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.
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.
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