Chairman Non-Executive
Chairman Non-Executive
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MUFG Intime India Private Limited
C-101, 247 Park, LBS Marg,
Vikhroli (West),
Mumbai 400 083.
Tel. + 91 22 4918 6000,
Fax. + 91 22 4918 6060
Kailasam has over 28 years of corporate experience in the field of corporate law, FEMA, finance & taxation, audit (internal & external), legal and HR matters. Areas of expertise include fund raising for short-term and long- term requirements, listing of securities and handling of direct and indirect tax matters, risk assessment, evaluation of internal controls, understanding and evaluation of systems and processes.
Since July, 2015 he is acting as an Independent Advisor to various corporates providing specialised services on capital structuring (within and outside India), FEMA and other corporate law matters. He is a regular speaker and presents papers on corporate law matters at events conducted by professional bodies.
Kailasam is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India.
M. Hanuma Prasad has extensive experience in Exploration and Mining industry in India and overseas. In his long career, spanning over 27 years, Hanuma has worked in various capacities in Exploration and Corporate Management. As an Exploration Manager, he has led several greenfield and brown field exploration projects for gold, base metals, nickel-PGE, mineral sands and iron ore. He has held key management positions, including Chief Executive Officer, in which he is involved in fundraising and corporate management.
Hanuma started his career with Geological Survey of India in 1994 where he carried out geological mapping and exploration for gold. His work in Central India has helped in bringing out new regional geological concepts. Hanuma joined Australian Indian Resources Group (AIR) in the year 2001 and continued to work with the Group for the last 20 years. As an Exploration Manager, he has explored Archaean and Proterozoic terrains of central India for gold, base metals, Ni-Cu-PGE and made significant discoveries. He was actively involved in the exploration research on generating new gold and Ni-PGE targets in India. During this period he has also built exploration teams and explored various parts of Africa for other mineral resource companies which have consultancy arrangements with AIR Group.
Since 2008 Hanuma was closely associated with the Business Development team of the AIR Group, during which he carried out due diligence of several precious commodity projects in India, Africa and South America. He has been associated with fund raising into AIR and Geomysore Services (India) Pvt Ltd (GMSI). Hanuma has co-managed NI 43-101 compliant feasibility study on Jonnagiri Gold Project along with a team of international and Indian experts. He is currently part of the senior management of GMSI playing a key role in the development of Jonnagiri gold mining project.
Hanuma has worked widely in Africa, SE Asia, South America and CIS countries as a part of due diligence team to advice various business houses in acquiring mineral projects in these countries. He has been instrumental in setting up gold and other mineral exploration and mining companies in Sudan, Ivory Coast, Togo, Zambia, Malawi and Kyrgyzstan.
He is a member of Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusImm). Hanuma has Doctorate in Geology and published number of papers in peer reviewed journals. He is a prolific speaker in national and International conferences.
In his career spanning over 35 years in Upstream Oil & Gas Sector, Mr. Elango has held several leadership roles in different areas of the business and is a recognized leader in the Indian Oil and Gas industry. Mr. Elango holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and began his career with ONGC in 1985 and over a span of 10-years, has performed diverse roles prior to joining Cairn India in 1996. Mr. Elango served the Board of two listed entities as Whole time Director for more than 10 years. He was the CEO of Cairn India Ltd during 2012 to 2014 and Managing Director of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd (HOEC) during Feb 2015 to September 2023.
Under his leadership, HOEC’s oil and gas production grew from 500 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2015 to 10,000 boepd in 2023. Prior to joining HOEC in 2015, he was the Chief Executive Officer & Whole Time Director of Cairn India Limited. He was associated with Cairn in various leadership roles for over 18 years and contributed to its growth as India’s largest oil and gas producer in private
sector. In 2014, Cairn was among the top 25 large caplisted entities in India.
Mr. Elango was one of the five finalists for Platt’s’ first-ever Asia CEO of the Year award 2013.
Mr. Subramaniam is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom (CIMA).
He also holds a Law Degree (LLB) from Bangalore University.
He has has 24 years of experience in the field of Company Law and other corporate laws. Has handled corporate restructuring exercises including mergers / demergers, amalgamations, joint ventures, foreign collaborations, fund raisings & listing of securities on domestic and foreign stock exchanges. He is in charge of the corporate legal and company secretarial matters and also functions as the Compliance Officer of the Company since October, 2006.