Board of Directors
Management Team
Board of Directors
Mr. Ranjit Bhavnani
Executive Chairman
Founder of RB Chemicals in 1978 and then Calibre Chemicals in 1984, Ranjit has over 40 years of diverse intellect and business experience in Chemicals, Dairy industry and investing. He has a deep understanding of electrochemical and chemical technology with a vision for sustainable systems and practices.
Ranjit is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He is also on the board of Igloo Diary and Calimara Matters.
Mr. Trivik Bhavnani
Board of Director
Trivik has over a decade of experience in strategic purchase and customer onboarding in the chemical industry. His business acumen has helped Calibre Chemicals grow tremendously in recent years.
Mr. Vibhor Kumar Talreja
Board of Director
Vibhor is Managing Director of Everstone Capital and has over a decade of investing experience in India. He has been instrumental in marquee Private Equity investments in financial services, industrial/consumer, real estate and telecom sectors.
Vibhor is Alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Mr. Vishal Sharma
Board of Director
Vishal is the Managing Director of Everstone Capital. He has over 18 years of experience in consulting and operations across diverse manufacturing and services sectors. Vishal has been leading the value creation teams of several investee companies of Everstone. Vishal is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Mr. Ragahvendra Hegde​
Board of Director
Raghavendra is an eminent lawyer. He has over 19 years of experience in legal, corporate secretarial & compliance. Raghavendra has invaluable experience in deal negotiation, risk management, litigation, corporate finance, private equity and venture capital investments.
Raghavendra is an alumnus of Bangalore University and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).
Mr. Vijay Rai
Independent Director
Vijay is an eminent chemical industry professional and entrepreneur. He has over four decades of rich industry experience as a part of the Tata Group including MD of Rallies Ltd. and other Tata Group companies.
Vijay is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Dr Ramachandran Raman
Board of Director
Dr. Raman Ramachandran was previously associated with PI Industries as the Managing Director and CEO. Before that, he was the Chairman & Managing Director of BASF India and Head of the BASF legal entities in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). During his stint of nearly two decades with global chemicals major, Dr. Ramachandran held many positions of responsibility and led the strategic evolution of BASF as a leader in the agricultural products business in the Asia Pacific region. Dr. Ramachandran was a member of the BASF’s Asia Pacific Business Board, Vice-President, Crop Life Asia and Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industries, Chemicals and Petrochemicals industry group. He was recently awarded FICCI’s Chemical and Petrochemical sector’s “Life Time Achievement Award for contribution to Agrochemical Industry”. He serves on boards of PI Industries and Proklean Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Management Team
Mr. Deepak Chander
Chief Executive Officer
Deepak has over two decades of experience in the chemical & life sciences industry in India and overseas. He has supported growth and country entry objectives of several chemical and specialty chemicals in multinational companies like ICI, Rohm and Haas, Lanxess, DSM and Vertellus.
Deepak is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Indore.
Mr. Amit Vakharia
Chief Operating Officer
Amit Vakharia, has over two decades of operations & projects experience with several marquee chemical/material companies in India like Aditya Birla Group, and Jubilant. He has enviable expertise in process optimization, EHS and compliance management and maintenance system designs.
Amit is an alumnus of Amravati Engineering College and Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.
Mr. Rohit Dhanuka
Chief Financial Officer
Rohit has over a decade of experience in finance, accounting and IT systems and functions in large corporations in India. Rohit has actively participated in the business extension of Asian Paints to Kitchens.
Rohit is a Commerce Graduate and an alumnus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
Mr. Dhanesh Bhagia
Chief Technology Officer
Dhanesh is a technocrat par excellence. He has been the founding employee of Calibre. Dhanesh is instrumental in developing the electrochemical technology platform of Calibre Chemicals.
Dhanesh is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.. He is on the board of Igloo Diary and Calimara Matters.
Mr. Ravindra Kelgandre
Vice President – Global Sales
