BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rajshree Pathy

Chairperson & Managing Director

A commerce graduate and an alumnus of the Owner President Management Programme at Harvard University, USA.

She is the President of the South Indian Sugar Mills Association (SISMA), the premier association of sugar factories in South India. She was also the Chairperson of the National Committee on Textiles, Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region) and Member of Young Presidents Organisation.

Her dynamic role in industry has been recognised in her selection as one of the hundred “Global Leaders for Tomorrow” for 1996 by the World Economic Forum, Geneva.

She was the President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA)-the national apex association, which represents the interests of the entire Indian sugar industry.

Raja MJ Abdeen

Director

A non-resident Indian based in Singapore with interests in shipping, travel and real estate. He is a director of companies such as Abdeen UK Limited, London, Far Eastern Services Pte. Ltd. Singapore, Straitship Services Pte Ltd. Singapore, Abdeen Trading Pte. Ltd. Singapore and various other companies.

Dr P Suruli Narayanasamy

Director

Completed his doctorate in Engineering in the USA. He is a civil and structural engineer with interests in software development and fund management. He holds directorships in Companies such as Campail Systems IC, University Supplier of America, United Travels Ltd. USA, Granite Resources Corporation, USA.

R VARADARAJ

Director and Chief Operating Officer

Masters Degree in English Literature and a Masters Degree in Business Management. He has been associated with RSCL since its inception in 1987 and is currently the Director & Chief Operating Officer of the organization. He has had a brief stint as Head, Faculty of Management Studies of the PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore where he had undertaken a special assignment in designing and implementing a three year undergraduate management programme to groom future Chief Executive Officers of Family Owned Businesses.

He leads a team, which handles Project Management, Strategic Planning, Legal Affairs and General Administration of all Group Companies. He has spearheaded the project team of RSCL through all stages of its development and expansion activities ranging from sugar to distillery to co generation of power. Under his dynamic leadership RSCL became the first ISO 9001: 2000 certified integrated sugar complex in India, manufacturing sugar, alcohol, power, organic manure and bioproducts. He has vast experience in co-ordinating and managing diverse activities in executing green field projects from strategic planning to technical and commercial operations.

GR Karthikeyan

Independent Director

Master of Business Administration and hails from the PSG family of Coimbatore. Shri Karthikeyan is a keen motor sports enthusiast and is a Director of the Federation of Motor Sports Club of India (P) Ltd.

RCH Reddy

Independent Director

An Engineering graduate in textile technology and holds post graduate diploma in business management from the University of Madras. He has about 41 years of experience in various companies in the field of engineering and business operations. Since 1998, he has been working as President in Lakshmi Electrical Controls and Systems Limited. He has wide expertise in the fields of production, engineering, operations and administration.

Subba Rao GSV

Independent Director

A retired Deputy General Manager of the State Bank of India and has worked in various capacities in the Bank. He has wide experience in handling various corporate clients during his employment in the Bank.

He has wide expertise in the Banking sector, credit appraisal, finance and general administration.

Dr. K. MOHAN NAIDU

A Doctorate in Agriculture with specialization in crop physiology, he has vast experience in sugarcane varietal improvement. Dr.Naidu headed the prestigious Sugarcane Breeding Institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) situated at Coimbatore.

In his long association of over a decade with this institute, he has pioneered research for many new varieties of sugarcane.

He has traveled widely in South & North America, Africa and Asia in various capacities and positions offering consultancy and advisory services with regard to sugarcane breeding & culture.

Some of his achievements include the release of improved sugarcane varieties to suit various agro-climatic zones, working out selection indices to develop sugarcane varieties resistant to moisture stress, establishment of four sugarcane research centres & sugarcane breeding institute, bio-technology, bio-control and seed technology laboratories and organisation of sugarcane seed programmes in tropical zones.

He pioneered the transfer of technology program to improve sugarcane production in several states of India and trained development workers for a P.G. Program in association with Tamilnadu Agricultural University.

He has also published about 49 research papers, 35 technical papers, 20 popular articles, published one book and 24 bulletins in his subject.

He has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Agriculture Sciences, India. He has been actively involved in various scientific bodies like the Germ plasm Committee of the International Society of Sugarcane Technologists. He also served as Vice President of the Sugarcane Technologists Association of India and Editor of Indian Sugar Crops Journal.