OUR PARTNERS IN EQUITY
Mr. V. Ramagopal is a Post graduate in science and a certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He started his career with Indian Bank as Officer in 1973 and moved to Andhra Bank in 1976. He occupied various positions in Andhra Bank and was elevated as General Manager in 2005. He has gained wide exposure in corporate banking, credit, treasury and investments, international banking, strategic planning, and stressed asset management. He was appointed as Executive Director of Indian Bank in 2009.
He also served as Director on the Boards of Ind Fund Management Ltd., Ind Bank Housing Ltd., Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd., and Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd. Post-retirement in 2011, he was associated as a Director with Kallam Textiles Ltd. (2017–2023).
Sri. Jasthi Krishna Kishore is a Graduate in Commerce with distinction and completed Chartered Accountancy in 1987. He worked as a Chartered Accountant for 5 years in M/s. Brahmayya & Co., Chartered Accountants. He was selected as IRS Officer in 1990 and worked in various senior level positions in the Income Tax Department. He is a well known personality in public-private partnerships, investment facilitation and governance reform. He served as CEO of Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board between 2015 to 2019. He was instrumental in major players like Kia Motors, Foxconn establishing their operations in India with investment of over 25 billion USD. During his career with Income Tax Dept, he was highly acclaimed and was recipient of Finance Minister’s Gold Medal. He was actively involved in over 150 national and global delegations including the World Economic Forum. He retired as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Karnataka, in February 2024.
Smt. K. Kalyani is a postgraduate in commerce from the University of Madras and qualified CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers. Smt. Kalyani joined Syndicate Bank as Probationary Officer in 1985 and worked in various capacities in branches and administrative offices of the Bank and rose to the position of General Manager in Syndicate Bank. She headed Project Synergy at the time of amalgamation of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank. She worked in Strategic Planning & Development Department at Head office of Canara Bank as General Manger. She was elevated as Chief General Manager in 2023 and headed Operations Department at Head Office for 2 years. She retired as Chief General Manager in March 2025.
Sri. Koteswara Rao SSR is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a senior partner in M/s. Brahmayya & Co. Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad.
He served as a Director on the Boards of APIDC and APSFC for over 20 years. He is a former member of the Regional Council and Central Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; former President of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry.He is inducted on the Board of the Company in October, 2020.
Sri. P. Rama Krishna Chowdary is former General Manager of Union Bank of India and served the bank for 39 years. Mr.Chowdary worked as Chief Representative of the Bank in USA for five years and also as Zonal Manager, for two years. Before retirement he headed the Customer Acquisition Group and Financial Inclusion division for three years. He joined PARAS as Vice President in September, 2023.
Sri M. Siva Rama Vara Prasad is the promoter of the company. He is a Metallurgical Engineer coming from an agriculture family. He started his career acquiring sick units and turning them into successful ventures. Later he moved to West Africa, where he acquired sick cement and steel companies and transformed them into viable and profitable ventures. Sri Prasad is the chief promoter and Chairperson of Prasaditya Group with headquarters in Hyderabad. He promoted over 35 companies operating in 16 countries across the globe. He has interest in diversified sectors like cement, steel, power generation, chemicals, automobiles, international trading, software development, real estate, film studio, apparels and garments, etc. providing employment to over 20000 people in India and abroad.
Sri Prasad was awarded “The Most Successful and Innovative Entrepreneur” for the African Region in the year 1996 by UNIDO. He was conferred two awards “Pioneer in Skilling Africa 2017” and “Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2017” by the Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India (Assocham) for being a pioneer in IndiaAfrica trade.
On his return to India, he joined M/s.Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. as Managing Director. He also occupied Board positions in M/s.Gokuldas Exports Ltd., Times of India Group and Black Stone Group. Sri. Richard B Saldanha is known for his operational excellence. He is also a member of the Court of Governors of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.
Dr. N. Ramesh Kumar is an Indian Administrative Service Officer (Retired). He belongs to 1982 Batch of IAS. He held various positions as Dist Collector, Secretary, Principal Secretary, Principal & Special Chief Secretary to Governor of AP & Telangana, State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh. He also held the position of Finance Secretary to Govt of Andhra Pradesh.Recently, Dr. Ramesh Kumar was appointed as the new Director-General of Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad.
Sri. Mallikarjuna is former General Manager of Andhra Bank, headed the recovery and legal departments in Andhra Bank. Post retirement in 2017, he was selected and posted as Presiding Officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal I in Hyderabad for four years. He is registered as Insolvency Professional with IBBI. He joined PARAS as Vice President in April, 2022.
Ms. K. Sujatha Rao is an officer of Indian Administrative Service (Retired). She held important positions both in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of India.
As Commissioner Institutional Finance, she was closely associated with financial aspects of several key projects in irrigation, education, health etc. She retired as Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in 2010.She represented India on the Board of the Global Fund, WHO, UNAIDS, to name a few. She is actively associated with several voluntary organizations working for the welfare of women and children particularly in rural areas.
Ms. Sujatha Rao is on the Board of the Company as Independent Director from 2015.
Sri. Ramakrishna Prasad is a legal professional with experience of four years as a practicing Advocate. Later he worked as a Law Officer in senior cadres in Banks for over 20 years. Before joining the company in 2016 he was with Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited as Zonal Head (Recovery).
Sri. Ranga Rao is a Post graduate in Management and also a CAIIB. Mr. Rao joined Andhra Bank as a Probationary Officer in 1978 and served the bank for nearly 30 years. Mr. Rao is associated with PARAS since 2012 and is now heading Acquisitions, Finance and Operations departments.
Sri. M. S. Hussain worked with Vysya Bank and Development Credit Bank in their specialised departments heading recovery in New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. He worked as Vice President in PARAS from 2008 to 2016. This is his second tenure in the Company from October, 2024.