Dilip Limaye

Senior Advisor

Mr. Limaye is an internationally recognized pioneer & entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the Alternative Energy and Energy Services Industries. In his career, he has established and operated energy efficiency and renewable energy companies in U.S., India, Czech Republic, and Australia. He also helped establish and served as the COO of Energy Systems Group, now one of the largest energy service companies in the U.S. He is a Trusted financial advisor and consultant, providing services to organizations in more than 50 countries with a proven ability to assist companies implement innovative initiatives while ensuring regulatory compliance and driving sustainable growth. Mr. Limaye holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, and a Gold Medallist of IIT Bombay, and has completed the Harvard University Executive Program in Global Climate Change and Economic Development. He has been Principal Author/ Co-Author of various publications in the field of Cleantech Energy.

Board Memberships

  • Board Member, International Energy Advisory Council.
  • Board Member, Seoul International Advisory Council.
  • Former Chairman and CEO - International Energy Services Company.
  • Former Board Member - A-Power Energy (NASDAQ: APWR).
  • President & CEO of SRC International Inc.

Advisory Roles

  • The World Bank, Senior Advisor - Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, & Sustainable Development.
  • Asian Development Bank, Senior Advisor & Consultant.
  • IFC, IEA, UNDP, USAID, Senior Advisor & Consultant.
  • International Institute for Energy conservation - Chairman, Adv. Board.

Abhay Nalawade

Advisor for Start-ups, Technology Companies

Mr. Nalawade is an experienced freelance advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the energy & environmental technologies for 25 years, first as a marketing professional later being CEO & MD of Thermax Ltd. Further 17 years in pioneering his own venture in industrial IoT field. After retiring from Thermax Ltd. he took over the M2M business from Genesys (where he was a CEO) & started a JV with A.T.E. group as a venture in the field of IoT. Developed hardware, historian and software analytics for monitoring plant and equipment with an objective of monitoring and improving manufacturing operations & utilities like thermal/electrical energy, water/waste water etc.

Mr. Nalawade, Skilled in Vision Building, Business Planning, Technology & Product Management, Operations Management, Analytical Skills, International Business, is acting as Mentor and Advisor to various Start-ups and Technology Companies

Milind S. Desai

Chartered Accountant

CA. Milind S. Desai is a Chartered Accountant having more than 30 years of professional experience. He worked in various professional organizations like M/s S. B. Billimoria & Co., then reputed firm of Chartered Accountants in India. Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India Ltd. (ICICI Ltd.), Birla Global Finance Ltd., Tata Finance Ltd. & Tata Finance Merchant Bankers Ltd. He got an opportunity to work with J P Morgan in its joint venture with ICICI Ltd. He has also undergone a three months training program in Corporate Finance organized by J P Morgan in New York, during which he got an opportunity to meet and interact with many corporates looking for setting up of businesses in India.

He was selected for an Electronics Training Program conducted by Dataquest Inc. U.S.A. This program was a part of the World Bank’s Electronic Industry Development Project. In this program, he had an opportunity to visit and interact with industry specialists across the Globe.

He has been instrumental in turnaround of couple of corporates with innovative financial assistance. His experience in financial restructuring and financial planning has helped his clients in Merger and Demerger of their businesses and growing those business verticals independently. He has also helped them in reviewing their income streams and has suggested and implemented innovative strategies to either enhance those income streams or widen the range of those streams.

Deepak Tikekar

Chartered Accountant Advisor, Direct Taxes

CA. Deepak P. Tikekar is a Chartered Accountant with more than 37 years of professional experience. He is also a Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWA). He is well networked with reputed professionals and tax administration. He is a First Callee to professionals for their Direct Tax related matters. His client list includes high net worth/salaried individuals, sole proprietorships, partnership firms, trusts, mutual benefit societies, domestic and international corporations.

His area of specialization is Direct Taxes including International taxation. He is known for his expertise in tax planning/advisory, tax filing/compliance, appeal conception, drafting and filing, representation before the tax authorities right from the assessment stage up to the highest fact finding authority under the law, certification/reporting required under the income tax law viz. under Transfer Pricing Regulations for international transactions

He has participated in many professional development programs organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India including as a guest speaker on subjects of professional interest. He is a regular contributor of articles on taxation and investment subjects to a reputed newspaper and a Guest Speaker on taxation related subjects on television news channels.

