Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti is a renowned Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Planner, and Fraud Examiner, with over five decades of experience. Mr Haribhakti is the Chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates Chartered Accountants, and the Vice Chairman of GOvEVA Consulting Pvt Ltd. He has been conferred with the Global Competent Boards Designation (GCB.D) by Competent Boards Inc, Canada. Presented with the honorary PhD title of “Doctor of Letters” by ITM University. He has been awarded the ’Vivekananda Sustainability Award – 2022’ by Vivekananda Youth Connect Foundation.

Mr. Haribhakti is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Bluestar Limited, Cynergis Infotech India Pvt Ltd, Protean e-Gov Technologies Ltd, and Chairman of IBS Fintech India Pvt Ltd, Planet People & Profit Consulting Pvt Ltd, and YCWI Green Solutions Pvt Ltd.

He is also a Board Member of several leading companies including Adani Total Gas Ltd, Bajaj Electricals Ltd, Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd (Times Group), Brookprop Management Services Pvt Ltd (a Brookfield REIT), Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Ltd, Gaja Trustee Company Pvt Ltd (Gaja Capital Group), L&T Finance Holdings Ltd, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, amongst others.

He has been associated with many management institutions as well as industry and professional forums.

Shailesh Haribhakti has been Independent Director of the Company with effect from August 11, 2023.

Mr. Chandra Sekhar Garisa Reddy (Sekhar Garisa) is appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) at Aakash Educational Services Limited with effect from 19th August 2025. Most recently, he was the Managing Director of Claypond Capital, Family Investment Office of Dr. Ranjan Pai. He has been part of the Company as a Member of the Board of Directors with effect from 28th February 2025 and has been working with the leadership team.

Sekhar Garisa brings more than two decades of extensive experience in Investing, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Leadership across various sectors, including FMCG, Consumer Internet, High-Tech, and Consulting. Prior to Claypond Capital, he held the position of President – Emerging Business & Chief Strategy Officer at Quess and MD & CEO of foundit for APAC & ME contributing significantly to business Turn-around, group strategy, corporate initiatives, governance, and investor relations.

Before joining Quess, he was the India Head for Partner Business Development at Microsoft, overseeing go-to-market strategies for their vast partner network. His career began at P&G, focusing on expanding distribution reach, followed by a tenure at McKinsey, where he advised leading corporations on strategy and execution. He also co-founded Sports365, India's first sports specialty business, which quickly became a category leader. He holds an engineering degree from NIT Warangal and a management degree from IIM Lucknow.

Ajay is a leader in Strategy, Public Policy & Public Affairs, Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement, with a demonstrated history of working across sectors, including social economy. A lawyer by education, he is an experienced Ombudsperson, Advisor, Board member & Professor of Practice with a career span of over 40 years. With strong global connects, he focuses on ethical and value-based leadership and is a regular contributor on topical subjects in major newspapers.

He co-founded Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) in 2008. PAFI aims at aligning business, society and government on long term priorities; fostering trust across all stake holders; collaboratively developing smart and relevant policies, proposals and processes that foster innovation and rely on evidence-based research and promotes capacity building to navigate change within the context and complexity of India. He chairs its flagship annual forum since its inception in 2014.

He is Strategic Advisor & Global Ombudsperson of Jubilant Bhartia Group since 2009. As an Ombudsperson, he is an impartial, confidential and independent resource to help stakeholders resolve workplace or business-related issues and build a corporate culture based on values, ethics and compliance.

He recently joined as a on the Board of Aakash Educational Services Limited, a leading educational institution in India that provides comprehensive test preparatory coaching services to students preparing for medical & engineering entrance exams, school/board exams, competitive & scholarship exams. Director on the Board of Aakash Educational Services Limited, a leading educational institution in India that provides comprehensive test preparatory coaching services to students preparing for medical & engineering entrance exams, school/board exams, competitive & scholarship exams.

