Board of Directors
G N Mohan Raju
Chairman
Mr. G N Mohan Raju is an angel investor, Serial Entrepreneur and an industry professional with over 23+ years of experience in implementation and deployment of many Telecom, IT & infrastructure projects in 36 countries spread across Asia, Africa and Middle East.
After his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, and a Master’s in Business Administration from Bangalore University, Mohan started his maiden venture in the Mobile value-added services vertical.
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His penchant for recognizing business opportunities prompted him to expand the business from developing software to managing and deployment of Telecom infrastructure. As an entrepreneur he is actively engaged in incubating and managing companies in the field of Telecom, Media, Healthcare, Construction, and Logistics management. Identifying business opportunities after analysing the global trends has been his biggest victory in the start-ups he has been involved with. A keen observer with a clear focus on price reduction has been another feather in his cap, which has helped his company compete against some big names to win large contracts.
His technical, strategic decisions and leadership skills coupled with his sound financial and business acumen has helped him in securing and successfully implementing numerous projects in Public Private Partnership model.
Mohan’s past experience of running a successful Software company with over 300 employees and a formidable global presence has helped bring in innovation and IT- enabling at Miklens BIO. He is a strong believer that a robust IT infrastructure will ensure greater business predictability & assurance. Mohan also plans to implement, the marketing model having a strong last mile reachability with a clear focus of distribution and sales costs which will help warrant systematic governance structure and help optimize project costs & time.
Mr. Mohan Raju is the Chairman and Managing Director of NGBio Agritech Private Limited. NG Bio Agritech has recently acquired a majority share in Miklens Bio thus making the combined entity a steering formidable force in the field of zero residue Bio Fertilizers and Pesticides. He heads Miklens Bio as the Chairman of the Board
Santosh Nair
Founder & Managing Director
Mr. Santosh Nair is a graduate from Mumbai University with a specialization in Chemistry. He chose Finance as his mainstream while obtaining his Master’s degree in Management from NMIMS and also holds an Executive Degree in Finance from IIM-Ahmedabad. Mr. Santosh Nair has two decades of experience in the banking and finance sector and has worked with giants such as Merrill Lynch and HDFC Bank.
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At Merrill Lynch, he was a part of the Global Wealth Management Group and managed Indian business for the group. He spent more than a decade in HDFC Bank as Head – Retail Banking and managed retail branches of western region. The growing competition in retail banking led Mr. Santosh Nair to handle a larger role as Head of Retails Banking (South India) for bringing up retail banking in South India.
After moving to Bangalore, he realized technology is a key aspect driving the growth of agriculture in India. Mr. Santosh believed that agriculture is the pulse of our nation and wanted to empower farmers for increasing their productivity and maintaining the ecology. This thought led to the formation of Miklens Bio Pvt. Ltd. With his experience and expertise in the field of finance, he is expanding the presence of Miklens Bio all across India and worldwide. His passion for clean agriculture makes him the perfect advocate for Residue-Free Cultivation.
Gautam Doddanavar
Director
Seasoned entrepreneur with over two decades of experience across a range of diverse sectors such as mining, real estate and agriculture. His deep expertise and hands on experience in business development, marketing and operations has given him a unique perspective to guide and advise business leaders through complex market challenges. Gautam sits on boards of several not-for-profit and for profit entities in traditional and new economies.
Amit Kumar Saran
Director
A passionate agriculturist & a sports enthusiast in which his passion turned into profession – sports. It has given me the thrill and excitement which most of us crave for. It was a gradual shift from my corporate world (21 years) and wish to provide the right mix of infrastructure, training and competition. I still continue to promote sports with special focus on football with a team of dedicated professionals.
Circa 1978 - completed of my management degree (sales and marketing) from MONIRBA, University of Allahabad. Got stationed in different metros – Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and finally Bangalore in 1994 which has been our abode ever since.