Our Board of Directors is an extensive panel of learned professionals with years of hands-on experience. They have been through handling the most primitive of issues to the most advanced ones when it comes to working with businesses and commodities.
Their corporate management and oversight of the whole arena makes what NCML stands for.
NCML Finance Private Limited (NFin) a wholly owned subsidiary of NCML is an RBI registered Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) with focus on rural and agri-business finance. A major player in the field of Warehouse Receipt Finance (WRF), also offers other financing products – Multipurpose Secured Loan, Lease Rent Discounting, Demat Commodity Finance and Bill Discounting etc. Leveraging the extensive reach of NCML, the company serves farmers and commodity market participants including warehouse and cold storage owners, traders, agro processors and other stakeholders in the agri value chain and rural domain.
MktYard.com a wholly owned subsidiary of NCML, is the first portal in this sector to offer a range of services like forward/reverse e-auctions, partial e-auctions, e-procurement, and the segment first order matching based buying/selling of both agri and non-agri commodities. All this is offered via safe and convenient payment gateway, escrow and virtual account mechanisms. The portal helps commodity market participants to buy/sell leads online without the hassles they face currently and provide information matching the needs of the clients through price discovery, trade settlement and directly connects buyers/sellers and their stocks in warehouse and collateral management locations.
AGCON Commodity Market Monitor Report.
Mr. Ravi Shankar is the Head of Commodity Management Solutions where he is responsible for leading P&L growth, managing Business & Operations for Storage & Preservation, Collateral Management , Supply Chain Management. Ravi has diversified and rich experience in the areas of Agri value chain and financial services in the agriculture sector. He has been instrumental in managing Institutional relationships, developing business and operations across states, and managing large size teams. Before Joining NCML he worked with organizations like L&T Finance Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd and Bayer Crop Science Ltd.
Ravi has done his Post Graduation in Agri- Business Management ( PGPABM) from the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) Hyderabad. He has done his BSc. Agriculture from GB Pant University of Agriculture and technology, Pantnagar.
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Mr. Rajendran C Veerappan is the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CSB Bank Limited. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in commerce from Madurai Kamaraj University and is an associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He has also served as the chief executive of the Association of Mutual Funds in India, as Director in the NSE Clearing corporation for six years and has over 40 years of experience in banking and finance sector. He was previously associated with Corporation Bank, as Chairman and Managing Director in Andhra Bank and as Executive Director in Bank of Maharashtra. Mr. Rajendran was very successful in introducing senior and dynamic management professionals into the newly formed business model. He also sets out very good regulatory compliance standards and internal processes.
Lokesh Sharma, an Alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur is a versatile Human Resource Leader having 16+ years of experience with a proven record of accomplishment in HR & Business Strategic Planning, Compensation & Benefits, Corporate HR Administration, Organizational & People Development, Talent Acquisition and Planning & Execution of HR Policies.
He is an expert in designing & implementing innovative systems, processes, standards, and policies for streamlining HR operations, retention & diversity, employees’ effectiveness, and reducing HR costs. He is experienced in providing support for new business units and equipping existing business with inputs on way forward including training solutions. Adept in building and nurturing results-driven teams by enhancing employees’ morale, and training & development interventions.
He holds Certification in Developing Performance and Psychometric Assessments from middle earth, Certified Rewards Professional from AON, Swift Occupational Ability and Wave Occupational Personality from Saville Assessment, a WTW Company.
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Manish Tripathi is the Head of Customer Service Group(CSG) and NCML Market yard. During his stint with NCDEX e Markets Ltd, Manish played an important role in the development of the electronic auction platform at NEML(NCDEX e Markets Ltd)and helped in creating a sizeable market share with significant participation from large private sector players like FCI, NAFED, HAFED, etc. He has been a key member of the leadership team for developing and building scale for an online dairy platform (www.ncdfiemarket.com)in partnership with the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd(NCDFI)
A science graduate, Manish has done his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Institute of Rural Management(IRMA), Anand
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Mr. J V Ratnam is the Head of NCML AGCON where he is responsible for leading the growth and development of AGCON and CWIG businesses. Before joining NCML he worked for organisations like Bioseed Vietnam Limited, Coromandel International Limited, Premier Irrigation Arditec, Dow Agro Sciences India Pvt.Ltd and Advanta India Limited. In these organisations, Ratnam was responsible for new business development, setting up new platforms, M&A, and handling overall P&L responsibilities.
