Rajesh Ranjan

• Rajesh Ranjan, the CEO of NABVENTURES Limited, has a strong background in venture and private equity investments at IDFC Limited, IDFC Investment Advisors, Q Investments,LP and CapAleph fund
• Part of the two-member team managing IDFC’s principal investments and was an Investment Principal at the India arm of Q Investments, LP, a US based multi-strategy fund. In his last stint, Ranjan was Director and head of investments at CapAleph Fund, an early stage fund focused on food and agri investments.
• Some of his investments include Utkal Tubers, XCEL Telecom, L&T Infrastructure and Development Projects Limited, SMMS Investments, Gujarat State Petronet, National Stock Exchange, ARCIL etc.
• On the investment banking side, Rajesh has worked with IDFC Limited/IDFC Investment Advisors, Transwarranty Finance Limited, Destimoney Securities and Asia Cap Advisors (erstwhile India Capital Advisors and Investment Holdings).
• Overall work experience of 21 years.
• Holds a BA (Honors) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College (Delhi University) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
• Holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter of CFA Institute (USA) and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) charter of CAIA Association (USA).

Shri Manikumar S.

• A Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA), Shri Manikumar also holds an MBA (Finance), MS (Banking), Advanced PG Diploma in Computer Applications and is a Certified Associate of the Indian institute of Banking and Finance.
• Has more than 3 decades’ experience in the Banking and Financial Services space. A General Manager in NABARD, he is on deputation to NABVENTURES as COO.
• As a Trainer, he headed the Finance Vertical at Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow which is NABARD’s ISO-certified Learning Centre of Excellence, catering to training needs of stakeholders, both within the country and abroad. He also brings with him rich experience of working with grass-root level institutions involved in agriculture and rural development, besides handling numerous consultancy assignments.

Gills John

Gills John is a Vice President at NABVENTURES. He has over 12 years of experience in Investments. Before NABVENTURES, he has worked with Sprout Capital Advisors, CapAleph Fund, a food and Agri focused fund and SIDBI Venture Capital. He holds an MMS (Finance) degree from Mumbai University.

Ankit Bhatnagar

• Ankit was working with Thinq Ventures as an Investment Analyst. At Thinq Ventures, he focused on seed to early stage investments.
• In the past, Ankit has worked with Canara Bank Securities and ICICI Bank.
• He holds PG in Securities Markets from NISM.

Tunu Sahu

Tunu Sahu is the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer in NABVENTURES. He has over 15 years of experience in Corporate Secretarial, Legal, Finance and Managerial Functions. Previously, he was working with Reliance Communications, The Rubber Products Ltd and Technocraft Industries India Ltd. Tunu holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law & Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Sambalpur University & Associate member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), New Delhi.

Shri G R Chintala

• Chairman of NABARD and NABVENTURES Limited. Previously, he was the Managing Director of NABFINS, a subsidiary of NABARD headquartered in Bengaluru.
• Shri Chintala, a Post Graduate from the prestigious Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, joined NABARD as an officer and worked in various capacities at the Head Office, Mumbai and Regional Offices including Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, New Delhi and Bengaluru. He was also the Vice President of Agri-Business Finance Ltd., Hyderabad and the Director of Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow.
• Shri Chintala has handled several consultancy assignments including a significant one on “Roadmap for Amalgamation of Regional Rural Banks” in 2006 that led the way for the consolidation of 196 RRBs. He also undertook a consultancy assignment on “Efficacy of SGSY in meeting the aspirations of SCs/STs” commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development, whose recommendations helped in launching National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) throughout the country and phasing out the SGSY. Shri Chintala had also successfully introduced the Producers Organisations model in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
• He has visited over 20 countries including USA, China, European nations, Bolivia, Brazil, Kenya, Senegal, Indonesia, etc. for presenting papers and other assignments.

Shri PVS Suryakumar

• Mr. PVS Suryakumar is the Deputy Managing Director of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
• He has handled a variety of functions across geographies; appraisal, funding & monitoring of projects, headed & implemented various types of programs, training, policy, advocacy & communications.
• Mr. PVS Suryakumar is a Masters in Plant Genetics from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in 1986. He is a Commonwealth Scholar and obtained Masters in Sustainable Development from the Staffordshire University, Stroke-on-Trent, UK in 2010. He undertook the 25th Management Education Program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2001.
• He is an Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.

Mr. L. Balachandra Naidu

• Mr. Naidu is the Managing Partner at Argha Capital, Singapore. Argha is a fundamental value focused long only fund operating pan Asia.
• Bala was earlier a partner at Baring Private Equity Asia (with $17 billion of committed capital, it is one of the largest private equity funds globally and the largest asset manager in Asia).
• Prior to Baring Asia, Bala was Managing Director and Head of the Asian Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs, Singapore. He was responsible for $1.5 billion in investments in Asia.
• He has more than 20 years of investing experience in Asia and has successfully invested across asset classes and sectors including growth private equity, leveraged buyouts, public equity, debt and mezzanine financing.
• He holds a PGDM from IIM Calcutta.

Mr. Surender Singh

• Mr. Singh is the Executive Chairman of Nexif Pte Ltd. and manages InfraCo Asia, a company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) established in 2002 as a coalition of donors mobilizing private sector investment to assist developing countries attain infrastructure vital to boosting their economic growth and combating poverty. InfraCo Asia is currently funded by three members of PIDG - the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT); the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO); and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
• Founder and Co-CEO of Nexif Energy which invests in renewable and conventional power generation in South East Asia.
• Prior to Nexif, he was the MD of AES Corporation, VP of DSP Merrill Lynch and a Deputy Manager at IDBI.
• He hold a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. Rajesh Ranjan

• The CEO of NABVENTURES Limited has deep investment experience in food, agriculture, infrastructure, consumer etc.

Mr. Devasis Padhi

• Mr. Devasis Padhi is the Chief General Manager of NABARD and is heading Off Farm Development Department, NABARD.
• He has wide experience in the field of agriculture and rural development.
• He worked as Nominee Director for 3 RRBs viz. Shajahanpur RRB, Avadh Gramin Bank, Lucknow, Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank, Patna
• He is also a Director in the Board/Governing Body of all Agri/ Rural Business Incubation Centres (ABIC) supported by NABARD.
• He is a post graduate in in Physics and Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Mr. L. R. Ramachandran

• Chief General Manager of Department of Financial Inclusion and Banking Technology of NABARD and is heading the department.

Shri Sanjeev Dhamija

• Shri Sanjeev Dhamija is CGM-in-charge of Finance Department as also Department of Subsidiaries and Strategic Investments of NABARD.
• He holds a Bachelors' Degree in Commerce (Honours) from University of Delhi and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from AIMA, New Delhi.
• In his professional career spanning over 32 years in NABARD, he has worked in different positions across various Regional Offices of the Bank in developmental, supervisory and finance related functions.