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:

Mr. Pranabh D. Mody (DIN: 00035505) born on December 9, 1963 was originally appointed on July 29, 1991 and was last re-appointed on July 29, 2020. He is a Non-Executive Director since 2005 and also one of the Promoters of the Company. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy in 1984 from Bombay College of Pharmacy, a pioneer institute of pharmacy in Mumbai. He also obtained his Masters in Business Administration from Oakland University, USA in 1986. He completed an Executive Education Program from Harvard University in USA in 1995.

He has to his credit around 34 years of experience, of which 29 years has been in the pharmaceutical industry with J. B. Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (JBCPL), Mumbai. He was President and Whole Time Director (Operations) of JBCPL until November 10, 2020 responsible for overall company performance and has significantly contributed to the overall management of the JBCPL’s businesses across different areas, like marketing, sales, and operations. He is a director in Ifiunik Pharmaceuticals Limited and Synit Drugs Private Limited.

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

Mr. Som Mittal (DIN: 00074842) born on February 7, 1952, is past Chairman and President of NASSCOM, India’s premier trade body for the IT and outsourcing industry. His knowledge of the Indian technology ecosystem combined with a nuanced understanding of trade and policy imperatives across key global geographies make him a leading voice in the industry.

Mr. Mittal has held multiple leadership roles at some of the leading technology, engineering, and manufacturing companies in India, such as Wipro, HP, L&T, Denso, and Escorts. He has also held advisory roles in many Government initiatives, including the National e-Governance Plan, National Digital Literacy Mission, and Sector Skills Council. Mr. Mittal has received several recognitions for his contributions to industry in India and abroad and has been honoured as a Fellow of the Computer Society of India.

Mr. Mittal holds a B. Tech from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He is closely associated with a number of industry bodies and not-for-profit organizations, including educational institutions, as an expert and mentor and chairs the board of directors at the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People. He is also on Board of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation and Trustee of Axis Bank Foundation.

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

Dr G. Venkatesh (DIN 00092085) is an Independent Director of the Company, was born on June 4, 1961. He has been with Sasken since 1995. He started as a researcher at India’s premier research institute TIFR, Bombay, then moved to the Computer Science department of IIT Bombay where he spent 8 years teaching and researching in the areas of temporal logic, functional/logic programming, and applications of logic and languages to VLSI design, which resulted in about 50 papers in international conferences and journals in these areas. He made his transition to the industry in 1990 when Sasken was in its start up phase and moved full time to Sasken as Technology head in 1995. He has played various managerial roles at Sasken and is currently a board member. He also participates in teaching and research at IIM Bangalore, where his interests revolve around applying game theory to strategic thinking, specifically in the telecom and semiconductor industries and in IT outsourcing. He is a graduate in Electronics from IIT Madras, a Ph.D in Computer Science from TIFR, Bombay, and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers. Other positions held by him are Governing Council member Centre for Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT), IIT Madras; Governing Council member of the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS); Steering Committee Chair for the Communication Systems and Networks conferences (ComsNets); Member, Sectional Committee VI, INAE; Member NASSCOM Embedded Systems SIG; Jury member for the NASSCOM Innovation Awards; Member ISA Core Committee.

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