Faruk G. Patel
Chairman & Managing Director
Managing Director is the founding promoter of our company. He is one of the highly acclaimed entrepreneurs and visionary corporate leaders of the city. From starting his business journey of establishing a small venture engaged mainly in logistics and construction of residential buildings in the year 1994 to become the founder and promoter of 18 companies with the brand name of KP Group engaged into various businesses mainly Solar, Wind, Fabrication and Galvanising within a short span of time speaks volume about his business acumen and entrepreneurship. During his entire business career, he has always emphasized upon pecuniary as well as the social objectives, pursuant to which he has earned fame and social acclamation from the community and the fraternity. Considering his achievements and contributions made by him to the city, he has also been awarded as ‘Legends of Surat 2018’ by Gujaratmitra, ‘The Leaders Award 2019’ by Mantavya News and also ‘Business Icon 2018’ by Times Group. Currently, He is also the Managing Director on the board of our Wind vertical Group Company, viz ‘K.P. Energy Limited’.
Mr. Shaheedul Hasan
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Shaheedul Hasan, Chief Operating Officer of Our Company, has been actively and efficiently dealing and handling with all the verticals and segments of the operational units of our organizations and timely project implementation and execution with utmost accuracy. He obtained Bachelor degree in Science (Engineering) from internationally acclaimed Aligarh Muslim University. He has rich experience of 30 years in R & D, telecom and solar industries. He has been associated with reputed organization like ISRO as a Scientist, Siemens, Tata Telecom, Airtel, Aircel. Before joining KP Group he was Vice President and CTO in Reliance Communications Limited.
Mrs. Bhadrabala D. Joshi
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Bhadrabala D. Joshi, Non-Executive Director, has enrolled as an Advocate on the state roll maintained by The Bar Council of Gujarat. She has been serving almost all types of entities from individuals to corporates, from firms to financial institutions through her witty but able legal consultancy and legal service. Her expertise and ultimate grip at property law, land law, revenue law, civil laws and others makes her highly skilled and reputed professional in her field. She has completed B. Pharm from Gujarat University and also completed LL.B. from South Gujarat University. Currently, she is among the Approved Advocates of Nationalized Banks at Surat such as IDBI, Dena Bank, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, Punjab National Bank.
Mrs. Venu Birappa
Independent Director
Mrs. Venu Birappa is an Independent Director of our Company. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University Baroda and Diploma in Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University. She also holds Degree in Bachelor of Laws (General) from Saurashtra University. She also holds Certificate for completion of course and examination of Quality Management Systems Auditor/ Lead Auditor Training based on ISO 9001:2005. She is having more than 37 years of rich and well versed work experience in all the facets of the Power Sector i.e. Regulatory, legal, finance, commerce and technical aspects pertaining to Transmission, System Operation, and Distribution. She started her professional journey in the year 1984 with erstwhile GEB and then Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) and has been associated with it as an Executive Engineer (Regulatory & Commerce) until July 31, 2021. She had active role and participation in the formulation of Regulations under the Electricity Act, 2003, dealt with petitions filed before the Commission on various subjects like approval of capital cost of the transmission, issues related to transmission Agreements and trading of electricity, disputes pertaining to BPTA, Tariff related issues, Open Access, Intra-State ABT, Renewable Energy, Captive Generation Plants, etc., pertaining to renewable energy field. She has also Participated in public hearing for determination of generic tariff of the Renewable Energy Projects i.e. Solar, Wind, Hydro, MSW, Biomass and Bagasse etc. She has also represented GETCO in the various petitions, appeals filed before the GERC, Hon’ble APTEL, Hon’ble High Court and Hon’ble Supreme Court and also prepared the draft petitions, replies, written submissions required to be filed before these authorities.
Mr. Mohamed Hanif Mohamed Habib Dalchawal
Independent Director
Mr. Mohamed Hanif Mohamed Habib Dalchawal is an Independent Director of the Company. He has completed B.E. Electrical (First Class) in 1981 Specilization in Power Electronics. He is holding position of Director in A. Y. Dadabhai Technical Institute, Kosamba, Surat. He is associated with our Company since January 17, 2018.
Mr. Moh. Sohil Yusufbhai Dabhoya
Whole Time Director
Mr. Sohil Dabhoya, Whole Time Director of the Company, supervising overall business and specifically the Sales and Marketing Department of the Company and also supervising the Admin functions. His skill includes problem solving, decision making and proficient managerial & leadership skills, excellent communication, convincing power and negotiation skills. He has been impressively and satisfactorily dealing with all the major clients of our company and very skilfully maintaining the harmonious relationship between all our clients and Company. He is a Bachelor in Commerce from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and MBA from well-known Sikkim Manipal University. His working experience and exposure has been very vast and versatile and engaged with the company for more than 12 years.