Ratnam has done his Diploma in Agri-Business Management (PGDABM) from the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management(MANAGE) Hyderabad. He has done his BSc(Agriculture and Animal Husbandry) from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar.
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Dr. Ganesh Ramamurthi is the Chief Operating Officer of NCML where he is responsible for driving the implementation of the Quality Management System across the enterprise ensuring operational integrity and efficiency. He is focused on building, motivating, and managing teams across the country with a clear drive, winning mentality, and a creative mind-set to develop strong relationships with large customers. Integrating the use of technology in all the processes and creating a robust technology platform that enables business teams to expand. He has been with the company since 2005 and has headed the Testing & Inspection unit now called as NCML Labs and the crop Weather Intelligence unit now known as AGCON at NCML.
Before joining NCML, he served as the Head of Department of Microbiology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Vivekananda College, Hyderabad. He is known for his inspirational and high energy leadership style that results in sustainable success.
Dr. Ganesh holds a master’s degree in Microbiology from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology and alumni of the Department of Botany, Osmania University, from where he completed his doctoral studies.
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91.124.4338293/ 9959333267
Mrs. Renu Kohli is an economist with long experience in macroeconomic policy and research. She was associated with NCAER as Lead economist at NCAER, and Consultant Professor at G20 Research Program at ICRIER before that. She was at the International Monetary Fund in 2004-2009 and with the Reserve Bank of India from 1984-2005. She regularly advises on macroeconomic and financial sector issues to foreign investors interested in India. She is a DPhil from the University of Sussex. She has several academic distinctions/honors to her credit, including the commonwealth Award in 1992.
Siraj Chaudhry has over 32 years of experience in building, turning around, acquiring, divesting businesses. He was the Chairman of Cargill India, the Indian arm of Cargill Inc, where he pioneered edible oil fortification as a practice, recognized as a Change The World activity by Fortune Magazine.
Siraj also serves as an Independent Director on the boards of Tata Consumer Products Ltd, Tata Coffee Ltd, and Indus Bank.
He is currently the Co-Chairman of the FICCI Committee on Agriculture. He has also been the past chair of National Committee on Food Processing at FICCI and the National Alliance for Edible Oil Fortification, a joint initiative by CII and GAIN to address malnutrition through food fortification
Siraj is an eminent industry spokesperson and is a sought after keynote speaker at various prestigious events. He is a recognized thought leader in Agri space, featured and quoted in stories on agriculture in leading publications and channels.
He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT)and is a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi.
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Sanjay Gupta is the MD & CEO of the company. His role entails translating NCML strategy by setting clear goals and execution of the annual operating plans for all the businesses of NCML (CMS, AGCON, Market yard, NCML Labs, and 3 PL).
Before joining NCML, Sanjay has worked in leadership roles in organisations such as-JK Agrigenetics, Godrej Agrovet in the agribusiness domain. Sanjay’s experience spreads across functions of market development, sales and marketing, sourcing, commodity trading, operations, and channel management, production management, SCM, distribution, and logistics.
Sanjay has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Agri) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and has done his B.Sc in Dairy Technology from NDRI, Karnal.
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Dr. Pritee Paliwal is the Head of Testing & Certification business. She is spearheading the Testing and Certification business and drive revenues/P&L for the business across India.
Before joining NCML, Preeti has been working with TUV SUD and was responsible for P&L for South Asia. She has also worked for organizations like Synthite Industries Ltd., Kumar Organic Private, Sabinsa Corporation Ltd. in roles of handling P&L, Marketing, Business Development, Regulatory and Operations.