Santosh Kamat

Director & Advisor

After completing his degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Mumbai and becoming a member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India in 1987, Mr. Kamat embarked on his corporate career in the fields of secretarial and legal affairs. Over the past four decades he has gained extensive experience in legal affairs across diverse sectors, including electronics, petrochemicals, logistics, financial services, renewables, automotive manufacturing and defense. In his initial stage of career, Mr. Kamat was involved in setting up renewable projects, land & aircraft acquisitions, managing contract and litigation management. He recently superannuated from Tata Motors in March 2024, after a distinguished 25-year tenure with the Tata Group. 

During his tenure at Tata Motors, Mr. Kamat took on a leadership role in spearheading numerous domestic and international projects. He was strategically chosen to helm critical initiatives in managing business risks and to play a pivotal role in domestic and overseas restructuring, acquisitions, and cross-border transactions across more than 50 countries. He played the key role in modernizing and streamlining compliance practices within the Tata Motors Group significantly enhanced operational efficiency across 125 units including all manufacturing facilities, depots, sales offices, warehouses, domestic & overseas subsidiaries and corporate offices of Tata Motors Group. Additionally, he made substantial contributions to developing robust policies and procedures for manufacturing plants both domestically and in overseas subsidiaries

Prashant Rele

Entrepreneur

Mr. Prashant Rele is a qualified Pharmacist and also has an MBA in marketing. He has more than 35 years of experience in the sales and marketing of pharmaceuticals both in the domestic and international markets. He has worked as Marketing Manager in companies, like Upjohn Inc., USV Pvt. Ltd. etc... 

During the early 90s, the Indian pharmaceutical scenario was undergoing a paradigm shift with Indian companies keen on expanding their global footprint. One such company that was at the forefront of this global drive was Ranbaxy.

Mr. Rele got an opportunity to work with Ranbaxy in its International Division. It is at Ranbaxy, he got an opportunity to learn and study the nuances of international pharma business which also included the regulatory landscape. Being an entrepreneur at heart Mr. Prashant Rele became the first-generation businessman in 2009 when Innorex Pharmaceuticals was incorporated. Since its inception, it has been his constant effort to build an organization that is transparent, honest and ethical. 

Amit Desai

Chartered Accountant

CA. Amit V. Desai is a Chartered Accountant with more than 10 years of professional experience. He started his professional career by joining B.K. Khare & Company, Pune, a reputed Chartered Accountants firm in India. He was a part of statutory audit team for Listed Public Limited Corporates like Thermax Limited and Indian Card Clothing Company Limited. He has also worked extensively for clients like Dai Ichi Karkaria Limited, a listed Public Limited Industrial Chemicals Manufacturing Company.

In January 2010, he joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells (Deloitte), one of the Big 4 International Auditing Firms in its Pune Branch. He worked in its AERS Department as Assistant Manager. He worked as Deloitte’s Team Leader for Idea’s Bihar & Assam Circles and Maharashtra Circle which is one of the biggest circles of Idea Cellular Limited. He also worked as Deloitte’s team member for Endurance Technologies Limited for their IPO related work.

Currently, he is also a Partner in ABM & Associates LLP and focusing on advising Corporates on Project Financing, M&A, Business Valuations and other Financial Advisory Services.

Prasad Parulekar

Serial Entrepreneur, Brand Consultant

Starting or helping businesses with new ideas is hobby, passion & business of Prasad.

Prasad started his entrepreneur journey before completion of Engineering Degree in Electronics from Mumbai, India. Even though his various businesses were targeted to different Market Segments; One thing he always followed is solving Vital needs of Target Audience with unique Idea, Give Best Customers Experience, Communication in Style, Providing complete Support, empowered every Business to scale up with least resources.

After 30 years of Experience; making or helping 20 + International Brands & 100+ Domestic Brands; Prasad is now full-time Brand Consultant with own execution team to empower businesses having Idea, Product & Passion; with Brand Identity, Brand Positioning, Brand Digitization & Brand Promotion.

Poonam Billur

Chartered Accountant

CA Poonam Billur is a Chartered Accountant with more than nine years of professional experience. She has also passed Company Secretary exams conducted by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She started her professional career with Audit Enterprise Risk Services (AERS) Department of Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, one of the Big 4 International audit firms. She played a key role in auditing various Listed Companies, Public and Private Companies like Idea Cellular Limited- Maharashtra and MP Circle, IFB Industries Ltd- Pune Branch, Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited etc..

