GV KRISHNA REDDY

GVK is a diversified business house. With a predominant focus on infrastructure - power, roads and urban infrastructure. The Company also have a significant position in services and manufacturing. The force behind this emerging giant is GV Krishna Reddy.
GVK was fortunate that he was one of the contractors for construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam projects.After completing his education he joined his family's construction business, involved in construction of dam, canals, etc. He was fortunate that he was one of the contractors for construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam projects. These projects were very complex in nature involving constructions of canals, under-tunnels, etc..The initial exposure to the complexities of the infrastructure projects has made him very passionate about them.

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WENDY LUCAS - BULL

Wendy Lucas-Bull is one of the most instantly recognisable women in business in SA. Those who didn't recognise her from the corporate world will have seen her on SABC's The Apprentice last year, when she appeared as one of Tokyo Sexwale's assessors. She was Businesswoman of the Year in 1995 and Top Woman in Business in 2004/2005.
She's been around the corporate block many times and until late 2004 was CEO of FirstRand's retail banking cluster, FNB Retail, which included such well-known brands as First National Bank, FirstLink, WesBank, eBucks and OUTsurance. During 2005, she teamed up with SA National Parks chair Cheryl Carolus to form a new venture called Peotona.
Though Lucas-Bull has well respected business skills, one particular event in her career stands out as an example of how to get the job done right, first time. When she took control of FNB Retail in 2000, she saw that the division was fundamentally flawed, and was a possible takeover candidate if it didn't improve its performance.
She instituted a radical restructuring process, eliminating about 25% of the posts. The surgery was performed quickly, taking only 90 days from start to finish. The effect was shattering - by the time of publication of the first set of results under her leadership, FNB Retail's earnings had risen by 105%.

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ZANELE MBEKI

For most South Africans, Zanele Mbeki is an enigma. Having broken the mould on the role of the First Lady in SA politics, Mbeki has also redefined for future First Ladies a position in public life that is not intrinsically tied to the presidency. While supportive of her husband, President Thabo Mbeki, and committed to her public duties, she has also managed to establish an independent life which has allowed her to carry on working in the field that has been a life-long passion - women's empowerment. Deeply private and suspiciously wary of media attention, almost nothing is known about the First Lady before she married. Speaking at a briefing at the second Beijing Conference on women, she was emphatic that she is not defined by her husband's job description. Born Zanele Dlamini, the daughter of a pastor, she grew up in Alexandra, the birthplace of many of SA's future political and gender activists. She was part of the second generation of black women to graduate with a BSc degree from Wits University and in the 1960s she left SA for Zambia where she continued to work as a social worker.

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ANIL RAMESH DAVE

HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE ANIL RAMESH DAVEBorn on 19.11.1951.Did B.Com., LL.M., A.C.A (Chartered Accountant). Was Recipient of National Scholarship for LL.M. studies.Enrolled as an Advocate on 25.7.1976.
Was Solicitor to the Govt. of Gujarat and Additional Govt. Pleader, Gujarat High Court from April 1986 to August 1994 for conducting its matters arising under labour laws and service matters. Appeared before the High Court for several statutory bodies like Gujarat Public Service Commission, GEER and for several District Panchayats.Was part-time Lecturer in Sir L. A. Shah Law College from 1976 to September 1995. Also taught LL.M. students for about a year.Elevated to the Bench of Gujarat High Court as Additional Judge on 18.9.1995 and confirmed as Permanent Judge on 18.6.1997.Appointed as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed charge on 7.1.2008 F.N.

AJIT RANGENEKAR

Ajit Rangnekar is the Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB). Prior to taking charge as the Dean, he was the Deputy Dean of the School from March 2003.Before joining the ISB, Rangnekar was the Country Head, first for Price Waterhouse Consulting and then for PwC Consulting, in Hong Kong and the Philippines. He was head of the Telecom and Entertainment Industry Consulting practice for PwC in East Asia (China to Indonesia).Rangnekar has over thirty years of experience in East Asia and India in the areas of Business Strategy, New Business Creation, Systems Implementation and Performance Improvement in a variety of industries including Telecom, Utilities, Energy, Chemicals and Shipping, both in the private and public sectors. He also has extensive Operations Management experience of business startups in the manufacturing, trading, and professional services sector in Hong Kong and India. He worked with Associated Cements Companies, India (1970 to 1981) prior to moving to Hong Kong.Rangnekar obtained an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay before going on to complete his post graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

JUSTICE SINGHVI

Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi was born at Jodhpur on 12.12.1948 as son of Mr. M.M. Singhvi Graduated in the year 1968 from Jodhpur University passed LL.B. Examination in the year 1971 with Gold Medal from Rajasthan University.
Joined the legal profession on 28.07.1971 under Shri Marudhar Mridul . Practiced in Rajasthan High Court at Jedhpur till June, 1977 and shifted to Jaipur on creation of High Court Bench at Jaipur. Mainly practiced in Constitutional Law but conducted criminal cases as amicus curiae. He represented the State Government in special cases and almost all the Universities of Rajasthan, various Public Corporations, Educational Institutions and Local Authorities before the High Court. He was elevated to the Bench of Rajasthan High Court on 20.07.1990. He was transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on 28.04.1994, and thereafter as Judge of the Gujarat High Court on 28.02.2005.
He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 27.11.2005.
Elevated to the Supreme Court and assumed Office on 12.11.2007.