Suneel M Advani is a double graduate in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He also holds a degree in Law from Mumbai University. Mr Advani joined Blue Star Limited in March 1969 as a Management Trainee. He held various responsible positions in Blue Star Limited before joining its Board in 1983 as Executive Director. He was elevated to the position of President and Vice Chairman of Blue Star Limited in 1984 and was redesignated as Vice Chairman & Managing Director in 2005.

Mr Advani set up the Software Exports Division in Blue Star Limited in 1983 and oversaw its operations from inception. This Division was later spun off and incorporated as Blue Star Infotech Limited. He was appointed Chairman of the Company in 1998 and in June 2005 was appointed as its Chairman & Managing Director

Ashok M Advani is an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, an Electrical Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and B.Sc. Honours from Mumbai University. He joined Blue Star Limited in 1969 after working for three years in the USA. He held a variety of senior positions in manufacturing and finance in Blue Star Limited before becoming a Director in 1979. He was appointed President & Vice Chairman in 1981 and took over as Chairman & Chief Executive of Blue Star Limited in 1984. He was redesignated as Chairman & Managing Director in 2005.

Mr Advani was appointed as Vice Chairman of Blue Star Infotech Limited in 1998. He is also on the Board of Alfa Laval (India) Limited.

Sunil is responsible for managing the Company and formulating and executing long term strategies. He is focused on value creation, profitable growth and achieving company’s vision of becoming a high performance organization. Sunil leads executive relationships with clients, investors and other stakeholders. He serves on the board of BSIL and heads BSIL’s Global Management Committee.

Sunil has over 22 years’ experience in the Information Technology industry across the globe and has held leadership positions at global giants such as IBM, Accenture and Satyam, in the US and Asia.  He is known for building and growing businesses in an aggressive manner. At Accenture, he served as a Partner in California, USA, in the Communication and High Tech businesses.  At IBM Singapore, he has spent over seven years building the business and strategic relationships in the Financial Services Sector.  At Satyam, he led and managed global strategic accounts.  Sunil has also worked in India with Accenture Consulting in the Strategic Services Practice where he has advised several large Indian corporations on globalization, expansion and strategic reviews.

He has wide exposure across multiple industries such as Financial Services, Communication, High-Tech, Industrial and Public sector. He is known for his expertise in developing strong client and partner relationships, passion for building outstanding teams that are global and diverse in nature, and his disciplined focus on execution.

Sunil holds an MBA from Mumbai University. His professional qualifications include executive programs at Wharton & INSEAD. He lives in Palo Alto, California and is a charter member of TiE at Silicon Valley.  

Dr Prakash G Hebalkar is a Doctor of Science in Computer Science and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He has worked with IBM, USA and thereafter with Tata Burroughs/ Unisys as Senior Vice President. He was instrumental in forming and building up the joint venture of Tata and Unisys as a successful software and consultancy services activity. He has been associated with several leading venture finance organisations and financial institutions and served on the board of two Mahindra Group companies as an independent director.

Dr Hebalkar joined the Board of Blue Star Infotech Limited in 2000.

Suresh N Talwar is a graduate in Commerce & Law, a Solicitor and was the Senior Partner of M/s. Crawford Bayley & Company, a leading solicitor's firm. He joined the Board of Blue Star Limited in June 1986. Besides his vast legal experience, he is also on the Board of several leading companies such as Merck, Cadbury India, Larsen & Toubro, Greaves Cotton, Sandvik Asia, Esab India, Johnson & Johnson, Uhde India and Wyeth amongst others.

Mr Talwar joined the Board of Blue Star Infotech Limited in 2000.

Sanjay N Vaswani holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BBA summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked for Intel Corporation and as an associate in McKinsey & Company, Inc. in Los Angeles. In 1990, he set up his own consulting firm, which is a consultant and advisor to hi-tech companies in the USA. He is also on the Board of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc, USA.

Mr Vaswani works and resides in the heart of Silicon Valley and is highly knowledgeable about the IT industry. He joined the Board of Blue Star Infotech Limited in 2000.

Naresh Malhotra is a Commerce Graduate from St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta and a Chartered Accountant. His functional expertise is in Systems, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Marketing and facilitating start-ups. He started his career with Blue Star Limited in 1971 and thereafter worked overseas for 15 years with ICI, Unilever group, Colgate Palmolive and Bukhatir Investments.

Naresh was a President and a member of the Supervisory Board of the U B Group during 1986-1992. In 1993 Naresh joined KPMG as one of their Founding Partners and was the Managing Director, Corporate Finance and practice leader of the Real Estate, Hospitality and Retail businesses. He is on the board of Royal Orchid Hotels Limited, Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (Café Coffee Day), Onmobile and a number of other Companies. He is also an advisor to GIV Management Inc., a Washington based Venture Capital Company and currently an Operating Partner with Sequoia Capital India.

Mr. Malhotra joined the Board of Blue Star Infotech Limited in 2003.

Mr. K. P. T. Kutty is a Company Secretary by profession having graduated with degrees in Commerce and Law.  He has vast experience in the Legal and Corporate Secretarial function covering areas such as incorporation of various joint venture / associate companies, property matters, Bonus, Rights and Preferential Allotment of Shares, Buy Back and Stock Splits, Mergers, Amalgamations and Scheme of Arrangement etc.

Presently in practice as a Company Secretary, in his career spanning over four decades, Mr. Kutty has worked with Forbes, Forbes, & Campbell Ltd., The Reserve Bank of India and Blue Star Ltd., from where he retired as the Company Secretary in September 2010. In the past, Mr. K. P. T. Kutty was a Director of the company from May 1998 to January 2000.

Mr. Kutty joined the Board of the company on 15th April 2011 as an independent director.