Leadership Team

Mr. Rajesh C. Parikh has graduated with First Class Degree in Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering. He has also completed the Masters in Business Administration in Finance Stream.

He is the Chairman and Managing Director of our Company. He started his career with Jyoti Limited, a Vadodara based Engineering Company, in the year 1994 as a Trainee Engineer and thereafter he was associated with the Company and held, on part time basis, few assignments for a new project to be established for China Clay. At the age of 27 he joined the Board and was in-charge of technical matters and Marketing of the product of the Company. His exposure to the consuming industries brought in him insight for business and industry.

Mr. Atil C. Parikh, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Gujarat University. He then began his career working as a Management Trainee with 20 Microns Limited in 1999-2000.

Later, he relocated to USA and completed his MBA with Finance specialization from California. On completion of MBA, he joined a Financial Services firm, the Tax Credit Company, where he held a position of a Management Analyst in 2003 and worked for 2 years contributing to various aspects of the industry ranging from Marketing, Analysis, HR and Operations. In the year 2005, he re-joined the Company as Management Analyst. He contributed in developing certain strategies and revamping few departments within the organization.

Mrs. Sejal R. Parikh holds a Bachelor degree in Production Engineering besides Post Graduation Diploma in Business Administration. She had worked for 2 years as the Trainee Engineer in Planning Department of GMM Pfaudler Limited, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, the Glass lined Equipment manufacturing company. She was also a part of projects related to Heritage Preservation of Vadodara in Maharaja Sayajirao University.

Mr. Jaideep B. Verma has bagged BSL, LLB degrees from Symbiosis Law College, Pune. Besides, iploma in Consumer Protection Laws from the University of Pune in 1993-94. Moreover, a Certificate Holder of Course on Patents jointly conducted by Government of Andhra Pradesh and CII. He has the Pan Gujarat Practice in District Courts, Revenue Courts, Consumer Courts, Judicial and quasi-judicial authorities, Documentation and Title Clearance work.

Dr. Sivaram Swaminathan, the Independent Director, is is a polymer chemist by profession and a science administrator of distinction. He is a former Director of the CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (2002-10), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Fellow of CSIR and J. C. Bose Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology. Currently, he is an Honorary Professor and INSA Emeritus Scientist of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune.

Dr. Sivaram is a highly decorated scientist / technologist with numerous awards and honours to his credit. He was conferred Padma Shri by the President of India in 2006. He is a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India for his life-time achievements in chemistry (2019) and the International Award for distinguished contributions to polymer science, awarded by the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2017). Dr. Sivaram earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Madras Christian College (1965) and is a distinguished alumnus of IIT-Kanpur (M.Sc., 1967). He earned a PhD in Chemistry and DSc (h.c) from Purdue University, W. Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He is an elected Fellow of all the learned academies of science and engineering in India. He is a technical consultant to several reputed Indian companies and serves on the Board of Directors of several leading Indian companies dealing with chemicals and materials.

He has authored over two hundred and fifty papers in peer-reviewed journals, edited two books and authored one book. He is cited as an inventor in fifty-one issued US and European patents and fifty-two Indian patents. He has supervised the doctoral thesis of over forty students and mentored over fifteen post-doctoral fellows in a research career spanning fifty years.

Mr. Dukhabandhu Rath, the Additional Director (Category: Independent Director, w.e.f. 17.05.2024), is a senior Top Executive Banker and former Chief General Manager of SBI. He headed SBI operations of Gujarat and Union Territories. With nearly four decades of dedicated service in the Indian Banking Industry, including 36 years at SBI, he possesses an extensive skill set encompassing SME and Corporate Credit, Retail Credit, Branch Operations, Customer Service, Risk Management, Audit & Compliance, Digitization & IT, Strategic Planning & Budgeting, Human Resources Management and Resources Mobilization. His career began in 1984 as a Probationary Officer (Scale I) at SBI, following prior roles in two other esteemed Public Sector Banks. He also served as Managing Director of Gujarat Venture Finance. He is a certified Corporate Director from the Institute of Directors, India. He is a certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. He was recognized for his exceptional leadership and outstanding performance across a diverse range of responsibilities.

Mr. Taneja is currently President of GSFC University. He was also Director General, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management, Gandhinagar, Gujarat and Director with SAARC Disaster Management Centre (IU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat after his superannuation in the year 2017.

Mr. Taneja has a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics and Communications from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. He joined Indian Administrative Services (IAS) in 1984 and subsequently as Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Mines Department, GoG in 2017. He has more than four (4) decades of rich and varied experience in the field of Public Service & Institutions Building, Governance, Administration and Business Management.

He worked with Government of Gujarat in several capacities namely Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Additional Chief Secretary, Forest and Environment Department, Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department and many other assignments at senior administrative positions with Government of India, Government of Gujarat including Chairman/MD of several Government of Gujarat Promoted Undertakings/Companies.

Having worked in various departments/ sectors like Industries & Mines, Home, Forest & Environment, Health & Family Welfare Chemicals and Fertilizers, Energy, Water Supply, Electronics and Information Technology in Gujarat State and Government of India, he has allowed him to gain varied and valuable experience. He has led role several Govt. of Gujarat Promoted Companies as Managing Director, Chairman and Director for more than a decade. Some of them are GSFC, GACL, GSECL, GUVNL and Bhavnagar Energy Company limited (BECL), GMDC etc.

He was instrumental in turning around GACL and the erstwhile GEB, which was unbundled into Seven State owned corporations. He has also been awarded “Outstanding Manager of the Year Award” by Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) in 2005 as MD, GACL. Further, other business enterprises were also bestowed with various awards instituted by Govt. of India and other reputed organisations when he was heading these Govt. promoted companies.

Further, Mr. Taneja has been functioning as Independent Director with listed and un-listed companies for the last 7 years after his superannuation from Govt. of Gujarat.