Preeti has completed her Ph.D. (Biochemistry) from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry) and B.Sc. (Chemistry, Botany and Zoology) from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra.
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Sri Rama Murthy Battula is Heading the Testing and Inspection and Cross Border Tarde at NCML. He brings with him a rich experience of more than 17 years in commodities domain and is associated with all verticals of NCML since its inception. Earlier, his associations with firms like Tildariceland, NCDEX & Reliance Spot exchange have given him exposure to commodity derivatives, procurement, warehousing, spot markets and commodity funding. He is a post graduate in Agri Business Management from NIAM, Jaipur and also post graduate in Agriculture Entomology from AAU, Anand.
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0124 – 4338202/ 7042712244
Anil K. Parvathaneni is currently the Head – Customer Service Group. He has more than 20years’of work experience in Marketing of Agricultural Inputs, Warehousing, Collateral Management, Supply Chain Management of agricultural commodities. In the current role, he is instrumental in formulating the risk policy, establish a systematic risk frame work with a blend of technology to quantify & mitigate risk, plan & execute an effective audit plan to ensure major risks are prevented or detected at the earliest, monitor the quantified risk at regular intervals and put in place adequate checks & balances and controls to ensure the company doesn’t incur any financial loss. Prior to joining NCML he was associated with Department of Agriculture, Govt. of A.P and companies like SPIC Ltd and ITC Ltd. He has a post graduate degree in Agriculture (Agronomy) from Allahabad Agricultural University.
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0124 4338263/ 9320365406
Rosaiah Yeluri has 15 years of experience in commodity procurement, supply chain management, price risk hedging on global and domestic exchanges. Yeluri joined NCML in March 2005 and is spearheading the business and operations of Collateral management segment in the company. NCML is the market leader in Collateral Management segment with operations spread over 10000 warehouses and has tie up with more than 60 Banks and Financial institutions in the country. Prior to joining NCML, Yeluri worked with Tilda Rice Land and ADM Agro. He has done his PG programme in Agri Business Management from National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur and M.Sc. (Agriculture) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
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Pankaj Tomar is the Head of Silo Projects of the company. He is responsible for execution and P&L of NCML’s multiple Silo Projects across India and ensuring delivery of projects within time, cost, quality and safety parameters.
Before joining NCML, Pankaj was working with Galfar India (subsidiary of Galfar Engineering and Contracting SAOG, Oman) and was responsible for securing projects and ensuring delivery with expected margins for company’s EPC business. Pankaj has also worked for organisations like PMC(Real estate subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Group),ICICI Venture Fund Management Company, D.S. Constructions Limited, Hindustan Construction Co. Limited, United Nation Peace Keeping Mission in Sierra Leone(UNAMSIL) West Africa, Mitsui Marubeni Corporation Limited in the role(s) of Planning and Construction, project management and project execution.
Pankaj has done his bachelors in Civil Engineering from G.B.Pant University of Agriculture &Technology, Pantnagar and Masters in Business Administration in Finance from Symbiosis, Pune.
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9870100322/ 9870100322
Ambrish Sharma has joined us as Head – Legal and Compliance. He brings with him a rich experience of 16+years after having worked with companies like HCL Avitas Pvt Ltd & HCL Corporation Pvt Ltd, Surya Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Reliance Communication Ltd and Alchemist Ltd. He is a graduate in Economics from Kurukshetra University and completed his degree in Law from MDS University. Mr. Sharma also holds other certifications in Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Laws from Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune.
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Mr Anuj Vasdev joined us at NCML (a Fairfax Group company) as the Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO).
A dynamic professional with rich experience of 20+ years across various verticals in Finance, he worked on enhancing Business Profitability, in FP&A, Controlling, Audits & Treasury functions. Mr Anuj has demonstrated track record over the years in Business Partnering roles, Custodianship, Financial aspects to facilitating Strategic & Financial insights for the robust decision making.
