Management Team

Ms. Neeta S. Revankar (DIN: 00145580) born on September 10, 1966 has been with the Company since 1995 and was appointed as a Whole Time Director on April 22, 2010. At the AGM held on September 14, 2015, she was re-appointed as a Whole Time Director & CFO for a period of five years effective April 1, 2015 as per the terms detailed therein. She was last re-appointed on July 18, 2018.

An active member of the management committee for nearly over two decades, Neeta has been instrumental in managing key relationships with financial investors. She successfully led the company’s IPO in 2005 and has been one the key persons involved in establishing and maintaining the highest standards of transparency in financial accounting, reporting and corporate governance at Sasken. Her elevation to the board of Sasken in 2010, is a testimony to her sharp business acumen and leadership.

In addition to being the CFO, Neeta has held additional responsibilities between November 2008 and 2013. She established HR as a strong business partner by reinforcing the core pillars of trust, transparency, parity and equity.

In over two and a half decades of her career, Neeta has earned the reputation of being competent; having the courage and conviction to speak her mind, uphold unquestionable standards of integrity and the skill to influence her peers and colleagues.

She is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. Besides, she has participated in the Program for Global Leadership (PGL) in 2001, the Advanced Management Program (AMP) in 2007 and the Women on Boards program in 2016, all conducted by the Harvard Business School.

She is passionate about promoting Alternate Dispute Resolution in India, as a means to cost effective dispute resolution and reduction of the backlog in the judiciary.

Her Directorship in other companies (as disclosed) are as below:

J. Ramachandran (DIN: 00004593) is Professor of Strategy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. His research focuses on the strategic and organizational challenges of firms spanning areas of genesis, growth and governance. His work has been published among others in the Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, and Global Strategy Journal.

Professor Ramachandran’s research has won multiple best paper proceedings and the IMD FDC Award from the Academy of Management, USA. His teaching cases have been recognized with the Best Case Awards from the European Foundation for Management Development, The Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia, The Central and East European Management Development Association, and The Association of Indian Management Schools; and the Tata Steel-IIMB award. Over the years, he has won multiple best teacher awards at IIM Bangalore.

Professor Ramachandran is the first Bain Fellow in India. A qualified Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Professor Ramachandran has been a Visiting Professor at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA; and the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA.

His Directorship, Chairmanship and Membership of the Committees in other companies (as disclosed) are as below:

Mr. Sanjay M. Shah (DIN: 00375679) an Independent Director, was born on August 30, 1963. He was originally appointed on June 10, 2005 and last re-appointed on July 23, 2012.

He did his Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1985 and Masters in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, USA in 1988.

He provides the vision, strategic direction and execution for Invensys Skelta. He brings to the company over 23 years of management and product development experience under multiple platforms and computing environments.

He has played pivotal roles in steering startups from early growth to expansion. Prior to Skelta, he served as Managing Director of Everest Software. He co-founded Everest in 1994 with a vision of developing an integrated ERP software solution for small businesses and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the global market. He helped raise multiple rounds of venture financing to help fund strategic initiatives and fuel the company’s growth between 1999 and 2004.

Before Everest, he was a founding partner of Accel Inc., a $35 million “white box” PC retailer in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. He has also held positions with Mentor Graphics and Tektronix during his 12 year stint in the USA.

He is a member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), YPO (Young President’s Organization), NASSCOM and several other industry committees and chambers of commerce in India and the USA.

He has been awarded Red Herring – Top 100 – Asia Winner in 2005, Nasscom Product Innovation Award in 2006, Deloitte Technology Fast 50 – India in 2006, Red Herring 100 Asia Winner in 2009, Top 20 “Promising Cool Enterprise Products” by the SmartTechie in 2010, Red Herring 100 Global award in 2011 and Distinguished Honoree medal in Best New Product of the Year in ‘The 2011 International Business Awards’ in 2011.

His Directorship in other companies (as disclosed) are as below: