TILAKNAGAR INDUSTRIES - Key Persons


Ahmed Rahimtoola - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Marketing Officer
Ahmed Rahimtoola is an advertising and marketing professional with over 25 years of work experience. He comes with strong domain knowledge in branding, customer marketing, advertising and NPD having worked with reputed companies like United Breweries, Reliance ADAG and Allied Blenders and Distillers. He has done his MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD and has also done an Executive MBA from the reputed Indian School of Business (PGPMAX).

B.O. Sreerama Swamin

B.O. Sreerama Swamin General Manager - National Trade Marketing B.O. Sreerama Swamin has done MBA (Marketing) and has over 18 years of experience in the Marketing domain.

C R Ramesh

Job Titles:
  • Whole - Time Director
Mr C R Ramesh has 39 years of experience in liquor manufacturing operations.

Chanderbhan V Bijlani

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Nomination and Remuneration Committee
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Independent Director
A post-graduate in Economics, Mr. C.V. Bijlani started his career as a Lecturer in Economics before joining banking industry. He possesses over five decades of experience in banking and finance (project finance, capital structuring, merchant banking, investment banking, forex, mergers and acquisitions, industrial rehabilitation, joint ventures, external commercial borrowings, among others). He has held senior positions both with State Bank of India and IndusInd Bank. He was awarded Udyog Gaurav Award in 1992 by All India Organizational Entrepreneurial Confederation for his contribution to the financial sector.

Col. Bineet Walia

Col. Bineet Walia (Retd.) President - Institutional Sales Col. Bineet Walia (Retd.) is a former Colonel of the Indian Army and brings with him vast experience of formulating strategies, managing operations and multifarious activities. He has a Masters in Management Science and Masters in Strategic Studies (International Relations). He specializes in Institutional Sales and Marketing.

Dr. Ravindra Bapat

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Professor
Dr Ravindra Bapat is an Emeritus Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology at Seth G. S. Medical College and K E M Hospital, Parel, Mumbai He was former Chairman of Haffkine Bio-pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd. and former Governing Council Member of Tata Memorial Centre.

Hemangi Joshi Naik

Job Titles:
  • General Manager - Legal
Ms. Hemangi Joshi Naik is a graduate in Law from the Siddharth College of Law, University of Mumbai, and has over 16 years of experience in corporate laws across various sectors.

Maj. Gen Dilawar Singh

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
Maj Gen Dilawar Sinph (retd.) is triple post graduate and an alumni of Delhi University Chennai University, Devi Ahilya University, Osmania University and IIM Indore He has a unique distinction of having been the Head of the Largest Youth Organisation of the Government of India (NYKS) and has initiated hundreds of new innovations for youth development and empowerment. He has been involved with Capital Procurement, Planning, Execution and financing of major procurements for the Indian Army. Presently, he is advising the industry on Defence, Homeland Security, South Affairs, Sports and New Technologies and is a part of numerous Sports Organisations across many countries.

Mr Abhinav Gupta - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Abhinav Gupta has done MBA from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and has over 17 years of experience in the Finance domain.

Mr Daulat Kadam

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President - Works
Mr. Daulat Kadam has done his PG in Industrial fermentation & Alcohol Technology and has 27 years of experience in the liquor industry.

Mr Dipankar Das

Job Titles:
  • General Manager - Sales and Marketing ( North East )
Mr. Dipankar has done MBA specializing in Marketing. He has more than 15 years of experience in Sales & Marketing domain.

Mr K Udayakumar

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Sales ( Puducherry and Tami Nadu )
Mr K Udayakumar is a graduate in Literature. He has over 21 years of experience in the liquor industry.

Mr Mahesh Phansalkar

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Projects
Mr. Mahesh has done masters in operation management and has more than 24 years of work experience in project management domain.

Mr Yuvraj Singh

Job Titles:
  • Cost and Management Accountant from ICMAI & CA
  • Vice President - Strategy & Operations
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Som is a Cost and Management Accountant from ICMAI & CA - Inter from ICAI, having over 15 years of experience in Finance & Accounts, MIS Reporting, and Planning & Analysis domain.

Mr. Ameya Deshpande

Job Titles:
  • President, Head - Corporate Development & Strategy
Mr. Ameya Deshpande has done his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and has a cumulative experience of 13 years as an investment banker and entrepreneur. Ameya started his career as an investment banker in 2008 with Deutsche Bank, working on equity fundraising and M&A transactions. His last investment banking stint was with BNP Paribas, post which he co-founded his own food travel startup, Authenticook; and then co-founded A-Square Advisors, a capital markets strategy firm advising corporates on Investor Relations, Fund Raising and Pre IPO advisory.

Mr. Amit Dahanukar - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Risk Management Committee
  • Managing Director
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Mr. Amit Dahanukar is a graduate in Electrical Engineering with a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University, U.S.A. He provides strategic direction for TI's future initiatives and is also responsible for its various alliances and collaborations. Mrs. Shivani Amit Dahanukar has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. She is also a graduate in Law from the Government Law College, University of Mumbai. She spearheads the community welfare activities of the Group in the fields of nutrition, primary education and healthcare.

