Suresh Mathur

Suresh MATHUR has over 45 years of experience in the oil & gas industry. He was the founding Managing Director & CEO of Petronet LNG, India’s first LNG facility (shareholders include ONGC, IOC, GAIL, BPCL, ADB &Gaz de France) and was the Finance Director of Indian Oil Corporation, India’s only Fortune 500 company. He presently serves as an independent director on the Boards of various private and public companies. He has been director of  Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, Gujarat State Petronet Limited including as the Chairman of Omax Auto Limited. Between 2005 and 2009, he was on the Board of Essar Oil in an executive role as Director (Oil and Gas). He also acts as an industry expert to investment funds and as a mentor and strategic advisor to the leadership teams across sectors. As the founding Managing Director & CEO of Petronet LNG (1998-2005), Suresh was responsible for conceptualizing and executing India’s first LNG terminal project which was conceived in 1998 at a total LNG chain investment of US$ 4 billion. The 5 million tonne pa facility commenced operations within 36 months and below budgets in April 2004 and is now a profit making enterprise with revenues of US$ 1 billion pa. Its stock price performance has delivered a 300% return to investors since its listing on the Indian stock exchanges in March 2004. In order to achieve these milestones, Suresh created the organization structure, selected technology, negotiated 25-year agreements for purchase of LNG as well as for shipping time charter and marketing & sales, raised over US$ 700 million, managed diverse stakeholders, implemented SAP and achieved ISO certification. In his 32 years with Indian Oil Corporation (1966-1998), last as its Finance Director, Suresh has been responsible for many functions including Finance, Marketing, Operations and Corporate Planning amongst others. As the head of International Trade for 7 years, he negotiated supply contracts involving US$ 10 billion each year and played a pivotal role during Gulf Crisis in managing full supplies to meet the country’s requirements. He was also a member of the empowered committee responsible for all the country’s imports of crude oil & products (1994-1998). He also served as a financial analyst for a World Bank project in Nigeria and was a consultant with ITC Geneva where he authored a handbook on import of crude oil and petroleum products for developing countries. Suresh has been honoured with several awards including “Knight of the Order of Merit” by President of French Republic (2004), “Achiever of the Year” by Governor of Maharashtra, India (2004), “Pariavaran” Award by Governor of Uttar Pradesh, India for conservation of the environment, and “Best Corporate Marketing Manager” by the National Foundation of Indian Engineers. He is a frequent keynote speaker at all major international oil & gas conferences. Suresh received a Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He also attended advanced management programs at Henley Management College (UK) Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) and Administrative Staff College (Hyderabad).

S.K.Roongta

SK Rooogta 69,is an Electrical  Engineering graduate from BITS. Pilani and PG Diploma in Business Management (International Trade) from UFT, New –Delhi – Gold Medalist. He is regarded on expert on Strarcgy and Turnaround Management Manufacturing Sector in the Countty. Mr.Roongta had joined SAIL in 1972 as Marketing Executive and rose to become its Executive Chairman (2006-2010).He bad experience in all major functions as Director(Marketing),Director (Personnel/HR),MD of Durgapur Steel Plant and Director of 1/c of Mining and Business Planning. His astute understanding of the micro aspects of the business coupled with global and strategic vision helped him transform SAIL as  one of the most admired steel companies. Under his Leadership SAIL was adjudged as the 2nd best Steel Company in the World (next to POSCO) by World Steel Dynamics,USA and also became 2^nd most  profitable Steel Company globally(FY200&·09). Mr Roongta is presently Non-Executive Chairman of Bharat Aluminium Co.Ltd.(BALCO) and Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd.(TSPL)-Vedanta Group Companies. He was earlier Managing Director of Aluminum & Power Business of the group.(2011-2015) Mr.Roongta was Chairman of “Panel of Experts on Reforms in the Central Public Sector Enterprises” constituted by the Planning Commission (2010-2011).consisting of 14 eminent members. The Report of  the Panel, widely known as the ‘Roongta Committee Report’ .is taken the benchmark for CPSE reforms .He was a member of an Expert Committee constituted by Ministry of Corporate Affairs(2011) to formulate  Policy document on Corporate Governance in the country.. He was also Chairman of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),Bhubaneswar (2012-2015). Mr  Roongta presently serves as Director on several Boards, namely, ACC Ltd.,Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (JLL),J.K.Paper Ltd.,& Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd. (GEECL) etc .He had earlier served as Independent Director on the Board of Axis Bank Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(HPCL).& The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.(SCI)-Navratna PSUs. Mr Roongta is active in various Apex Chamber being Mentor of non-ferrous metal committee of FICCI, Chairman of National Expert Committee on Minerals and Metal of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) & Co-chair of Industry Affairs Committee & Member NEC of PHDCCI. He is recipient of several awards and accolades including SCOPE Award for Excellence Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management-Individual Category IIM-JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical Industries,2016.

