INDIA 5000 - Key Persons


Ajay Kumar Thakur

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Member of the Jury Board
  • Head SME & Startup, BSE Limited.
In one of the annual issues of 2013, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appreciated the effort of BSE SME for promoting SME listing in India. IOSCO also in its research report of July 2015 mentioned that BSE SME platform is the most cost effective platform for SME listing in the World. BSE SME has received SKOCH achiever award from the hands of then, Minister of State for finance Shri Jayant Sinha in the year 2015. BSE has been also awarded as the best SME exchange in India by Shri Kalraj Mishra, then Minister for MSME in 2016 and from SP Jain Institute of Management and Research as CHANGE AGENT in the year 2018. Mr. Ajay thakur is also on various committees viz, India SME Forum and CII MSME Committee.

Bhartendu Vimal - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Ceo
  • Founder
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Ceo and Founder Stem Consultancy

Digant Sompura

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Jury Board

Dr. Ajay Desai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Jury Board
  • Chairman and Managing Director Quality Catalyst Pvt Ltd

Dr. Nagma Abbasi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • CEO / NextGen
  • CEO NextGen Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.
  • Eminent Scientist and Researcher
The Founder and CEO of a Leading Biotech Startup, and an Eminent Scientist and Researcher, Dr. Nagma Abbasi, is a Determined Entrepreneur with a Vision. Intending to Tap into the Opportunities Presented by the Unexplored Facets of Biotechnology, Life Sciences, and the Healthcare Industry, Abbasi Founded NextGen Life sciences in 2014 and is Expanding the Organization's Footprints Across the Global Market.

Indrajit Ghosh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Jury Board
  • Chairman / MSME Chamber of Commerce
  • Chairman MSME Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India
  • Mechanical Engineer from Howrah ( West Bengal )
Indrajit Ghosh is a Mechanical Engineer from Howrah (West Bengal)& MBA from IMT, Ghaziabad.He is having 33 years of Global experiences in Plastics, Packaging, Recycling & Waste Management. He is also having the expertise in Food & Beverages, Grains& oils, BuildingMaterials, Textiles, Spices & Event Management. He has worked 10 years in Sintex Industries Limited with 3 promotions & awards 5 years consecutively best performer in the country and 14 years in corporate packaging giant Uflex Limited as Vice President Global Business, got 5 promotions & lots of awards from the top management and travelled more than 40 countries across the globe,34 times to Dubai and was having 3 years working visa in Dubai during 2009-12. He has written articles on Indian BOPP scenario & Global BOPP scenario in Orientate, UK the best magazine on Flexible Packaging which was circulated more than 40 countries across the World, He also written articles in Indian Plastic Institute on Plastics Growth Worldwide. He left the job in 2011 December and started his business in Plastics, Grain, Oil & pulses, Flexible Packaging films, Building materials, Textile & Dress materials, Food & Beverages and attended more than 600+ major conferences, exhibitions on Plastics, Packaging, Food & Beverages in India & across the Globe. He is also having direct contact of 92 Ambassadors/ High Commissioners of 92 countries in Delhi for helping Chambers for B2B meetings, Delegations exchange with their countries for Business Promotion and through their Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Jasmin Dhakan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Jury Board
  • Senior Assessor
  • Senior Assessor Vamah Standardization Service

Kashyap Chhotai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Regional Director
  • Regional Director Bni Rajkot
Born in Amreli, Kashyap completed his studies from VallabhVidhyanagar (Gujarat). Graduate of Commerce from Sardar Patel University, Kashyap had vast experience in team management, business development and planning strategies. He has extensively worked in the field of Hydraulics and Fluid transmission Hoses. With an industry experience of 20 years now, Kashyap is the Regional Director of BNI, world's leading Referral organization, for Rajkot region. Having two chapters with 108 members and 2 new chapters in making, his vision is to bring about professionalism in the business community Rajkot and put Rajkot on top 5 performing regions of world in BNI Global. Kashyap has 3 kids, Swara 10 years old and twins Yuti and Nakshat of 3 years. He loves travelling to new places, meet people, help and learn. His is a foodie but health conscious. He never misses his morning Yoga and Meditation sessions.

