Management

M A M Arunachalam, also known as Arun Murugappan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago, USA. A senior member of the Murugappa family, he is an Industrialist and has over 25 years’ experience in varied industrial activities. He is the Chairman of Parry Enterprises India Limited, Cholamandalam Home Finance Limited and also on the Board of various companies including Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and Shanthi Gears Limited.

Vellayan Subbiah holds a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Michigan. He has over 2 decades of experience in varied fields viz., consulting, technology, projects and financial services. He has worked with McKinsey and Company, 24/7 Customer Inc. and Sundram Fasteners Ltd. He is currently the Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited and CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and also on the Board of various companies including SRF Limited, Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited.

Mr. Sanjay Johri is a graduate from St. Stephens College and a postgraduate in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He joined the Tata Administrative Service in June 1975. He worked with the Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., Tata Press Ltd. and RDI Print and Publishing Ltd., rising to the level of Managing Director. He also served as a Director with Timex Watches Ltd. and Tata Infomedia Ltd., prior to joining Voltas Ltd., as its Managing Director & CEO in 2010, which position he held till his retirement in 2018.

Mr. Anand Kumar holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Vanderbilt University, United States of America. He is a Co-Founder and Partner of Gateway Partners, an investment firm focused on growth capital and strategic opportunities across markets in Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has over 28 years of experience in Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance in South and Southeast Asia with a strong network of relationships in the region. Prior to co-founding Gateway Partners in 2014, he has held leadership positions in several leading investment banks including Standard Chartered Bank and Morgan Stanley. He is on Board of various companies in India and abroad including TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited.

Master’s degree holder in Economics and a Chartered Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). She was associated with the State Bank of India (SBI) group from 1977 and has held several important portfolios in SBI including as Chief Executive Officer of SBI – Tel Aviv, Israel. She retired as Chief General Manager, Strategic Training Unit, Corporate Centre of SBI. She is on the Board of various companies including Sundaram-Clayton Limited, Cholamandalam Securities Limited and CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited.

Mr. Tejpreet Singh Chopra graduated from The Lawrence School, Sanawar and holds an MBA degree from Cornell University, a B.A. Honors degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and attended an executive program at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the Founder & CEO of Bharat Light & Power Group (BLP) Group. Until 2010, Mr. Tejpreet Singh Chopra was the President & CEO of General Electric in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. Prior to that, he served as President & CEO of GE Commercial Finance in India. He is also currently on the Board of Directors of M/s. Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited, Indian Energy Exchange Limited and SRF Limited as an Independent Director.

Mukesh Ahuja, Managing Director, is a Graduate in Production Engineering from Dr. BA Marathwada University and MBA in Marketing. He has completed Executive General Management Program in IIM-Bangalore and Advance Management Program in the Harvard Business School, Boston. He has over two decades of experience in managing operations, strategy, business development and sales & marketing. Started his career as Graduate Trainee Engineer in Production Planning & Control with LPS Ltd, Rohtak.

Mr. K R Srinivasan is the President of TI Metal Formed Products Division, a division of the Company. He is an Engineering graduate with Honors from Regional Engineering College (REC), Trichy with specialization in Mechanical Engg., and a postgraduate in Business Administration from University of Madras. He is a Fulbright Fellow in Leadership in Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He has over two and a half decades of experience in various functions. He started his career in Ashok Leyland and is associated with TII since 1993 working in various functions viz., sales, marketing, application engineering, product management, manufacturing and other plant operations, process re-engineering, project management and information technology.

Mr. V S Radhakrishnan is a post graduate in Commerce and holds an MBA from Madras University. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He has over 30 years of experience in State Bank of India (“SBI”) across commercial/wholesale, retail banking, treasury, trade finance, rural credit and international banking. He retired as a Deputy Managing Director of Commercial Clients group of SBI in January 2023. He was a nominee director of SBI on the Board of Yes Bank from August 2020 to July 2022 and presently serving as an advisor to the wholesale banking operations of Yes Bank. He is currently on the Boards of Tata Capital Limited and Tata Capital Financial Services Limited.

Vellayan Subbiah holds a Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Michigan. He has over 2 decades of experience in varied fields viz., consulting, technology, projects and financial services. He has worked with McKinsey and Company, 24/7 Customer Inc. and Sundram Fasteners Ltd. He is currently the Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited and CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and also on the Board of various companies including SRF Limited, Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Limited.

Mukesh Ahuja, Managing Director, is a Graduate in Production Engineering from Dr. BA Marathwada University and MBA in Marketing. He has completed Executive General Management Program in IIM-Bangalore and Advance Management Program in the Harvard Business School, Boston. He has over two decades of experience in managing operations, strategy, business development and sales & marketing. Started his career as Graduate Trainee Engineer in Production Planning & Control with LPS Ltd, Rohtak.

Mr. K R Srinivasan is the President of TI Metal Formed Products Division, a division of the Company. He is an Engineering graduate with Honors from Regional Engineering College (REC), Trichy with specialization in Mechanical Engg., and a postgraduate in Business Administration from University of Madras. He is a Fulbright Fellow in Leadership in Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He has over two and a half decades of experience in various functions. He started his career in Ashok Leyland and is associated with TII since 1993 working in various functions viz., sales, marketing, application engineering, product management, manufacturing and other plant operations, process re-engineering, project management and information technology.

Kalyan Kumar Paul is the Managing Director of TI Clean Mobility Private Limited, a Wholly owned Subsidiary of Tube Investments of India Limited.

