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Arun Jain is the Founder,
Chairman & CEO of Polaris Software
Lab Ltd. Arun started the company
with just $250 and a dream.
Today, Polaris has
annual revenue of over USD 300 million,
having 30 Relationship Offices in
16 Countries and 7 Business Solution
Centers in India. Polaris has talent
strength of over 9,000 solutions
architects, technology and domain
experts, providing solutions to
the banking, financial services
and insurance industries.
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From
the humble beginnings in 1993, Polaris
has become a global financial technology
corporation under the leadership &
vision of Arun.
If you
can dream it, you can do it! A strong
believer in the power of the ‘organizational
subconscious’ and 'common destiny',
Arun is the architect behind "Lakshya"
the annual 'visioning' and goal setting
exercise of Polaris. Lakshya continues
to involve and inspire one and all
at Polaris.
Arun's
hobby, in his own words, is "Dreaming".
He attributes Polaris’ success
to the power of alignment at the organizational
sub consciousness. He is a voracious
reader and enjoys his learnings on
anthropology, philosophy, and religion
and child psychology. Arun believes
strongly in people power and often
says, “With committed people
you can achieve what most people think
is impossible’’.
Arun
founded the Ullas Trust to integrate
Polaris employees with larger community
and encourage the “Can Do It"
spirit in students from Corporation
and Government schools. The Trust
has awarded over 20,000 scholarships
to students in Govt. & Corporation
schools in India. The Trust has been
awarded “Social and Corporate
Governance Award - 2008”.
Arun
is passionately involved in researching
& creating the Learning Architecture
for the organization and his vision
of Polaris 3.0 is to position Polaris
among the top 3 financial technology
companies in the world.
Arun
is the recipient of the “Indo-ASEAN
Business Initiative Award-2008”awarded
in Singapore for recognition of the
business initiative in the region
for the Information Technology category.
He has also been conferred “ICICI
Venture-CII Connect 2006 Entrepreneur
Award” for his significant contribution
towards developing Tamil Nadu as a
centre of Information, Communications
& Technology (ICT) Excellence.
Arun
is on the Board of Madras Stock Exchange
Ltd, a member of Advisory Council
of Software Technology Parks of India
(STPI) for their functioning of the
incubation facility and technological
innovation in the area of information
technology and a key member in the
State Level IT Task Force in Tamil
Nadu, India.
He has
also served as Chairman of Tamil Nadu
State Council, Confederation of Indian
Industry - Southern Region during
2003 - 2004, Chairman of Indo-American
Chamber of Commerce - Tamil Nadu Branch
during 2001 - 2002 and on the
Board of Xavier's Institute of Management,
Bhubaneswar, India.
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Mr. Abhay Agarwal is a practicing
Chartered Accountant based at Delhi.
He is well experienced in the areas
of accounting, finance, management
and corporate advisory and his proficiency
and competency in the said areas are
an asset to the company. Mr. Abhay
Agarwal was invited to join the Board
of Directors in May, 1995 as an independent
director.
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Mr. Agarwal is a member
of Audit Committee and Shareholders
Committee of the Company. Mr. Abhay
Agarwal is also a director in Sunshine
India Pvt. Ltd., Milky Investment
& Trading Company, British Health
Products (India) Limited, Sahiwal
Investment & trading Company,
Upvan Farms and Services Pvt. Ltd.,
Dabon International Pvt. Ltd., Weltime
Investments Private Ltd., Param
Investments Private Ltd., Expo Investments
Private Ltd., Northern Herbals Private
Limited, Intelligent Information
Systems Pvt. Ltd., Burman Resorts
Pvt. Ltd., Super Hoze Industries
(P) Ltd. and Regent Square Promoters
(P) Ltd. As on 31st March 2005,
Mr. Abhay Agarwal holds 15,822 equity
shares of the Company.
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Sr. Lawyer,
Supreme Court
Mr. Arvind Kumar, who is an M.A.
L.L.B., enrolled as an Advocate
on 12th November, 1963 at Kanpur
from the U.P. Bar Council at Allahabad,
and practiced in the High Court
of Judicature at Allahabad from
1966 to 1972. Later in the year
1972 he shifted to Supreme Court
of India at New Delhi and started
practicing there.
