Dr. P A Sharafudeen IAS (Retd)
Dr.Sharafudheen has had a distinguished career as a development practitioner and policy maker. After a brief stint in the Indian Economic Service and the Indian Police Service he joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1984. He has over thirty years of experience in government and at the World Bank covering public administration, development policy, banking and finance, infrastructure delivery, business and industry, urban and rural development and social protection. He was CEO of two public sector corporations, the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Ltd and the Kerala Ceramics Ltd. He was instrumental in setting up TATA Ceramics Ltd, as a joint venture to produce bone china for export, between the TATA Group and a British company. He has a MA and PhD in Economics from Temple University, USA and an MBA from the Management Development Institute, India.
Becons Team will adhere to the highest standards set for itself and shall be duly guided by the policies and vision.
Prasad Boppudi ( Deputy Chairman )
Prasad BOPPUDI, Deputy Chairman is the Chief Promoter of the Boppudi Group of companies and a successful technocrat entrepreneur, having to his credit 30 years of experience in the field of Real Estate, Construction, Apartment Promotion Warehousing and Logistics activities. Mr. Prasad graduated from Andhra University with a bachelor’s degree in Commerce. He has worked extensively in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & Delhi.
Prasad BOPPUDI maintains excellent relationships & contacts with government officials both at the Central and State levels in the country. The Merit Certificate received by Prasad BOPPUDI from Late Shri G.M.C. Balayogi – Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha, India, and Shri A. Madhav Reddy the then Hon’ble Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Govt of A.P. during 2000, for completing the Bridge work (Cost of the project is Rs. 150 lakhs) on a sea creek, 1.k.m. distance from the sea mouth near Kakinada in A.P; 7 months ahead of scheduled time, is a testimony of his capability and commitment. Prasad BOPPUDI is working Director of Plaza Group which has constructed and delivered more than 15 lakh sq. ft of Residential Apartments in and around Chennai and more than 5 lakh sq. ft are in the pipeline. Warehouses, Residential complexes, Industrial & Commercial buildings, Roads, bridges, Petroleum projects in South India, cover the entire gamut of infrastructure/construction activities undertaken by the Plaza Group and associate concerns. Prasad BOPPUDI family owned concern M/s. Boppudi Enterprises Limited, which is a closely held public Limited Company has tied up with Anjani Cements and is distributing cement to construction companies and contractors directly in Tamilnadu. The Company has forayed into food processing industry also. It has initially started supplying Rice to Heritage Foods both in Tamil nadu and Andhra Pradesh. In this direction it is contemplating to establish a processing and packaging unit for grains, pulses, cereals and spices very shortly.
K. Prasanna (President- Finance)
A Commerce Graduate and a CAIIB, has cumulative experience of over four decades in various areas of Commercial Banking, NBFC, Merchant Banking, Investment Banking, Project Advisory Services and Private Equity. He started his career in Corporation Bank (1977-1990), later joined Overseas Sanmar Financial Limited (1990-95) as Head – Treasury. Later in 1995 he joined L&T Finance/L & T Capital Company Limited initially as Regional Manager and thereafter served as Asst Vice President until October 2006. He worked with the Indian Advisor to Old Lane India Opportunities Funds (2006-2019) a PE Fund incorporated in Cayman Islands. He represented Old Lane in about 10 companies as its Nominee Director. He has extensive experience in Real Estate and Infrastructure sectors from his association with Old Lane.
Ramesh Damodharan, President (Business Consulting Group)
An Engineer with six years of factory experience followed with 30 years of management consulting experience across sectors and services. The first ten years of consulting included counselling of entrepreneurs for project identification, preparation of techno economic feasibility report for bank funding, market assessment studies, financial analysis, due diligence, lenders independent engineer, project management consultancy etc. The next ten years was towards NPA management, OTS, restructuring of stressed accounts, SARFAESI possession etc. The next ten years was into CDR, S4A, 5/25 Schemes of restructuring of accounts as per RBI schemes. The core expertise is on business consulting to both banks and corporates offering workable solutions to complex problems. He has worked on assignments with most of the nationalised banks in the country.
Lakshminarayana Konduri (Former CEO - Shell MRPL; Retired GGM – MRPL-ONGC Bangalore)
SHELL MRPL AVIATION FUELS & SERVICES LTD, (A JV between MRPL & Shell Aviation Global) OCT.2018 – Present CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER The exposure I gained across key business & functional areas coupled with the leadership & ethical quotient displayed consistently will allow me to do justice to the multi-faceted role of heading & leading an organization Key Responsibilities: As a Key Management Personnel reporting to the Board of Directors, steer the team's performance through complex business environments & achieve the Company's Goals/Objectives, in turn meeting the expectations of Stakeholders. Key Achievements: 1. As CEO, with unique out-of-the-box initiatives could help the company sail through turbulent market conditions & secure a decent market share in a market dominated by multiple large players (PSUs) posing numerous challenges in the areas of pricing, sales & marketing. 2. In addition, developed & executed strategic initiatives to strike the balance between top and bottom lines without impacting stakeholder expectations. The consistently improving results show that I have succeeded to a good extent in achieving this lofty goal.
Key Responsibilities:
Aligning the actions of the Corporate Strategy, Projects & Materials Group with the Vision of the Company & initiate strategies to achieve overall Objectives of the Company. Achieved these, in addition to building & nurturing the Human Capital of around 2300 professionals for leadership in the Refinery & Petrochemicals through best HR Practices.
Key Achievements:
Facilitation of building, nurturing and priming a 2300-strong professional resource pool for leadership in mirroring the principle of ‘kaizen’ continuous improvement by learning pro-actively and adopting the latest best practices to better engage and empower employees.
Adopted a 3-pronged strategy to take the human assets of the company to a national benchmark – picking up the best at the entry level; adding layers of training to hone and prime the talent bank with a clear distinction of performance vs. potential; finally building long-standing bonds to ensure lower attrition as the employees grew in the company.
As Head of Implementation group for an Upgradation and Integration project of MRPL (project outlay of INR 120 Billion), could achieve the set objectives of expanding the Refinery capacity as well as supplementing its Secondary Processing through Value addition tertiary treatment processes. This led to improvement of the overall refinery product slate and upgrade residue to shrink Fuel Oil production.
Boppudi Logistics Vizag Ltd is an associate concern of Plaza group having a strong presence in real estate & property development.
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