He is a Bachelor of Science with Honors from Presidency College, Kolkata, and holds an MBA in Sales & Marketing from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata. He has also attended Advanced Management Program (AMP) in Harvard, USA. He has over three decades of rich experience in managing domestic and international operations, sales and marketing across diverse industries. Mr. Paul has been in various roles with companies like Standard Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Kolkata, Shaw Wallace and Co. Ltd, Mumbai, TI Cycles of India, Chennai, CEAT Ltd, Mumbai, JK Tyres Ltd, Delhi.

He was the of President of TI Cycles of India and Tube Products of India, units of Tube Investments of India Limited before assuming the current role.

K Murali has done graduation in Chemistry and Metallurgy. He also has done certificate course in SQC from the Indian Statistical Institute.
He started his career with Sundram Fasteners Ltd. (a TVS Group Company) and worked for 16 years in Cold Extrusion & Powder Metallurgy Division in Process Design & Control, New Product Development, Quality Assurance and R&D.
He then moved on to Tube Products of India (a Unit of Tube Investments of India Ltd., Murugappa Group) and held various leading positions in Product Development, Operations, Quality Assurance and Business Development in Electric Resistance Welded and Cold Drawn Welded steel tubes and Cold Rolled Steel Strips of automotive industry.
He now heads Tube Products of India, one of the largest manufacturers of Precision Cold Drawn Welded Steel Tubes, Steel Strips and Tubular Components.
He has close association with all major national and international auto customers and Steel producers for development of tubes as well as steels to suit to emerging requirements. He has presented Technical Papers in SAE Congress and International Tube Association.

S Suresh is the Executive Vice President – Legal & Corporate Affairs of Tube Investments of India Ltd. A graduate in Commerce, he is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law. With over three decades of rich experience in the legal and corporate secretarial/compliance functions, he is a specialist in niche areas like mergers and takeovers having handled several such assignments during his long association with the Group since 1993. He was also the Secretary to the Murugappa Corporate Advisory Board for over 15 years. Prior to joining the Company, he was part of the Secretarial teams of E.I.D. Parry (India) Limited and Spartek Ceramics India Limited.

Krishna Srinivas is the Sr. Vice President of the Corporate Technology Centre of Tube Investments of India Ltd. He holds post graduate qualifications in Technology, Engineering Business Management and Business Administration besides Language / Arts. He has close to 30 years of experience covering Operations, Business and Engineering Management. He started his career with M/s. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in 1988, and subsequently worked with English Electric and GEC Alstom. He joined TI Diamond Chain Limited (now part of TII) as Senior Engineer-Product Development in 1995. He currently heads the Corporate Technology Centre, besides working on new business, new technology, new products and M&A opportunities.

Mr. AN Meyyappan is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with 23 years of experience including about 22 years in the Company in various capacities. He was heading the Auto Chains business unit of the Company and has experience heading finance at both division and corporate in the Company prior to his current role.

RB Selvakumar is the Executive Vice President & Head HR of Tube Investments of India Ltd. He is a Gold medalist from Madras University in under-graduation and holds a post graduate degree in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations from Loyola College, Chennai. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School, USA. Has led the entire gamut of HR & IR functions in different industrial sectors like Textiles, Pharmaceuticals, Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) and Heavy Engineering. He started his career with Loyal Textile Mills Group and subsequently worked with companies like Aspocomp Electronics India, Piramal Healthcare Limited and Shasun Pharmaceuticals Limited before joining TII in 2010. He currently heads the Human Resources, Industrial Relations & CSR for the Company.

Rajagopal U is the Senior Vice President & Division Head of TI Cycles of India. He is a graduate in B.Com from Madras University, Fellow member of ICWAI and Associate member of ICSI.  He holds an MBA degree from the Open University, UK.  He started his career at Loyal Textiles Group of Companies and later worked for TICAPCO Limited.  He re-joined TII in December 1999 as Manager- M&FA and has worked in various divisions of TII since then.  He has over 29 years of overall experience in Finance, Strategy and Business Development.

Shivdeep Singh Jammu is currently the Chief Operating Officer for Tube Products of India. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College and completed his MBA from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. He also did his Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, Boston. He started his career as Deputy Manager with Steel Strips Tubes. He joined Tube Products of India in 2007 as Senior Manager-Manufacturing Engineering. His areas of expertise include strategic planning & execution, project management, production management, and change management.

Mr. M Karunakaran (51 years; DIN 09004843), is a Mechanical Engineer from Annamalai University, Completed his Post Graduate diploma in Die & Tool Design from GTTC and MBA from University of Madras. He has also completed Advanced Manufacturing Program from M/s Warwick University, UK and Murugappa Leadership program (MLP) from IIM, Ahmedabad. He has over two decades of experience in Operations, Strategy and business turn around. He has been associated with Tube investments of India Limited (TII) for more than 25 years and now serving as CEO of Shanthi Gears Limited from Feb 2019.

Sivakumar is the Chief Operating Officer for the Metal Formed Products Division of TII. He is a Graduate from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (Engineering) in Manufacturing Management. He also holds an MBA in Marketing & Strategy from the Great Lakes Institute of Management. He started his career with Addison & Company Limited as Supervisor-Production. He joined TII in 1995 as Junior Superintendent – Production. He has over 30 years of overall experience in Operations, Planning, Marketing & Exports. He is part of TII’s leadership programs TISP (TI Senior Manager Program) & BLP (Business Leadership Program).

Sekar is the Chief Marketing Officer for Tube Investments International Business, managing overall Export strategy, planning, and execution for all TII B2B businesses. He is an Engineering graduate in Metallurgy from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, and having PGDM in Operations Management from the Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also completed Executive General Management Program in IIM-Ahmedabad, ISB-Hyderabad and the Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School, USA. He started his career with ESAB India Limited as Management Trainee. He joined TII in 2013 as Deputy General Manager – Exports. He has over 25 years of experience in Application Engineering, International Business development, Exports Sales and marketing.