He has done successful stints in Finance while leading high-performing teams @ DABUR, PEPSICO and WRIGLEY’s (Mars Inc.) in various leadership roles. His role in these organizations combined strategic & tactical aspects of business deliverables. Prior to joining NCML, he has done a successful Finance Transformation & Business partnering role with Ozone Overseas as their Director Finance & CFO.
Mr. Vasdev is a qualified Chartered Accountant with ICWA (Stage I) and a Graduate in Commerce.
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91.124.4338235
Pravir Vohra served as the President and Group Chief Technology Officer of ICICI Bank Ltd., since 2006 and its President from May 10, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Pravir served as a Senior General Manager of ICICI Bank Ltd. He served as Joint President of 3i Infotech Limited. He joined ICICI Bank in 2002. Previously, he has worked in branch banking, corporate banking, international banking and information technology. Pravir has worked with Times Bank in the capacity of Vice President in charge of the Corporate Services group. He also held various senior level positions with the State Bank of India, both in India and abroad. He has over 38 years of experience in the field of banking and information technology. Pravir has an extensive experience in the banking industry.
Pravir is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers and a postgraduate in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.
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Mr. Maheshwari joined Fairbridge Capital in 2011 and has been the Managing Director of Fairbridge Capital since May 2018. Mr. Maheshwari is responsible to source, evaluate, negotiate, execute and exit investment opportunities. He is also responsible to monitor the portfolio companies. Mr. Maheshwari has been involved in the investments of Bangalore Airport, Sanmar Group, CSB Bank, Fairchem Organics, Seven Islands Shipping, Thomas Cook, Quess Corp, Sterling Holidays amongst others. Mr. Maheshwari serves on the board of directors of many of Fairfax’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Fairbridge Capital, Mr. Maheshwari worked with KPMG in India and the UK in their audit and accounting advisory functions. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, has completed the Post Graduate Programme in Management from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, and holds Bachelors of Commerce and Masters of Commerce degrees from the University of Mumbai. Mr. Maheshwari is a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Ms. Zohra Chatterji is a Senior IAS officer, who has retired as Secretary (Textiles), Government of India. Ms. Chatterji has held important positions in the Government of India as well as in the Government of U.P. She has served as CMD, Coal India, Director Neyveli Lignite Corporation, and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India. Ms. Chatterji has also worked as Spl. / Addl. Secretary (Coal), GOI, [2011-2013], Joint Secretary (Information & Broadcasting) GOI (2007-2010), Principal Secretary (Industries, Communication & Information Technology), Govt. of U.P. (2005-2007), Secretary (Small Scale Industries), Govt. of U.P., (2003-2004), Secretary (Banking), Govt. of U.P. ( 2002-2003). She has been on the Board of Coal India and Neyveli Lignite Corporation. Ms. Chatterjee is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
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Chandran Ratnaswami is a Managing Director of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd., the wholly owned investment management company of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Hamblin Watsa provides discretionary investment management to the insurance, reinsurance and runoff subsidiaries of Fairfax. Chandran is responsible for investments in Asia. Chandran was recently appointed a Director and CEO of Fairfax India Holdings Corporation, an investment holding company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company will make investments in India. Prior to joining Hamblin Watsa, Chandran was a senior executive at a large multinational consumer packaged foods company. He then went on to become an owner/president of an industrial distribution company. Ratnaswami holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from I. I. T. Madras, India, and an MBA from the University of Toronto, Canada. Ratnaswami is a Founding Director and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Fairfax’s joint venture in India with ICICI Bank, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd., Mumbai, India’s largest private general Insurance Company. He is also a director of First Capital Insurance Limited, Singapore, a subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings, Zoomermedia Limited, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in Toronto, Canada, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd., listed on the Bombay Stock exchange and Thai Reinsurance Public Company Limited, listed on the stock Exchange of Thailand. Email: services@ncml.com (0124) 4338200
