1990). He was on the faculty of New York University's Graduate
School of Business Administration (1975-79) and a system engineer for IBM World
Trade Corporation and Electronic Data Systems.
He has co-authored the book,"Fundamentals of Database Systems", with R. Elmasri,
(Edition 5, 2007) which is currently the leading database textbook worldwide. He
also co-authored "Conceptual Database Design: An Entity-Relationship Approach" with
Carlo Batini and Stefano Ceri in 1992. Dr. Navathe has over 150-refereed journal
and conference publications. He is known for his research work on Database Modeling
and Design, Data Conversion and Integration, and Manufacturing and Bio-informatics
applications. He is on the advisory board of the International Institute of Information
Technology (IIIT) at Pune. |
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Independent Director :
Mr. Sethi was born on May 25, 1962. He is a graduate in Chemical Engineering from
IIT, Mumbai and an MBA in Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University.
Mr. Sethi has been a member of the Board since July 30, 2001 as an independent director.
He is member of the Audit Committee, and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
His earlier assignments include working with Morgan Stanley as Chief Investment
Officer and Portfolio Manager of Morgan Stanley Asset Management. Mr. Sethi, who
pioneered international investing in India, has one of the best long-term track
records in the industry. During his tenure with Morgan Stanley, he set up its India
business and grew its assets under management to US$2.4 billion. Assets under Mr.
Sethi’s management consistently rank in the top tier in performance and risk control.
Mr. Sethi is also the founder of Sethi Capital Inc., a New York-based private equity
firm that would invest in companies of the future. He is currently on the board
of several companies and has international exposure and expertise in financial markets.
He is considered an expert in investment banking. Mr. Sethi is martial arts enthusiast
and is passionate about Kung Fu. |
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Independent Director :
Mr. Vijay M Vij, is a Practicing Chartered Accountant and has an experience of over
18 years in almost every facet of taxation, auditing and consulting profession.
Mr. Vijay is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and became Chartered Accountant
from ICAI in 1995.
Mr. Vijay is the Managing Partner of P. Parekh & Associates, Chartered Accountants,
and is an expert in Direct Taxation, Valuations, Financial Modeling, Business consultancy
and M & A. He has effectively advised several companies on business restructuring
and start up ventures, and helped them compete in tough Business Environment. He
has hands on experience in providing advice on tax efficient entry strategy for
India, transfer pricing and tax treaty implications |
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Whole Time Director :
Mr. Charudatta Naik has an experience of over 22 years in the telecom industry spanning
across, Technical Support, Sales & Marketing and Business Operations.
He is on the Board of GTL Limited and GTL Infrastructure Limited. He is also on
the advisory board of GTL Foundation, the charitable arm of the Global Group. As
a whole time director, he provides strategic guidance to GTL Limited to enhance
the company's growth potential, globally.
Mr. Charudatta Naik has earlier worked with companies like Crompton Greaves and
Unitel Communications.
He is an Engineering Graduate in Electronics & Telecom. |
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Additional Director :
Mr. Balasubramanian is a Post Graduate in Science and a Post Graduate from IIM,
Ahmedabad, and has extensive experience in Banking and Finance. He has had experience
with institutions like SIDBI, IFCI, Bank of Baroda etc. He had joined SIDBI as deputy
managing director and was subsequently promoted as its Chairman and Managing Director.
Mr. Balasubramanian has also served IFCI as Chairman for a short stint He served
Bank of Baroda in rural and semi-urban branches. His service as Banker includes
5 years term as General Manager in Bank of Baroda at Brussels. He was associated
with planning commission in preparing 5 years plan documents, focused on SME Financing
as Chairman of the Sub-Committee. He was Instrumental in starting rating agency
for SME. |
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Whole-Time Director & COO :
Mr. S K Roy as Whole-Time Director & Chief Operating Officer is responsible for
Managing Growth, Profitability and Operations of the Company
Mr. Roy has an overall experience of over 28 years in Business Management, Strategic
Planning, Sales and Marketing in IT services, Telecom & System Integration industries.