Mr. Sharadchandra B. Patil
Independent Director
Mr. Sharadchandra B. Patil is an independent director of the Company. He is having more than 35 years of rich and well versed work experience in the field of power sector and renewable energy sector. In 1985, Mr. Patil has joined Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) - the Nodal Agency of the Government of Gujarat, as a for promotion and popularization of renewable sources of energy and energy conservation, in various capacities of Project Executive, Assistant Director and retired as Deputy Director as overall in-charge of Technical Wing of the Agency in the year 2016. Post retirement from GEDA, Mr. Patil was retained as Officer on Special Duty at GEDA till June, 2021 as overall charge of the Technical wing of the State Nodal Agency involving advising the Agency and State Government on renewable energy policy formulation, facilitating RE Investors, planning and monitoring of the programs and policies of the State Government in proliferation of renewable energy and energy conservation. Mr. Patil is M.Sc. post graduate in Agri. Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Mr. Patil completed his B.Tech (Agri. Engineering) degree from the Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Rahuri, Maharashtra. Mr. Patil has started his professional journey in the year 1984 as an Assistant Professor at College of Agri. Engineering at Pune and Rahuri, Maharashtra as Co-ordinator for Research Projects and teaching UG Students. After being in teaching profession for around a year, he Joined GEDA and has been associated with it until June, 2021.
Mr. Shanker Baheria
Independent Director
Mr. Shanker Baheria is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of the Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI) and qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He completed his Commerce Graduation from the University of Rajasthan in the year 1984. Mr. Shanker Baheria, a seasoned finance professional with wide ranging experience (Accounting & finance, Budgeting, MIS, business partnering, taxation, treasury, commercial negotiations, system development, process design, compliance and governance, commercial, cost optimization, Audit, due diligence etc) of more than 30 years in various industries (Technology & service industries, manufacturing etc). Out of this, last 15 years in Leadership & Strategic role in Large size organizations with multi location set up. Currently, Mr. Baheria is engaged in own Management & Strategic consulting. Prior to this, Mr. Baheria was associated with Ingram Micro as a Director & CFO India, Vodafone (west) (Earlier Hutch) as a Finance head Gujarat & Rajasthan and also act as a Senior Management positions in various companies.
Ms. Rajvi Upadhyay
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Ms. Rajvi Upadhyay, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, has been responsible to head, manage, look after and channelize all the Secretarial functions and statutory compliances of the Company. She plays very pivotal role of building up the long lasting and trustworthy relationship between the company and the stake holder. She has completed B.Com (Honours with Finance) from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and also a qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Prior to Joining our Company, she had worked and served GTPL DCPL Private Limited as a Company Secretary.
Mr. Salim Suleman Yahoo
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Salim Yahoo is a B. Com (Accounting) graduate from Parle College of Commerce, Arts & Science, Mumbai and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. Mr. Yahoo is a Seasoned Finance Professional having rich and varied experience of more than 27 years in the field of finance, credit analysis, financial modelling, Client relationship management & business development. Mr. Salim Yahoo has worked and associated with companies like CRISIL Ltd., HDFC Bank, AXIS Bank, Bajaj Allianz, etc. in various leadership and management roles. His core skills and competencies includes Risk Management, Team building / leadership, Operational planning & management, Analytical operation, Fund Raising - Debt & Equity, Financial Reporting, Financial Control, Budgeting & Implementation, Financial Modelling etc.
Mr. Manish Sayata
Chief People Officer (CPO)
Mr. Manish Sayata, Chief People Officer (CPO), leads the team of sales & marketing and is the force leading to all revenue streams of the company. He is a top performing competent professional with over 21 Years of qualitative experience long with managing P&L, Sales and Marketing across FMCG telecom and Frozen Food industry. He holds PGDBM from All India Institute of Management Studies. Prior to joining our company, he was associated with many renowned groups like Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, Coca Cola, Schmitten Chocolates, Asoka Food and Beverages and many more.
Mr. Chandravadan Raval
Vice President - Projects
Mr. Chandravadan Raval, Vice President (Projects), heads execution of the Projects of our Company and is technically extremely sharp with deep understanding in his field. He has 35 years of experience in the field of Electrical Engineering and administration of all the activities of distribution licensee. He holds Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Saurashtra University, Rajkot, (Gujarat), India. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with DGVCL (Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited), a subsidiary company of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), formerly known as Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) the Government of Gujarat Undertaking, as a Superintending Engineer (SE). During his tenure with DGVCL, he has headed various fields in Southern Gujarat region in the industrial, rural and urban sections.
