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.

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.

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.

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.