He is a Senior Lawyer
having 41 years of professional
standing at Bar, and has gained
enough global experience by participating
in civil and corporate cases around
the world.
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Presently serving
as a Senior Advocate of Supreme
Court, he is a reputed corporate
legal expert and advises Polaris
on issues relating to Corporate
Governance and other Legal and Statutory
Compliance issues. He was appointed
as a Director on the Board of Polaris
in May 1995 and Chairs the Audit
Committee of the Company. Mr. Arvind
Kumar is also a Director in Nucsoft
Limited, Associated Legal Advisors
(P) Limited and Second Innings India
(P) Limited. As on 31st March 2005,
Mr. Arvind Kumar holds 52,512 equity
shares of Company.
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Head - Department
of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras, India.
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala aged 52 is
a technical and a research scholar
in the field of Engineering and
Science. He completed his B.Tech
in I.I.T. Kanpur and pursued his
M.S.; Ph.D from the University of
Manie, U.S.A. He is currently the
Professor of the Department of Electrical
Engineering at the Indian Institute
of Technology, Chennai. Dr. Jhunjhunwala
has over 200 research publications
to his credit. Dr. Jhunjhunwala
leads the team that developed corDECT,
India's indigenous Wireless Local
Loop technology that is winning
accolades the world over.
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His research interests
span Telecommunications, Computer
Networks and Fibre Optics, and he
is particularly active in developing
cost-effective wireless telecommunications
solutions. Awarded Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
Research Award in 1997, Bhatnagar
Award in 1999 and H.K. Firodia award
in 2002, Jhunjhunwala's contributions
to the fields of Electronics, Informatics,
Telematics and Automation have been
commendable. Dr. Jhunjhunwala, with
his group's mission to enable India
to have 200 million telecom and
Internet connections, is leading
a movement to make India a premier
design house for telecom and IT
products.
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala,
has also been awarded by the Central
Government with Padma Shri for his
pioneering work in the Science,
Engineering and Telecommunications
category on the eve of India's 53rd
Republic Day. He has been a pioneer
in enhancing industry-university
interaction in India and is leading
an effort to launch Internet Exchange
in India. His vision is to provide
Internet connection in every village
and use it to double the Rural GDP
of India.
He was
invited to join the Polaris Board
in June, 2001 as a director, and he
advises Polaris on various Operational,
Strategic and Technical issues. Dr.
Jhunjhunwala is a member of Audit
Committee, Shareholders Committee
and Remuneration & Compensation
Committee of the Company.
He is
a director in Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited,
Sasken Communications Technologies
Ltd., Jataayu Software (P) Ltd., HTL
Ltd., Shyam Telecom Limited, Tejas
Networks Private Limited, Integrated
Soft Tech Solutions Private Limited,
Midas Communication Technologies Private
Ltd., Vishal Bharath Comnet and National
Research Development Corporation Ltd..
He is also a member of Governing Council
of National Internet Exchange of India
Ltd. and member of Prime Minister
Scientific Advisory Committee.
He
is also Member of Compensation Committee
and Audit Committee of Sasken Communications
Technologies Limited, Tejas Networks
Private Limited. Further Dr. Jhunjhunwala
is Member of Audit Committee, Shareholders
Committee and Ethics & Compliance
Committee of Videsh Sanchar Nigam
Limited and Audit Committee of Midas
Communication Technologies Private
Limited. As on 31st March 2005, Dr.
Jhunjhunwala holds 4,500 equity shares
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Chairman,
Maruti Suzuki Limited
A post graduate in Mathematics from
Allahabad University, India, Mr.
R C Bhargava joined the Indian Administrative
Service (I.A.S.), in 1956 and stood
1st in the batch and was allotted
to the U.P. cadre. He is also a
post graduate in Development Economics
from Williams College, Williamstown
(Mass), USA.
From 1968 to 73, he
was the Agricultural Production
Commissioner and Secretary to the
Government of the State of Jammu
and Kashmir for the Departments
of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal
Husbandry, Forests, Co-operation.