Pradeep Saxena

Pradeep is a Consultant and Specialist Advisor who engages with start-ups and SMEs and advises on corporate strategy, governance, management and business development. He has been helping businesses grow across industries in financial services, management consulting, IT and education. Among his assignments, he serves as the Executive Director of The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), Bengaluru, a prospective independent national university established by a group of publically-minded citizens which focuses on the challenges and opportunities of India’s urbanization. It seeks to become an Institute of Excellence. His earlier career spans International Banking and Information Technology. Beginning with Grindlays Bank in 1970, he moved to senior management positions in Gulf International Bank and American Express Bank, in their international network. Subsequently, he served as Executive Director with Merrill Lynch International, London and Managing Director and CEO, SEA, ING Barings, Singapore . Moving to Information Technology, he was President of eFunds International an IT company, in Scottsdale, Arizona, which was engaged in Software Development, EFT services, ATM Management and Business Process Outsourcing, worldwide. In India it offered Software Development, Shared Services and Call Centres. He has a Bachelor’s in Economics and a Master’s in Management Sciences, from the University of Mumbai. He is a Fellow of the London Institute of Banking and Finance. He has attended the AMP, at INSEAD, France. He is an active Rotarian and is a Past-President of the Rotary Club of Bombay. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Mayo Group of Schools in Ajmer ie The Mayo College, The Mayo College Girls School and the Mayoor School.

Maj. Gen. D.N. Khurana

The longest serving Director General of All India Management Association, a former member of All India Council of Technical Education and All India Board of Management Studies, he has made salutary contribution to learning and practice of Management in India   He was one of the key leaders of Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) in Asia Pacific Region as its Secretary General and continues to be it’s Honorary Advisor. He has served on boards of governors of many institutions of higher education, including Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow; GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi; NOIDA International University, Noida and JKL University, Jaipur. He has served on the Boards of Havells India and RRB Energy Ltd and currently serves on the boards of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd A former Adjunct Professor of Swinburne University of Australia, he was honoured with Life Time Achievement Award by World HRD Congress and Hony Fellowship of All India Management Association. Maj. Gen. D.N. Khurana retired from the Indian Army after a distinguished service of nearly 40 years. He was honoured by the President of India with the AtiVashishtSeva Medal for exceptional services. He is a Member of the Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and an Independent Director on the Board of Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ahmedabad.