Later, she has been associated with Haribhakti & Company, Mumbai for more than three years mainly responsible for statutory audits of listed Companies such as DB Realty Limited, Delta Corp Limited, Piramal Realtors Private Limited and Entertainment World Developers Limited (Indore). Her skills in preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements of the Group involving subsidiaries, associates and joint venture companies have been quite helpful whilst her short stint at DB Realty Ltd. Her focus areas have been preparation of Project Reports, Financial Management & ensuring implementation of Accounting Standards.

Virendra Dhuri

Chartered Accountant

CA. Virendra Dhuri is qualified Chartered Accountant with a post qualification experience of over 10 years in the field of Audit & Assurance. Post qualification, he was associated with Ca firms like N.K. Sheth and Company, N. A. Shah Associates LLP . His focus area has been on statutory audits and compliances.  He has done Audits of companies in diverse industries and size. Core strength being account’s advisory and statutory compliances for various small and medium sized entities.

Durre Tabish Bibikar

ActionCOACH

Tabish, a Mechanical Engineer, is a Founder of Expandus Business Services and a professionally certified Business Coach with ActionCOACH, world’s well known Business Coaching firm. She has been instrumental in helping various businesses in designing business strategies in the areas of Sales, Marketing & Advertising, Team Building & Recruitment, Systems and Business Development.

She has more than 20 years of experience across Sales, Marketing, Delivery and Customer Service in varied industry verticals while working for Well-Known organisations like Barclays Technology Centre India, Persistent Systems Limited, Sutra Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Ador-Samia Limited and Thermax Limited. In each of these organisations she has won various awards like Exceptional Contributor Award in Barclays, Mastermind of the Year and Best Quality Project Delivery of the year Award in Sutra Systems etc.

She has a passion for using coaching as a tool to unlock great performance in individuals and teams.

Keertida Joshi

OPEX Advisor, Yellow Belt-Lean Six Sigma

Ms. Keertida Joshi, is an OPEX Advisor having more than 25 years of experience with a multinational company, ABB India Ltd. She did her Diploma in Digital Electronics Engineering from the well-known Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic College. In addition, she graduated in Industrial Engineering from IIIE.

At ABB India Ltd. she worked in various functional areas like testing, Quality Assurance and OPEX at a managerial role. She is a hard-core quality professional having in-depth knowledge of quality systems and related documentation backed with experience in policy development and staff management procedures, positively impacting overall morale and productivity of the Organisation.

Ms. Keertida, has successfully lead and driven various operational improvement projects targeting improvement in customer satisfaction, through-put time and profitability.

Saloni Ghule

Advocate

Adv. Saloni Ghule, is a practicing Advocate, running her own independent practice. She has pursued law from ILS, Pune, Diploma in Taxation Laws from Symbiosis, Pune and a course from Harvardx on Religion, Conflict and Peace. She is currently an Ambassador of Institute for Economics and Peace and a working Committee member of Nuclear weapons strategy group working for preventing Nuclear War.

She caters to various kinds of litigations and Legal advisory services. Right from regulatory documentation for starting any business operations to execution and at all interim stages, all litigation and non -litigation requirements are addressed by her.

She has appeared for several Civil and Criminal cases with successful track record. She has represented class litigations and various PILs. However, her core skills are in providing litigation and non-litigation services for the Corporates and various businesses.

Shirish Sohoni

Chartered Accountant

CA Shirish D. Sohoni is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, in addition to be a Commerce & Law Graduate from the University of Mumbai.

After starting practice as Chartered Accountant in the year 1984, he worked in the areas of statutory and internal audits and taxation of domestic and multinational clients. He is closely associated with advising celebrity clients and family managed companies in negotiation of commercial deals including those for acquisition of companies/businesses, large properties and endorsement and modelling services.

Over a period, on gathering substantial experience in varies nature of client assignments from diverse fields, he is focusing more on advisory side of practice in following areas such as Domestic and International tax, Foreign Exchange Regulations (FEMA) including inbound and outbound investments in and from India.

He is a faculty member on various professional forums like study circles of Chartered Accountants on subjects related to his areas of practice.

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