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He was a Special Assistant to the
Union Minister of Energy, Government
of India from 1973 to 74, and between
1974 to 78, he served as the Joint
Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Energy and the Cabinet
Secretariat. Thereafter he moved to
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited as
the Director (Commercial). From 1981
to 97, he was working in Maruti Udyog
Limited. Initially on deputation from
the I.A.S. as Director (Marketing),
in 1985 he was appointed as the Managing
Director and as a Chairman cum Managing
Director in 1990. In 1992, when Suzuki
acquired 50% equity in Maruti, he
continued as a Managing Director as
Suzuki's nominee. While in Maruti,
he was on the National Committee of
the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII), a member of the Steering Committee
of CII as well as Chairman of the
Economic Affairs Committee of CII
for four years.
Mr.
Bhargava was invited to join the Board
of Polaris in March, 1999. He chairs
the Polaris Board Committee on Remuneration
& Compensation Committee and is
a member of the Audit Committee of
Polaris. Mr. Bhargava is also a Director
in IL&FS Limited, Grasim Industries
Limited, Machino-Bassel (India) Limited,
RCB Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Lord Krishna
Bank Ltd., Roulands Codan India Ltd.
Maruti Udyog Limited, Omax Auto Ltd.,
Thomson Press Limited, Dabur India
Limited, Ultra Tech Cement Company
Limited, Global Education Management
Systems Private Limited and Optimus
Outsourcing Company Ltd.
Further
he chairs the Audit Committee of ILFS
Limited, Thomson Press Ltd, Ultra
Tech Cement Company Limited, Remuneration
& Grievance Committee of Thomson
Press Ltd. and Compensation Committee
of Optimus Outsourcing Company Ltd..
He is a member of Audit Committee
of Grasim Industries Ltd., Dabur India
Ltd. & Optimus Outsourcing Company
Ltd., Shareholder Grievance Committee
of Maruti Udyog Ltd., Customer Service
Committee of Lord Krishna Bank Ltd.
and Shareholder Grievance Committee
of Ultra Tech Cement Company Limited.
As on 31st March 2005, Mr. R C Bhargava
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Managing
Director & CEO, MEDall Medical
Services
Mr. Raju Venkatraman
is presently the Managing Director
& CEO of MEDall Medical Services.
Till recently, he was the Joint
Managing Director at Firstsource
Solutions Limited. Raju's career
in technology outsourcing began
with EDS. In EDS, Raju spearheaded
the applications outsourcing business
(now called BPO) in a variety of
verticals including Healthcare,
Manufacturing and Federal Government.
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Raju
left a successful career at EDS in
1991 and became a pioneer in outsourcing
by launching Vetri Systems, an off-shore
outsourcing company. Scaling his original
company to nearly 4,000 employees/contractors,
he sold it to Lason, incorporated
in 1998. He served as the President,
Data Management Services at Lason
and was responsible for more than
7,500 employees and US$ 85 million
in revenue. In early 2002, he resigned
from Lason and launched Sherpa.
Mr.
Raju was named Indian Entrepreneur
of the Year in 2000, and is a recognized
expert and speaker in the field of
business process outsourcing. He is
a chemical engineering graduate from
IIT Madras and holds an executive
MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad. Mr. Raju
joined the Board of Polaris on 30th
December 2005 and is a Member of the
Shareholders' Committee of the Company
also. He is also a Director in Rev
IT Systems Pvt. Ltd., Vetri Info Data
Pvt. Ltd., Vetri Info Data LLC and
Sherpa Business Solutions Inc.
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Former Secretary
(Telecom), Chairman MTNL and a telecom
expert
A graduate in electrical technology
and electrical communication engineering
from Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, Mr. Satya Pal joined
the Department of Telecommunications
in 1955 and became Member of Telecom
Board in 1986.
In 1988, he became
Secretary, Department of Telecommunications,
and Chairman, Telecom Board and
Chairman, MTNL. He retired in August
1989.
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He is a Founder Fellow
of The Institute of Electronics
and Telecommunication Engineers.
Mr. Satya Pal was invited to join
the Board of Polaris in April 1997.
He is the Chairman of Shareholders
Committee and a member of Remuneration
& Compensation Committee of
Polaris.
Mr. Satya Pal advises
Polaris on Operational and Strategic
issues. He is also a director and
members of Audit Committee of Paramount
Communications Limited. As on 31st
March 2005, Mr. Satya Pal holds
13,700 equity shares of Company.
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