Held Administrative Posts in the Ministry as follows:
Jordan Independence of the First Degree
+25 years successful experience providing fiscal, strategic and operations leadership in uniquely challenging situations.
Dynamic, results-oriented leader, with a strong track record of performance in turnaround and high-paced organizations. Utilize keen analysis and insights and team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex (from Government relations to sales, human resources, legal, financial, operational) issues and motivating staff to peak performance. Excellent political connections developed as member of Delovaya Russia, Director-(Asia pacific) International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs team & Member of the Advisory Group - Agency for Strategic Initiatives (A major think tank of the President of Russia).
(Recipient of more than 30 honors - partial listing)
Mr J. Ravikumar is the Honorary Consul General of India in Cameroon since 2006. He is the recipient of the Cameroon Government's prestigious national award "Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Valuer" for eminent service rendered to Cameroon. With 28 years of stay in Cameroon, as Managing Director of business enterprises, he has firsthand experience of trade and commerce in Central and Francophone African regions. He has participated in many CII-EXIM Bank 'India-Africa conclaves', India-Africa forum summit, Vibrant Gujarat, Buyer-seller meets in Africa, etc. He has participated in joint business councils, trade talks and has negotiated strategic deals.
He has worked for the State trading Corporation of India for 15 years in various capacitates as Directeur, STC Paris covering countries in Europe and Africa, Regional Manager of STC Bangalore and Manager in STC Corporate office in Delhi. He has been a banker at the beginning of his career.
J. Ravikumar is an MBA with Diploma in French. He has been a visiting professor in Indian Institute of Science, IIMs, XLRI and many executive development programmes. He has presented papers in International Institute of Public Enterprises, Ljubljana. The paper which got him the best young manager award has been published as a book by the Indian Management Association.
MR J. Ravikumar is fluent in French, English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada.
Riaz Naqvi currently serves in the Board of Directors and Chairman Advisory Board for companies in India and in the US. Mr. Naqvi is an institution builder widely acknowledged as one of the architects of the Indian IT Industry and creator of a vibrant entrepreneurial eco system in India. Mr. Naqvi has seen the Indian IT Industry grow from barely $60 mill since it's inception to $100 Bill.
Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee recognized the exceptional leadership and capabilities of Mr. Naqvi at a National Award function for developing and implementing policies that led to the successful growth of India's IT and telecom sector. Prime Minister Vajpayee then appointed Mr. Naqvi as India's IT Ambassador to USA.
In the United States, Mr. Naqvi closely interacted with the American administration, leadership, and top business leaders (including NRIs), for the purpose of bringing technology and investment to India.
Mr. Naqvi has served as Chief of Staff to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, the Minister for Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Environment, Information Technology, as well as the Minister for Commerce and Supply.
During his career with the Indian Government, Mr. Naqvi worked closely with high profile Minsters of the Government, handling crucial political and administrative issues, and interacting with visiting foreign dignitaries.
He has spearheaded multiple strategic alliances, partnerships, and joint ventures between American and Indian corporations and government entities. He is conversant with political and administrative nuances, and holds a deep understanding of the Indian political landscape.
Mr. Naqvi has studied International Trade and Export Negotiations at Georgetown University Washington DC. He is a postgraduate in Marketing and Management from Faculty of management studies (FMS), Delhi University, with a graduate degree in Electronics and Communications from University of Mysore.
Mr. Naqvi is currently based between New Delhi, and Silicon Valley in California, successfully promoting entrepreneurship and strategic government relations between the two countries.
Mr. Naveen Kohli is a non-resident Indian living in Belarus for last 21 years. He is the President of India Society in Minsk (Belarus). He is engaged in trading business especially of food products, tea & coffee etc as well as exhibitions of Indian products in Belarus and other CIS countries. He organized a buyer-seller meet at Mumbai in which 35 Belarusian companies took part.
Mr. Kohli is official representatives in India of various Russian Chambers of Commerce including Rostov Chamber of Commerce, Kazan Chamber of Commerce, Yaraslav Chamber of Commerce, Volgograd Chamber of Commerce, Nijnenovogorod Chamber of Commerce, St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, Krasnodar Chamber of Commerce etc.
Debashish Sanyal is a well accomplished & result driven senior finance executive having progressive experience of over 30 years in finance, accounting, auditing, internal control, vendor management, I.T. including ERP implementation and maintenance and HR Functions. He is currently working as Director of Finance in Northwestel (a 100% affiliate of Bell Canada). Earlier he worked as the senior most Finance Executive for affiliates of Total S.A. France, in various countries and in AZ Home Trading Limited and Agrocorp Holding International in Canada. For Total France he worked in six different countries before moving to Canada namely Total India, Total Singapore, Total Cambodia, Total Fiji, Total Saudi Arabia and Total Egypt. Mr. Sanyal holds a Master's Degree in Commerce, Fellow Member (FCMA) from Institute of Cost & Management Accountant in India, CMA from The Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business (USA) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management.
Besides many other social commitments, Mr. Sanyal was the Vice President of Indian Association of Cambodia and Chairman of Business Advisory Council in Cambodia. Currently he is a Rotarian and a Board Member of the Tennis Association in Whitehorse, YT, Canada.
Mohammad Asif Rameez Daudi, an educationist and social activist is currently a Language Specialist at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. He brings with him an extensive experience from the Education World. He has been associated with numerous academic setups and has a prolonged overseas exposure of two decades to the educational and community services. He is a former Chairman of International Indian School Jeddah, an active member of Toastmasters International for 8 years.
He was nominated as the Chairman of Education and Training for the Annual Division E & L Conference 2013 in Jubail; awarded as the best speaker in the International Speech Segment for two consecutive years; represented Division L in Kuwait and Abu Dhabi in 2009. He has been conducting Professional Development Training Sessions in various schools and universities. The emphasis of his trainings is on innovation in teaching, teaching methodologies, teaching through activities, motivation etc. His conviction with regard to potential in teachers to excel beyond their imaginations forms the basis of his trainings.
Dr. S.M. Saiful Hoque was accredited as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Latvia.
Until 2014 he was also accredited as the non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Estonia and Ukraine.
Awarded with an honorary diploma of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv for outstanding achievements in the professional field.
He has been awarded many times before also and the most important thing is Dr. S.M. Saiful Hoque can speak Bengali, Hindi, English, Russian, Ukranian, Polish as well as Czech.