He has been associated with the World Economic Forum for over three decades & was the Vice Chair of its Regional Strategy Group (RSG). He is a regular participant at its annual meeting in Davos for over 35 years & leads the social entrepreneur of the year award initiative of the Schwab foundation & Jubilant Bhartia Foundation in India since its inception in 2009. He is currently member of the WEF - Global Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship.

He is also a Global Advisor to the Catalyst 2030 - a global movement & a network of leading social entrepreneurs & innovators, academics and funders who believe in collective action & bold, new strategies to achieve the Sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. He has been member of several high-level Government delegations, committees and task forces.

Ajay is a Professor of Practice & Advisor- Careers with Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP). Founded on the commitment to world-class faculty, extensive industry linkages and innovative approach towards design and management of policy, ISPP aims to transform the art of policymaking. He is also an Adjunct Professor at The Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru. He is Senior Advisor with The Convergence Foundation, dedicated to building foundations in strategic areas of development in India. He is also a member of Advisory Board of SaveLife Foundation & Pahle India foundation.

He was founding Chief Executive Officer (2002-2006) of India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), a joint initiative of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India and CII, a unique public private Partnership initiative to Promote, Project & Position India’s growth story globally. IBEF, under his leadership, led “India Everywhere” campaign at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2006, amongst several other high profile global initiatives. He was Partner with Accenture India (2008-2009) & before that, he spent twenty seven years with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as deputy director general & held several national & global positions from 1981 to 2008.

Ajay has a Degree in Law from University of Delhi and is an alumni of the Shriram College of Commerce. He lives in Delhi NCR, India & is married to Renu, a lawyer, and a social worker. Their children - Dr Surbhi and Dr Ankur are both medical practitioners in USA.

Ajay Khanna has been Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from August 01, 2023.

Mr. Nikhil Naik holds a M.Sc in Shipping, Trade and Finance (Distinction) from Bayes Business School, London. During his work experience of 44 years he has served in Leadership roles in Port Management, Shipping, Private Equity and Logistic businesses. His competency areas include Leadership-Strategic Management of people, businesses and Markets, analysis of financials, nurturing, advising management of businesses, building lasting customer relationships and networking with External Agencies and Government. He has served on the Boards of listed companies in India and the UK and presently serves on the Boards of various Indian listed and private companies.

Nikhil Manohar Naik has been Independent Director of the Company with effect from August 11, 2023.

D.V. Prasad graduated from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi with a Bachelor's degree in History (Hons). He also holds a Master's degree in History from the University of Delhi and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Madras.

D.V. Prasad joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1984. Prior to joining IAS, he was an officer in the Indian Railways. In his career of more than 36 years in the IAS he held postings at various positions in both Government of Karnataka and Government of India. He superannuated in November 2020 as Chairman and MD of Food Corporation of India (FCI) at the level of Secretary to Government of India.

He has worked in the fields of Commerce & Industry, Infrastructure, Finance, Education and Agriculture.

He has held the posts of Joint Secretary, DIPP, Director (Marketing) of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)(under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India), Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industry, Infrastructure, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries, Secretary to CM, Secretary, Medical Education, Director of Agricultural Marketing, CMD of Karnataka State Finance Corporation, MD of Karnataka Oilseeds Federation, MD of Mysore Sugar, MD of Mysore Sales International limited, Deputy Commissioner of Kolar (in Govt of Karnataka).

He was India's Chief Negotiator on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the negotiations of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreements (CECAs) and at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

Mr. D.V. Prasad is the Director of the Company w.e.f. 21st October, 2024.

Ms. Bhumika Batra is a Partner of Crawford Bayley & Co., one of the oldest law firms of India. She possesses over 15 years of experience in regulatory and legal practice, specializing in corporate law. She is a law graduate and a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

She has co – authored the book “Treatise on Company Law” in 2014. She is a regular feature writer in India Business Law Journal. She has also contributed in various other writings like Company Law Ready Reckoner, Transfer and Transmission of Shares – A treatise, Asia Business Law Journal etc.

She is Independent Director and/or Non-Executive Director in several companies.

Ms. Bhumika Batra is the Director of the Company w.e.f. 21st October, 2024.