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.

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.

S Vaitheeswaran ("Vaithee") is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG) which oversees all the business verticals of the group.

Vaithee joined the Manipal Group in 2011 and during the past decade has steered the group to restructure and consolidate its dominant position in the healthcare, education, and health insurance businesses. He has championed and enabled technology-led business transformation to increase the group’s revenues and profits and build an organisation for the digital world.

He has initiated and successfully managed inorganic/M&A-led growth across multiple sectors for the group. His deep insights on technology have helped the group to make successful investments & profitable exits through the MEMG family office in the health tech, fintech, and ed tech space. His vast experience in creating large enterprises has helped Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) to scale & grow the multi-disciplinary university campuses in Antigua, Dubai, Nepal & Malaysia, alongside building one of the most successful professional skilling academies for the IT & BFSI sector in Bangalore, India.

Vaithee sits on several investee company boards providing strategic business insights while also mentoring the young founders and CEOs. He serves on the board of the ‘not for profit’ universities – Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal University Jaipur, and Sikkim Manipal University. His passion for education and an innate desire to create impact in the lives of young Indians has helped provide strategic direction for these temples of education. He has leveraged his experience of over 35 years in the corporate world to build industry-academia partnerships and attract talent to these institutions in his capacity as a board member.

Prior to joining the Manipal Group, he has worked with the Eicher Group and Infosys.

He is a member of CII/CEO Forum and Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC). He also spends time evangelising the cause of improving and enhancing the higher education ecosystem in India through participation in various industry panels and forums.

Vaithee holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management from the Institute of Materials Management and an Engineering degree from the University of Madras.

Vaithee is the Director of the Company w.e.f. 28th February, 2025.

Abhilash Lal is a seasoned professional with over 38 years of experience across financial services, consulting, private equity and industry. He is also a Certified Insolvency Professional and has handled corporate insolvency resolution in healthcare, hospitality, power and real estate. He brings board-level as well as hands-on experience in strategy and execution for companies at all stages, spanning financial services across lending, operations and investments; the full private equity life-cycle of sourcing, investment, value addition and exit; business planning, strategy and operations consulting; and managing large companies under stress.

Abhilash was Founding Partner and COO of MCap PE fund, which invested in high-potential companies in India. There he shaped the investment thesis, risk management, internal processes, HR policies and regulatory compliance for domestic and offshore operations, and worked with promoter and management teams to improve investee performance; one portfolio transaction was named ‘Deal of the Year’ by the EMPEA Sustainability Challenge. He has also led long-term consulting assignments in real estate, education, healthcare and strategy, and raised equity financing for companies such as a leading eye care provider in India. He has also worked as Principal Consultant and Head (India) of the Financial Institutions Practice at AT Kearney and spent nine years with HSBC in corporate banking (including stressed assets), institutional banking and private banking.

Abhilash holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.E. (Mechanical) from DEI, Agra.

Abhilash has been Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from October 19, 2026.