Board of Directors

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Board of Directors

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Dr. K. K. Nohria
Chairman
Gerardo A. Turner
Senior Engineer
Ronald J. Flowers
Support Engineer
Harold M. Williams
Creative Designer
Jeffrey C. Fitzgerald
Senior Engineer
William D. McLain
SR Manager
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Dr. K. K. Nohria,

Chairman
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Dr. K.K Nohria graduated in electrical engineering from Banaras Hindu University in 1954 and pursued post-graduation and management studies at Manchester Technical College, UK and is a Fellow of Institute of Electrical Engineering UK. He was awarded an Honorary D. Litt. Degree from the Banaras Hindu University.
Accomplishments :
  • Former CMD (Chairman & Managing Director) of Crompton Greaves Ltd
  • Awards and recognitions
    • Golden Key Award for Value Engineering
    • Lifetime HRD Achievement Award
    • Best Corporate Manager of the Year
  • Associated with the Electrical and Electronics industry for over 60 years
  • Past president of AIMA, ASSOCHAM, IEEMA, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry and CII (Western Region)
  • Served as the Chairman of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Quality Council of India and National Registration Board for Personnel and Training of QCI.
Dr. Nohria is engaged with many social organizations to fulfill his passion in creating a positive social and environmental impact. He strongly believes in inspiring innovation and exuding enthusiasm in a team for “enabling excellence” at workplace.
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Dr. K. K. Nohria
Chairman
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Chetan V Sanghvi
Vice Chairman
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Chetan V Sanghvi,

Vice Chairman
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Chetan is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur where he completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Houston.
Chetan V Sanghvi has over thirty-five years of experience in start-up management, incubating R&D teams for start-ups, semi-conductor development and production, and systems development. His contribution towards success of CoreEL Technologies is incredible.
Previously, Chetan was the founder and CEO of Paxonet Communication, Inc., CA USA, a company that was sold to ConexantInc. in 2005.Paxonet was amount the first few companies in the world to have adopted 90nm silicon technology in 2001. Paxonet’s R&D team was located in Pune India and were fully responsible for the design and development of a fully functional 20 million gate optical networking IC. Chetan has also been active as an angel investor and technology advisor to a few San Francisco Bay Area companies. He has given lectures to corporate groups, on methods to increase innovativeness, planning for uncertainty, and reliability engineering. He was recently invited to give a presentation on “Design Thinking & and next generation complex systems design” at RCI-DRDO.
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Vishwanath Padur
Managing Director
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Vishwanath Padur,

Managing Director
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Mr. Padur received his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Mysore University. He is an alumnus of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, India.
He is responsible for the company’s vision, business strategy, sustainable revenue growth and profitability. A founding member of CoreEL, he has held various positions at CoreEL and built strong technology partnerships and customer base for the organization.
His contribution towards expanding the company’s footprint into Defence, Aerospace and Education market segments are remarkable. Groomed in CoreEL’s culture, he lays a lot of emphasis in planning, strategic marketing, modern sales techniques and client satisfaction.
Mr. Padur has over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing and Operational Management. Prior to his elevation as the Managing Director, Mr. Padur served as the President of the company where he demonstrated his leadership skills by moving the company’s focus towards development and manufacturing of profitable products and achieving operational efficiency at various levels in the organization.
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Director
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M V Gowtama

Director
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Mr. M V Gowtama is a Non-Executive Director of CoreEL Technologies. With over 40 years of experience in R&D, Manufacturing, and Management, Mr. Gowtama served as the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).
He joined BEL at its Ghaziabad Unit as a Probationary Engineer after completing his B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering, Tirupati. He has also obtained his M.Tech in Advanced Electronics from JNTU Hyderabad.
Among the various leadership positions he has held are General Manager (Military Communications) and Executive Director (Missile Systems). He possesses deep insights into the needs of the Armed Forces and the Technology Landscape.
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Suryanarayanan Neelakantan,

Additional Director
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Suryanarayanan (Suri) is a CA, CS, CWA and law graduate. He has a 32-year corporate career, 26 with the L&T Group, including leadership roles of the Accounts, Compliance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, Operations and Secretarial functions at their financial services group with responsibility over more than a dozen companies present in several financial services businesses. Prior to the financial services stint of around 10 years, he has held Chief Executive and CFO roles with L&T’s group companies in the tyre machinery and plastics machinery space, including an Indo German JV. He has been a SPOC with Boards for over 25 years, including brief Board stints.
He also had a 4.5 years stint with Multiples Private Equity as a compliance advisor, with oversight over their funds, asset manager, trustee and portfolio companies on this function.
Post his corporate career, he has been a senior advisor to Excellence Enablers Private Limited, a prominent entity in the corporate governance space, founded by Mr. M. Damodaran, formerly Chairman of SEBI, IDBI and UTI.
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Sandeep Maheshwari
Nominee Director
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Sandeep Maheshwari

Nominee Director
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Sandeep Maheshwari is an investment professional with over 18 years of experience across the investment landscape. At 360 ONE Asset Management, he leads several late-stage private equity strategies, including Secondaries, Pre-IPO, and Defence & Space, and oversees funds with an AUM exceeding INR 10,000 crore. He plays a key role in sourcing, evaluating, and managing investments across a diverse set of sectors.

Prior to joining 360 ONE in January 2022, Sandeep served as Director at Edelweiss Financial Services, where he led the origination and execution of over 50 equity capital market transactions, including IPOs, QIPs, and InvITs, for some of India’s leading corporates. His experience spans complex transactions across sectors such as consumer, financial services, industrials, and healthcare.

Sandeep began his career at ENAM Securities and continued with Axis Capital following its acquisition, where he built a strong foundation in investment banking. He holds an MBA from the Great Lakes Institute of Management.

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Veteran Air Marshal Vibhas Pande PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Director
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Veteran Air Marshal Vibhas Pande PVSM, AVSM, VSM,

Director

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Veteran Air Marshal Vibhas Pande PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a distinguished officer of the Indian Air Force with decades of service in aerospace maintenance and logistics. He has held several key leadership roles, including Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command, driving innovation and operational readiness across IAF’s engineering support systems.

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Sachin Mehta
Nominee Director
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Sachin Mehta

Nominee Director

Sachin Mehta is an investment professional with over 20 years of experience across private equity, investment banking, aerospace, precision engineering, and industrials. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from IIPM and IMI Belgium.

He is currently Executive Director – Private Equity at Quest4Value Investment Managers LLP, Mumbai, where he is responsible for investment origination, evaluation, due diligence, execution, and portfolio management.

Prior to joining Quest4Value, Sachin spent 18 years at Anand Rathi Advisors Limited, where he served as Executive Director, Investment Banking, and led the Precision Engineering & Industrials vertical. He brings extensive experience in end-to-end transaction management, with a focus on aerospace and precision engineering. He also led the Financial Sponsors Group, advising over 100 domestic and global private equity funds on investments and exits across private equity, capital markets, and domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Sachin began his investment banking career at Karvy Investor Services Limited, where he was part of the Equity Capital Markets team, focusing on initial public offering (IPO) transactions. His experience across investment banking and private equity brings a strong understanding of investment strategy, transaction execution, and value creation.

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