Ketan Vekaria

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Jury Board
  • Chairman / Business Development Promotion Council
  • Chairman Business Development Promotion Council ( BDPC )

Mr. Rutvik Joshi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Director in Rutvik Engineering Private Limited
  • Director Rutvik Engineering Pvt Ltd
Mr. Rutvik Joshi is the Director in Rutvik Engineering Private Limited which is an advanced Engineering Company that delivers a range of Supply, Installation, Testing & Commissioning of Electrical and Civil Engineering turnkey base projects to the various Govt., Semi Govt., Public Sector, Corporate Sector, Hospitals and Malls, Process Industries Specially in Power Distribution Sector.

Parush Arora

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Chairman Padmawati Academy

Priyank Zaveri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering / B H Gardi College of Engineering and Technology
Priyank Zaveri is a dynamic faculty and academician who utilize his knowledge and skill for the achieving excellence in field of education and research. He is very innovative due to his learning attitude towards new technologies and strongly considers in one philosophy "think out of box". He does his work very creatively and gives always valuable output. He completed M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Process Equipment Design) from SVNIT, Surat. As a mechanical engineer he is expert in subjects of 4M (Material, Measurement, Manufacturing and Management). As an academician he is being a part of different kind of industry interaction, faculty development program, conferences, seminars and workshops. He completed his research on "parametric optimization of advanced manufacturing processes" which is helpful in manufacturing industries. He likes to do research on advance manufacturing processes, engineering optimization, industrial engineering and artificial intelligence in manufacturing. Mainly he focused on skill enhancement of engineering students those who are future of India.

Rajesh Mohan Rai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Coach, HR Strategist, Consultant
  • HR Strategist, Business Coach
Rajesh Mohan Rai is a Coach, HR Strategist, Consultant and a seasoned Facilitator. Driven by his passion of empowering people, he has gathered over 28+ years of experience in Executive and Leadership Roles. He holds a unique talent of discovering "Story behind the Story" to unearth the real needs of the clients, thereby successfully Coaching many First- and Second-generation Entrepreneurs and Senior to C level Executives for last many years across industries.

Romit S. Gadhiya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Web Developer
  • Trainer, Web Developer Aisomex Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
Romit Gadhiya is a passionate teacher and a web developer who believes in disciplined and organized work. "Leading" and "Innovating" being strongly in his nature, he likes to improve on every task assigned to him. He is solely dedicated towards quality and effectiveness of whatever work he does. He is an expert of IT Training, Web Development, IT Institute Management, Public Speaking, Courseware Design, SEO, SEM, eCom, etc. He knows technologies like XHTML, CSS, JS, JS MVC, jQ, jQ UI, jQ Mobile, PHP MVC Expert Level, ASP.net Foundation, Android Foundation, MySQL DB, WHM, cPanel, Plesk Panel etc.

Ronak Parekh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Ceo & Managing Director / Profectus Info Tech Pvt Ltd
  • CEO at Profectus Info
With more than a decade of experience in ITeS industry and 5 years as a CEO at Profectus Info, Ronak is a charismatic and an influential entrepreneur. With client satisfaction as his priority, he has taken Profectus info from an Indian BPO services company to an International Business Solutions company having clients all over from the USA, UK, Europe, Australia and U.A.E.

Shah Krutesh Bharatbhai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Partner
  • Partner Virtue Ventures

Sunil Sethia

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Founder & Managing Partner Sunil Sethia and Associates
  • Its Members
  • National and International Trainer
Sunil Sethia the Executive director of BNI - Chennai B Region and has been instrumental in creating profits to its members and also National and International Trainer renowned by BNI.

Thane, Maharashtra

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • an Entrepreneur, Serving As CEO and Founder of STEM CONSULTANCY since 2013