V.Suresh

Vasudevan Suresh is a Civil Engineer from Anna University (College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai) with 55 years of professional experience in the Housing, Infrastructure, Rural and Urban Development, Real Estate Development and Built Environment sectors, leading to Sustainable Development. Has worked in Tamil Nadu Public Works Department (1 ½ years) and later in Bureau of Indian Standards (12 ½ years) and was directly associated with the formulation of leading National Standards and Codes and National Building Code and is Vice Chairman, NBC 2005 and the 2016 revision, and Chairman, Housing, Planning and Prefabricated Construction Sectional Committee and Member of Smart Cities Committee of BIS.  He is member of the NBC Panel dealing with New Part 11 Approach to Sustainability. He is also associated with the revamping of Building Regulations, Fire regulations and Development Control Rules of state governments and municipal corporations and municipalities in line with NBC for the built environment and infrastructure sectors. Served HUDCO in various capacities for 23 ½ years and was CMD, till June 2002, during which period HUDCO registered all-round growth in housing and infrastructure  development  and financing with techno- financial assistance with innovative options,establishing Housing Retail Finance,  and NGO’s ,  development of appropriate technology applications including, National Network of Building Centres, Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation Projects and capacity building programmes which has been received well within country and abroad. He was directly involved in HUDCO‘s assistance and direct implementation projects for Latur, Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Gujarat Earthquakes as well as Odisha Cyclone. V Suresh has worked in various Government of India Expert Groups on Housing, Urban Development, Building Technologies, Disaster Mitigation and Sustainable Development. Was Chairman, Government of India Task Forces for Odisha Cyclone and Chamoli Earthquake. He was Member of Government of India Technical Advisory Group on Real Estate / Housing Price Indices. He is presently Member of Govt. of India Task Force on Rural Housing and Habitat.He also Member of the Govt. of India, Expert Group for Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM) under Ministry of Rural Development. He is an Expert  Member of the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change for Environment Impact clearance for  large Infrastructure projects. He was Chairman of Government of Kerala Task Force on Housing, dealing with Kerala Housing & Habitat Policy and Member of Rajasthan Government Committee on State Urban Housing and Habitat Policy and Member of Government of India National Housing Policy Group on Housing Finance.   V Suresh was President, Indian Buildings Congress (IBC), President, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), Vice President, All India Housing Development Association (AIHDA) and Vice Chairman, Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC).   V Suresh is member of CII National Committee of Real Estate & Housing, Member of Indian Merchants’ Chamber Real Estate and Infrastructure  Committee, Maharashtra Economic Development Council and CREDAI, CII Panel on Urbanisation and Future Cities. He is Member of International Property Measurement Standards – Standard Setting Committee (IPMS-SSC) and Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India) – Certification of Professional Engineers (India) and International Professional Engineers (India).   He has represented India and worked closely with UNCHS, UNIDO, UNDP, SAARC, ADB, JBIC, KfW, USAID and ADPC on various facets of Sustainable and Safe Human Settlements for different global context initiatives.   He is Consultant to National and International agencies in Sustainable Human Settlements Development.   He has received 16 distinguished awards for recognition of his work. The leading ones are: 1) “Best Chief Executive of the Year” by the National Foundation of Indian Engineers as part of NAFEN’s Annual Corporate Excellence Awards in 1997, 2) “IMM Millennium Top CEO Award for Excellence” in January 2000, 3)“Man of the Decade-Habitat” International Award from Wisitex Foundation in 2000, 4) “GrihaNirman Maharishi Award” instituted by Pune Construction Engineering Research Foundation and Builders’ Association of India, Pune in 2000, 5) “Eminent Engineer Award”, “Architectural Engineering Award”and “Engineer of the Year”, by the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1998, 2001 and 2006, 6) “Industry Doyen” Award as part of CIDC–Vishwakarma Awards 2011, 7) “Outstanding Contribution to Real Estate Development” Award by CWI 2013, 8) “IBC Life Time Achievement Award 2014”,9) “50 Most Impactful GREEN Leaders Award 2017”by World CSR Day and World Sustainability and 10) CIA World Life Time Achievement Award 2017 by CIA World   He is a strong advocate of sustainable development and passionately pursues disaster resistant, environment friendly, ecologically appropriate and energy efficient options in built environment and the green building movement. He is the Chairman of the CII-Indian Green Building Council [  IGBC ] . He is actively associated with institutions dealing with professional education in Built Environment sector and also for Skill Development initiatives.   He is working closely with Good Governance India Foundation as President for good urban governance initiatives for meeting the challenges of urbanization and making smart, green and vibrant citiesthrough work on MUNICIPALIKA and Urban News Digest. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ASSOCIATIONS

1. Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India), Past Council Member
2. Fellow, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
3. Senior Fellow, Indian Green Building Council
4. Fellow, Indian Plumbing Association (IPA)
5. Fellow, Indian Institute of Architects
6. Fellow, Institution of Public Health Engineers – India
7. Fellow, Institution of Fire Engineers (India)
8. Fellow, Institute of Directors (India)
9. Life Member, Institute of Urban Transport (IUT)
10. Chairman, IGBC Policy and Advocacy Committee
11. Vice Chairman, National Building Code of India Committee of BIS
12. Chairman, Housing and Planning Committee of BIS
13. Past President & Life Member, Indian Buildings Congress (IBC).
14. Past Vice President, All India Housing Development Association (AIHDA)
15. Past Chairman, Habitat Polytech
16. Past Vice Chairman, Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC)
17. Past President, National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO)
18. Past President, Southern Zone & Member, Governing Council, Indian National Society for Trenchless Technology (INDSTT)
19. Life Member, Fire Safety Association of India (FSAI)
20. Member, Indian Institute of Arbitration
21. Member, Indian Geo-Technical Society
22. Past Member, Executive Committee, CITYNET, Yokuhama, Japan.
23. Member, International Ferrocement Information Centre, Bangkok.
24. Member, International Centre for Fibre Reinforced Concrete Composites (ICFRC)
25. Member, CII National Committee of Real Estate & Housing
26. Member, Indian Merchants’ Chamber Housing Committee
27. Member, Maharashtra Economic Development Council
28. Member, CII Panel on Urbanisation and Future Cities
29. Member, Govt. of India Technical Advisory Group on Real Estate / Housing Price Indices (2002-2004)
30. Member, Task Force on Rural Housing and Habitat of MoRD
31. Member, Expert Group for Shyama Prasad Mukherji RURBAN Mission (SPMRM)
32. Chairman, Government of Kerala, Task Force on Housing (2004-2008)
33. Member, Government of Rajasthan, Committee on Affordable Housing (2008-2010)
34. Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India) – Certification of  Professional Engineers (India) and International Professional Engineers (India)