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Name: Rajeev Agrawal

Email-id: rajeev@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Healthcare & Wellness

Function: Finance, Corporate Governance

Experience: Before joining Ambit Pragma Ventures as a founding member, Rajeev had 13 years of experience across Private Equity and Sales.

- Before that, Rajeev used to head the Telecom business in West India for 3Com, a global IT major

- Was also the Regional Sales Head for Wipro, India's largest IT company

- Had a short stint as a research engineer with BEL, India's largest defense electronics company

Education:Masters in Management Studies (MMS) majoring in Marketing from University of Mumbai and B.Tech (Hons) with a Gold Medal in Electronics and Telecommunications from H.P. University

Interests:An avid and voracious reader, reading everything from economics to fiction thrillers

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Name:Nirmesh Prakash

Email-id: nirmesh@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Consumer Packaged Goods

Function: Sales & Marketing

Experience:Before joining as a founding member at Ambit Pragma Ventures, Nirmesh had 11 years of experience across Private Equity and Sales, Marketing & Branding.

- For past 2 years, Nirmesh was a Chief Manager at the Private Equity division of the Times Group

- Before that, Nirmesh worked in sales & marketing roles across multiple international markets at Asian Paints, a Global Top 10 decorative paints company

- Sales experience with Philips Consumer Electronics in rural & urban markets in India

- Has worked as a Business Development Executive with Marubeni, a Top 5 Japanese business group

Education:MBA majoring in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj, Mumbai and a B.E. (Production) from University of Mumbai.

Interests:Travelling i.e. exploring places (including the peoples, cultures, foods, architectures, etc.) and Reading

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Name:Sidharth Kedia

Email-id: sidharth@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Entertainment & Leisure

Function:Operations, Six-Sigma

Experience:Before joining Ambit Pragma Ventures, Sidharth had 10 years of experience across Operations, Six-Sigma & Finance

- For the last 5 years, Sidharth worked with Transworks (India’s No. 3 BPO by revenue) & efunds as Head of Operations & Business Analytics.

- Before that, he was the Head - Special Projects at Venture Infotek

- Worked with General Electric (GE) for almost 4 years where he got trained as a Black Belt in Six Sigma

Education:Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and an Economics Graduate

Interests:An avid football (EPL) and Formula 1 fan and Reading facts and fiction

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Name:Mangesh Pathak

Email-id: mangesh@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector:Logistics

Function:Supply Chain Management

Experience:Before joining as a founding member at Ambit Pragma Ventures, Mangesh had over 13 years across the SCM value chain with FMCG, Telecom & Pharma sectors

- For 3½ years, Mangesh was responsible for Planning, Logistics & Distribution, Working Capital Management and Credit Management at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals, last as General Manager.

- Prior to that, he worked with Reliance Infocomm as a Senior Manager and played a key role in setting up the supply chain processes, warehouse management system & MIS during project launch phase. Subsequently, he was responsible for 3PL management and Planning.

- Over a 6½ years period, Mangesh handled various supply chain portfolios at Asian Paints, a global top 10 paint company, best known for its state-of-the-art supply chain.

- Sales & Service experience with Tata Telecom Ltd. in the western region of India

Education:MBA majoring in Operations from S. P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and a B.E. (Electronice & Telecom) from Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur

Interests:Listening to music

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Name:Atul Kunwar
Operating Partner

Email-id: atul@ambitpragma.com

- Before joining Ambit Pragma, Atul has over 25 years of experience driving business excellence & growth in the IT, Technology and BPO sectors, of which 12 years were as CEO of businesses.

- He was President & a member of the Executive Team leading the turnaround at Mahindra Satyam, post the acquisition by Tech Mahindra. Atul was instrumental in defining the strategic direction, the differentiation strategy and the Go-To-Market focus at Mahindra Satyam.

- Formerly the CEO & Director (Minacs Worldwide) at TransWorks, an Aditya Birla group co. and a leading India headquartered BPO & Business Transformation services provider.

- Atul was the Business Head (Global Outsourcing) & MD (India) at eFunds, a leading enabler of trusted commerce solutions in the Electronic payments, Risk management & Outsourcing arena that is listed on the NYSE and was acquired by Fidelity National.

- He has worked with Syntel, Bharti BT Internet, 3Com & HCL Group in senior and middle management positions.

Education:MBA (Marketing/Finance), Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University and BE (Electrical), Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Delhi University

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Name:Amit Maloo

Email-id: amit@ambitpragma.com

Function:Accounts & Compliance

Experience:10 years in Finance, Accounts and Compliance, before joining as a founding member at Ambit Pragma Ventures

- For last 2 years, Amit was Finance Manager with India Value Fund and responsible for:

i) Portfolio Monitoring including tracking and review of MIS

ii) Investor Reporting and Fund Accounting

- Amit has worked in the areas of finance, accounting, tax and regulatory compliance across diverse companies:-

i) Samsara Shipping - an international logistics company with a large presence in India

ii) Shringar Cinemas - India's leading film distribution and exhibition company

iii) RSM & Co. – an Indian accounting & tax firm; now a part of PwC

Education:Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and a Commerce Graduate

Interests:Travelling, watching movies and listening to music

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Name:Jignesh Damani

Email-id: jignesh@ambitpragma.com

Function:Accounts & Compliance

Experience: 6 years in Finance and Accounts before joining at Ambit Pragma Ventures

- For last 5 years, was Assistant Manager – Audit Financial Services with KPMG and responsible for:

i) Statutory audits of Banks, Insurance companies, Broking firms, NBFC and
    Mutual fund houses
ii) IFRS statutory audit assignments

- Prior to KPMG, Jignesh has worked in the areas of finance, accounting and tax with ICICI Bank and Kiran Mehta & Co. - Chartered Accountants.

Education: Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and a Commerce Graduate.

Interests: Music, traveling and learning new computer applications

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Name:Vaishali Mehta

Email-id: vaishali@ambitpragma.com

Function:Accounts & Compliance

Experience:14 years in Finance, Accounts and Compliance, before joining Ambit Pragma Ventures.

- For last almost two years, Vaishali was a part of the fund accounting team with India Value Fund on an outsourced basis.

- Vaishali has worked in the areas of finance and accounts, Budgeting, MIS, Auditing as well as Taxation across diverse companies:-

i) Jet Airways – India’s leading domestic and international private airline. Jet is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world.

ii) RSM Astute Consulting Private Limited – an Indian accounting & tax firm associated with RSM McGladreys - 5th largest provider of assurance, tax and consulting services in the U.S.

iii) Practised as an independent accounting & auditing consultantC

Education:Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and a Commerce Graduate

Interests:Travelling, reading novels and listening to music

Name:Avril Ruzario

Email-id: avril@ambitpragma.com

Experience: For last 2 years, Avril assisted the Chief Treasury Officer at Dodsal Private Limited and was responsible for:

- Co-ordination and documentation related to Banks and Financial Institutions

- Secretarial and administrative duties for the Treasury department

Avril has worked as an Assistant in the areas of finance, human resources and projects across diverse companies:

- Perputo Content Management Pvt. Ltd. (Gridstone Research) – a private equity research firm headquartered in San Mateo, California

- Kshitij Investment Advisory Company Ltd. – Investment arm of Future Group

Education: Post Graduate in Sociology and an Arts graduate majoring in Psychology..

Interests: Making artificial flowers and candles and graphology

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