He has been associated with GTL for over 15 years and has worked as an Operational
Head as well as pioneered & headed the Company’s Consumer Telecom Business. Mr.
Roy served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO), prior to taking on his current
role. In the past he has worked with companies like Philips and ET&T.
Mr. Roy holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Bachelors
degree in Engineering and Master of Engineering from Calcutta University.
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Key Management Personnel |
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Charudutta Naik, COO |
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Mr. Naik is a B.E. in Electronics & Telecom and has an overall experience of over
20 years in the Network Services space, and has held several key positions in various
telecom and system integration companies. He has a keen understanding of the Telecom
Services space. As Chief Operating Officer, his key responsibilities include Strategy,
Globalization and inorganic growth initiatives. |
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He had earlier worked with companies like Crompton Greaves and Unitel Communications
He has extensive experience in enterprise switching business, and had played a vital
role in introducing Fourth Generation Voice Switches in India in 1995, and introduction
of First Private Feature Transparent Network in India. |
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S.K. Roy, COO, GTL Limited |
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Mr. S K Roy as Chief Operating Officer is responsible for Managing Growth, Profitability
and Operations of the Company. |
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Mr. Roy has an overall experience of over 27 years in Business Management, Strategic
Planning, Sales and Marketing in IT services, Telecom & System Integration industries.
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He has been associated with GTL for over 13 years and has worked as an Operational
Head as well as pioneered & headed the Company’s Consumer Telecom Business. Mr.
Roy served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO), prior to taking on his current
role. In the past he has worked with companies like Philips and AT&T.
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Mr. Roy holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Bachelors
degree in Engineering and Master of Engineering from Calcutta University.
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L.Y. Desai, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, GTL Limited |
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Mr. L Y Desai as Deputy Chief Operating Officer is responsible for Managing Growth,
Organizational Processes and New Business Opportunities for GTL worldwide. |
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Mr. Desai, with more than 25 years of post qualification experience, has led all
the facets of Marketing Strategy, with emphasis on Business Sustainability, Industry
Leadership, and Newer Markets. He has also discharged responsibilities as Group
Financial Controller from 1992-1998, setting up of North American Business operations
for the company, spearheading Investor relations and International Capital Markets
and lately as Global Head for sales and Marketing.
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Mr. Desai by qualification is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University, besides
Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. |
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H.K.Gohil, President - Telecom Engineering |
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Mr. Gohil is a B.E. in Electronics and has an experience of over 20 years, having
spent his entire career in the telecom and associated technologies. In a career
spanning over 11 years at GTL, Mr. Gohil has held several key leadership roles including
heading the delivery. In his current role, he is responsible for handling the telecom
engineering business. |
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He has experience in almost all the facets of business ranging from delivery, business
development, pre sales to International business, and enjoys extensive relationships
with global leaders like Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Nortel, Alcatel etc. |
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Pinakin Gandhi, Vice President - Strategic Planning & Investor Relations |
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Mr. Pinakin Bhupendra Gandhi, an Electronic Engineer and an MBA, has over a decade
of experience in Corporate Management. He brings with him a wealth of experience
in Strategic Planning, Investor Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions and Organizational
Restructuring. |
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He acts as an interface between the various stakeholders and the senior management.
His keen acumen, foresight, and understanding of business environment have helped
the company charter its strategy. |
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Rahul Desai, Vice President – Risk Management |
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Rahul Desai holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and a Master's in Management Science
from Bombay University. He has an overall experience of over a decade in Corporate
Management. He has been associated with GTL for over a decade and has held several
important assignments in Risk Management, Legal, and Mergers & Acquisitions. |
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In his role as Head - Risk Management Group, he has been instrumental in setting
up the risk management practice at GTL and has played a key role in formulating
policies, procedures and plans that help mitigate risks affecting GTL. |
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