Mr. Amit Dhanukar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee

Mr. Anish Ashesh

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Sales and Marketing
Mr. Anish Ashesh is MBA and has 17 years of experience in the liquor industry.

Mr. Kishorekumar G. Mhatre

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
Mr. Kishorekumar G. Mhatre is a graduate in Law from the Government Law College, University of Mumbai. He is an Advocate having over three decades of experience in the legal profession (matters relating to litigation-commercial & constitution, arbitrations, writ petitions, criminal proceedings & application, copyrights, co-operative banks and co-operative societies, public trusts, IPC - drafting and filing complaints, Consumer Protection Act, Information Technology Act, Essential Commodities Act, National Green Tribunal Act, Anti Corruption Act and Enforcement Directorate matters among others). He is also affiliated to various social, tnanciaI and educational organizations/institutions in the capacity of trustee/ legal advisor/secretary.

Mr. S Balakumar

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Production and Operations
Mr. S Balakumar is a graduate in Commerce and holds a Masters's degree in Business Finance from the Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi He has over 27 years of experience in various sectors.

Mr. Satish Chand Mathur

Job Titles:
  • Independent Director
  • Service ( IPS ) Officer
Mr. Satish Chand Mathur is a 1981-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Prior to joining the Company, he was serving as Maharashtra's Director General of Police. He earlier headed the Maharashtra's anti-corruption bureau (ACB) for three months. He also served as Commissioner of Police, Pune from March 2014 to April 2015. Between October 2002 and October 2012, he served as Director, Air India and was instrumental in restructuring of the airline's finances and introduction of austerity measures. He also acted as Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation.

Mr. Shankar Pawar

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • General Manager - Accounts and Finance
Mr. Shankar Pawar is a Chartered Accountant and has 17 years of experience in the areas of accounts, finance and taxation across various sectors

Mr. Sreemoy Khan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President - Sales ( East and South )
Mr. Sreemoy has a Master's degree in Marketing and has more than 15 years of work experience in Sales, Marketing & Brand management.

Mr. T Sreedhar

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Sales ( AP and Telangana )
Mr. T Sreedhar is B Sc, MBA and has over 24 years of experience in the liquor industry.

Mr. Tarun Behl

Job Titles:
  • Vice President - Works
Mr. Tarun Behl has done B.E. in Chemical Engineering and has more than 20 years of work experience in Production & Operations domain in the Liquor industry.

Mr. Varadarajan Srinivasaraghavan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President - Production and Operations
Mr. Varadarajan Srinivasaraghavan is B Tech. (Mechanical) and has over 26 years of experience in the liquor industry.

Ms. Aparna Praveen Chaturvedi

Job Titles:
  • Additional ( Non - Executive and Independent ) Director
  • Independent Woman Director
Ms. Aparna Praveen Chaturvedi holds MBA in Finance from University of Lucknow and has also received coveted Chevening Scholarship at Manchester Business School. She has industry experience of more than 35 years with Financial Institutions viz. UTI AMC Ltd. (Mutual Fund), ASREC (Asset Reconstruction Company) and PICUP (State Financial Corporation). She has been member of various committees constituted by Ministry of Finance, Association of ARCs, etc. She has vast experience in fund management (domestic and offshore funds), raising offshore funds, resolution & reconstruction of non-performing and stressed assets, project appraisal & financing, credit rating, private equity investments, corporate insolvency, equity research, marketing of mutual fund products and sales resources training etc.

Ms. Swapna Shah

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Additional ( Non - Executive ) Director
Swapna Shah holds Masters in Business Administration from University of Missouri and has also studied International Business Management from Kellogg School of Management - Evanston, Illinois. She is a result oriented, persuasive and tenacious professional having three decades of experience in business development, strategy, marketing, offer management, end to end solutions, supply chain, operations and quality with an ability to understand and relate to evolving business landscape to deliver results in various roles. She has also held leadership positions with organizations viz. Lucent Technologies (USA), Alcatel-Lucent (USA), Alcatel-Lucent India Limited and Nokia. She has also worked as a Business Partner with U.S. Telecom (USA) and Internat Chemicals & Allied Products, Inc. (USA).

Naveen Chandran K. V.

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Manager - Sales ( Kerela )
Mr. Naveen Chandran K V is a Graduate in Economics. He has 33 years of sales experience in liquor industry.

Savitrii Dadhich

Ms. Savitrii Dadhich has completed her B.Com, LLB, LLM and Solicitors. She has practiced for over 25 years as a solicitor in Bombay High Court in the domain of Property matters and Litigation. Post her illustrious run at Bombay High Court she shifted to Corporate Law with Aditya Birla Group . She was also an Independent Director of L&T Realty and 3 other L & T group of companies.

Varadarajan Srinivasraghvan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President - Production and Operations