Mr. Vikram Kailas, Managing Director of MEIL

Mr. Vikram Kailas is a  B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from one of the premier institutes - the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Before joining the Group, Mr. Vikram Kailas  worked in the Energy & Utilities investment banking group at Credit Suisse in New York, where he was involved in a number of renewable energy transactions, including a US$ 6bn exit financing for Calpine, a US$ 300m loan for First Energy. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Vikram Kailas worked for Deloitte Consulting in Hyderabad. He is a nephew of Ravi Kailas.

Ramakrishnan R, President

Mr. Ramakrishnan is a seasoned Techno Management professional with close to 40 years of decisive leadership experience and quantifiable achievements in the areas of Strategic Planning, Project Management, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, International Business Development, Project Management and HR in various industry categories like Manufacturing, Engineering, Infrstraucture, etc., He has travelled to over 60 countries and developed businesses from scratch in India and abroad. He has an excellent  track record of strategizing and driving successful projects, demonstrated ability to plan the turnaround of loss making businesses through process improvements leading to manufacturing and operational excellence, quality systems and empowerment of people. He has held senior positions with leading industrial houses like the GMR Group, Sanmar Group, Amalgamations Group, Murugappa Group (Carborundum Universal Ltd.), Alfred Herbert India and MICO. He has a Mechanical Engineering Degree, a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (B.Com) and is also a Post Graduate in Business Management. He has taken up several Self Development & Training initiatives, which probably is the secret of his success in the Corporate world.

Shirish Navlekar, Chief Financial Officer and Director

He is an experienced professional in the Infrastructure Sector, primarily in conceptualization, development, structuring/financing including private and public equity, mergers and acquisitions, implementation and operations of large infrastructure projects. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Power Business of Cairn India Limited, and prior to this he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Delhi International Airport. He was formerly Head of Project Finance at GMR Infrastructure, one of India’s largest infrastructure companies, where he handled project financing of roads, power and airports in initial growth phase of the Group. He also successfully concluded private equity investment and supported the Group’s IPO. In addition, Mr Navlekar has worked with leading multinational corporations including General Electric, Mirant Asia Pacific Ltd. and Coastal Power Company on various power projects.  He has experience with all stages in the development of utility scale power projects, from bidding, acquisitions, operations and asset management. Mr Navlekar graduated in Electrical Engineering and completed his post-graduation in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, Mumbai University.

U.B. Reddy, Chief Operating Officer

U.B. Reddy, is the Chief Operating Officer of Mytrah Energy (India) Limited (“MEIL”), the Company’s wholly owned Indian subsidiary. He has been working in the wind industry for over 20 years and widely recognized as one of the pioneers of the Indian wind industry. He has been instrumental in conceptualization, planning and implementation of over 2,000 wind turbines of various capacities across the Indian sub-continent, along with the associated infrastructure facilities.  Previous to this assignment he was the Vice President – Business Development and Operations at Enercon (India) Ltd, a leading wind energy company in India. He has contributed to the formulation and finalization of various state policies, the Generation Based Incentive Scheme, the Indian Electricity Grid Code and the Renewable Energy Certificate Mechanism in India. He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering.