DCM Engineering Limited

Company Profile :: Board Of Directors

Dr. Vinay Bharat Ram, Executive Chairman

Dr. Vinay Bharat- Ram, Executive Chairman hails from the pioneering industrialist family of Lala Shri Ram. He is Chief Executive officer of DCM limited. DCM Group has major interests in Engineering, Information Technology, Real Estate and Textiles. Educated at the universities of Delhi, Michigan and Harvard, he holds a Ph.D.in Economics from University of Delhi. Past President of the Harvard Club of Delhi, Manufactures’ Association of Information Technology, Ex-member of International Council of the Asia Society, New York, U.S.A. Honoured and admired as Member of the Textile Association of India. Chairman, Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources and Vice President, Management committee of Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts. National Citizen’s Award 1990 for Entrepreneurship from the Prime Minister of India. National Excellence Award for Art & Culture for 1996-97 from T.P. Jhunjhunwala Foundation. Nominated as Life Trustee of the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.Member of the Governing Board of Population Foundation of India.

Sumant Bharat Ram, Vice Chairman

Sh. Sumant Bharat Ram holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is also an Economics Honours Graduate from Delhi University (Hindu College). He hails from pioneering Industrialist family of Lala Shri Ram, Dr Bharat Ram and Dr Vinay Bharat Ram. He is Executive Vice Chairman of DCM Engineering Limited. He is also CFO of DCM Limited and Executive Director of Purearth Infrastructure Limited. He started his career with training at DCM Toyota in June 1989 in Production and thereafter trained with Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan in the International Marketing Division. He was transferred to Chennai to work as Senior Manager- Finance with SRF Limited in 1994 before he joined DCM limited in 1995 in Real Estate Department. In 1998, he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of DCM Limited and thereafter in January 2001 as CEO of DCM Engineering Limited.

Jai Kumar Menon, Managing Director

Sh. Jai Kumar Menon holds a B. Tech (Mech.) from IIT Chennai. About 25 years total work experience with the last decade as Strategic Business Head for different companies in the Minda Group. Has substantial experience in lean Manufacturing practices as well as techno-commercial areas like Marketing, Purchase. Considers people management as the corner stone for success of any venture. Have strong exposure to international OEMs and JV partners. Joined DCM Engineering Limited at Ropar (Punjab) as Managing Director in November 2007.

Jitendra Tuli, Director

Sh. Jitendra Tuli is an editor and communication consultant with World Health Organization, regional office for South Asia. He obtained his Post Graduate Diploma from London School of Journalism and attended the School of Public Relations and communications at Boston University, USA. He started his career in Journalism with the Hindustan Times in 1964 and subsequently moved to The Statesman in 1965. In 1971, he joined IBM as Communications Officer. Sh. Tuli became the first English Newscaster from Delhi Doordarshan in December 1971 and kept viewers informed of the Bangladesh war. He has widely travelled and has written for leading newspapers and magazines. He is deeply involved in the work for the less privileged ones as the trustee of Amarjyoti Charitable Trust and as founder member of Cancer Sehyog.

Raghupati Singhania, Director

Dr. Raghupati Singhania is the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Limited – Pioneers of Radial technology in India and Leaders in the Indian Tyre Industry and the manufacturers of the well known “JK Tyre” and “Vikrant” brand of Tyres. J K Tyre & Industries Limited is a member unit of J.K. ORGANISATION, one of the oldest and large business house in India. He is also the Chairman of Empresas Tornel, S.A.de C.V., Mexico Dr. Singhania is also Chairman, Fenner (India) Limited; Director , JK Lakshmi Cement Limited and JK Agri-Genetics Limited; President, Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer & Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI); Member-Managing Committee, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute(PSRI); besides, Director of various other Public Limited companies. Dr. Singhania has been involved with leading Apex Chambers and Government bodies of India, like, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Member of National Council; Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) - Past Deputy President; PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) – Past President & Senior Member of Managing Committee; Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) – Past President of North India Council, and Member – Executive Council; Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) – Chairman; ; Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi – Member, Organising Committee; Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) – (A Government of India body) – Past Member; Rubber Board - Kottayam - (A Government of India body) – Member; Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubaneshwar – Past Member of Board of Governors; Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Chennai – Past Member of Board of Governors; and Past Chairman of various Apex bilateral bodies of Indian and International Business community.

Ravi Vira Gupta, Director

Sh. Ravi Vira Gupta, educated at The Doon School, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and at Cambridge University. After his Graduation in Economics, he joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1962.He had worked in various states and held challenging assignment at the field. For many years, Sh. Ravi Vira Gupta was associated with various aspects relating to cooperatives as well as agriculture. He was Registrar of Cooperatives as well as Managing Director of National Cooperative Development Corporation. In Madhya Pradesh, he was the Managing Director of the MP Federation of Dairy Cooperatives for over three years during which the operations flood project was successfully implemented. Between 1991 and 1998, he was closely associated with the economic reforms at the level of Additional Secretary, Secretary in the Government of India in the ministries of Fertilizer, Food as well as Finance. He was also Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for about three years. He was associated with many committees over the years. Particular mention needs to be made as regards the 1998 Reserve Bank Committee on agricultural credit, as the widely popular Kisan Credit Card was introduced by various commercial backs on the basis of its recommendations. He was also chairman of two Government of India Committees relating to small savings in 1998 and 1999. On the basis of the recommendations of these reports the Central Government significantly modified the sharing formula with the states in regard to small savings collections as well as the accounting system in relation to the Central Budget. Ravi Vira Gupta is on the board of several companies. He is also Chairman of Ambit Corporate Finance Private Ltd., which is a leading investment bank of India.

Chandra Mohan, Director

He is one of the founders of Punjab Tractors Limited. He has established PTL as force to reckon with in Tractor & Farm Equipment manufacturing sector. He retired as Vice-Chairman of Punjab Tractors Limited. He is a rare blend of an engineer-scientist-inventor, a visionary entrepreneur, an educationist, an author and a top class leader. He led the development of the wholly Indian SWARAJ Tractor technology in CSIR(Central Scientific Institute of Research),he raised PTL, India’s first large scale venture based totally on Indian technology and then lead into a Rs 1500 crore Swaraj Group nationally and internationally known Blue chip. He is Chairman of the Governing Council of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Deemed University) and PTU’s Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship, Mohali (First School of Excellence of Punjab Technical University).His book “From Zero to Blue-chip” is a lesson in management. He has won many national and international Awards including “Padma Shree” in 1985 & IMC-Juran Gold Medal (2000).

Sh. L. Lakshman , Director

Sh. Lakshman Lakshminarayan is currently the Executive Chairman of Rane Holdings Limited, one of the major leading firms in the auto component industry. He is also on the board of several public limited companies. He is a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Madras and an alumnus of London Business School, London, UK. Joining one of the Rane group companies as a Management Trainee, he worked his way up to become the Chairman of the group He steered the Rane Group during a challenging and very exciting phase in the automobile industry's evolution and transformation in India. Under his leadership, Rane Brake Lining Limited, Rane Engine Valve Limited, Rane TRW Steering Systems Limited and Rane (Madras) Ltd. have won the coveted Deming Prize. He was the President of ACMA, Madras Chamber of Commerce & Industry and ASSOCHAM.