Who We Are

Mr. Akshay Poddar is one of the promoters of “Adventz Group of Companies”, a seasoned businessman and industrialist since 1999. The Adventz Group of Companies is a leading Indian conglomerate, with a total turnover in excess of US $3 billion, comprising of a diverse business portfolio in Fertilizers, Agri-Inputs, Heavy Engineering, Process Engineering, Furniture, Consumer Products, Real Estate, Investments, etc., In his capacity as the Director of several group companies, Mr. Poddar is also spearheading the manufacturing and other activities of the Group in India, and other parts of the world. As a proactive leader and industrialist, Mr. Poddar also represents as the Director on the Board of The Fertiliser Association of India (FAI). He also represents as the Committee Member of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and is a Member of the Board of Governors of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani. Mr. Poddar is an alumnus of the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London and graduated with Honours in Accounting & Finance.

Mr. Saroj Kumar Poddar is the Chairman of India’s leading USD 3 billion dollar multi-business conglomerate- Adventz Group. The Adventz Group comprises of various verticals, constituting key drivers of the Indian economy. Legendary companies like Zuari, Texmaco and Simon India were repositioned under the Adventz banner, in 2011, by Mr. Poddar, to leverage its exemplary equity in terms of knowledge, best practices and technical excellence.

Mr. Poddar is also the Chairman of Chambal Fertilisers Limited since 1995. Mr. Poddar is aneminent industrialist of India, who has been a pioneer in creating various seminal projectsincluding joint ventures (JV) with leading international corporations. The most notable ofthese ventures are Hettich India Private Ltd (a JV with the Hettich Group of Germany) andMCA Phosphates Pte Ltd. (a JV with Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan). Mr. Poddar was alsoinstrumental in promoting Gillette India Limited (a venture with the Gillette Company ofUSA) and he was founder Chairman since 1984, before relinquishing the position inDecember 2013.

Having served as President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI) and International Chamber of Commerce in India, Mr. Poddar has been appointed byGovernment of India on the Board of Trade – the highest body on trade and on the Court of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Mr. Poddar has also served for a decade as a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and also on local Board of the Reserve Bank of India. He was also on the Advisory Board of one of the most reputed investment brokers, M/s N M Rothschild & Sons (India) Pvt. Limited.

Currently, Mr. Poddar is the Chairman of India-Saudi Arabia Joint Business Council and a member of the Indo-French CEO Forum and Indo Israeli CEO Forum.

A recipient of the RashtriyaSamman from the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Mr. Poddar is a keen collector of contemporary Indian art and involved in the promotion and development of art, culture and sports.

Mr. R. S. Raghavan is a Chartered Accountant has a rich and extensive career, spanning over four decades in a wide range of industries including Fertilizers, Chemicals, Steel, Textiles and Electronics. He served as Vice President – Finance at Zuari Industries Limited, which was a Dr. K. K. Birla Group company, listed on NSE and BSE. Later, he served as an Executive Director at Birla Home Finance Limited. He also has rich experience in Merchant Banking activities such as mergers and acquisitions, raising loans etc. He was also associated with renowned companies including Steel Authority of India, Samtel Color Limited and Birla Home Finance Limited at senior positions. Currently he is serving as Managing Director of Zuari Global Limited, a Holding Company of the Company.

Mr. Atul Kumar Jain is an Engineering graduate from prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He Joined Punj Lloyd Group through Campus Placement in 1982 and continued for 36 years holding various positions and reached the Top of the Group as Whole Time Director on Board & CEO.

He worked with all facets of Project management viz Estimation and Bidding, Planning & monitoring, Execution, Contracts & subcontract management, etc. The Projects covered wide range including Cross country Oil & Gas pipelines, Oil Field Development ,Oil Storage Tank Terminals, LNG/LPG Import Terminal ,Refinery Packages ,Chemicals and Fertilizers and Aircraft Fueling System , He managed Businesses in diverse Geography i.e India .South East Asia , Africa , Turkey ,CIS and Middle East .

While based in UAE as President & CEO ,He Expanded Business in KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Libya. Some of the Mega Projects handled were First EPC Polysilicon Project in Middle East ( valued approx. billion dollar )from Qatar Solar Technology , Gas Pipe Line Project valued approx.. billion dollar for Qatar Petroleum , Marine Tank Farm valued approx.. 500m$ for Saudi Aramco Total Refinery ,Jubail, BTC (Baku Tiblisi Cheyan ) Oil Pipeline in Turkey and SCP (South Caucaseus Pipeline) in Georgia. He also spearheaded the Group initiative for Business Process Improvement and led the Team comprising of Mackenzie and internal Business leaders.

Mr. Tribhuvan Darbari is currently the Managing Director & CEO, Texmaco Defence Systems Pvt. Ltd. & Chief Executive, Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. a flagship heavy engineering and manufacturing national player of the USD 3 Billion Adventz Group. He has around 37 years of rich & diversified experience in Corporate Strategy, Strategic Alliances & JVs, International Business Collaborations & Technology Partnerships, Commercial Operations, Project Management & conceptualizing strategic initiatives for business diversification and growth, during his assignments in Govt. and Industry, at senior levels.

From 1987 onwards, he progressed from the levels of Dy. Secretary/Director/ Joint Secretary in the Government of India (including under the Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Petroleum, Natural Gas & Chemicals, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) & at the enterprise levels as General Manager/Vice President / Director, CEO under 5 Fortune 500 Corporations i.e. ONGC (A Govt. of India Enterprise), TATA Group, Hewlett Packard, Huawei Telecommunications & China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC / CPP). He has contributed significantly as an active member of various important and strategic National / International Government and Corporate Committees, cutting across multiple sectors and geographies. He has been recently appointed Chairman of CII Committee on Defence and Aerospace, Eastern Region and Member of FICCI National Task Force on Defence and Aerospace.

Mr. Darbari’s rich and varied experience, at senior levels, under the Ministry of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Fertilizers and under the Ministry of Energy, Department of Power, Govt. of India as well as General Manager ONGC and CEO China Petroleum (a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation), has enabled him with a strategic global vision, knowledge, and he has build and nurtured valuable relationships, at the top Management levels, in the above sectors. He has also played a significant role as the Vice President of the Asia Arab Chambers of Commerce and the Director General Chindia Chambers of Commerce and Industry. His extensive and unique experience and exposure, can be gainfully utilized by the Simon India Ltd., for sustained growth of its business, both in India and Globally in the Arab World, Russia and amongst the SAARC and ASEAN Countries.

Mr. Darbari Schooled at St. Columbus High School, New Delhi and after completing his Graduation & Post Graduation from St. Stephen’s College India, he has accomplished advanced management education and training from six prestigious Global Universities and Institutes in India, UK, Australia, Japan, Sweden and USA.

Mr. Vijay Paranjape holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur. He has over 40 years of experience with project engineering companies mostly at the board level and he has led several functions including quality, procurement, project controls in addition to operations in Jacobs Engineering India Pvt Ltd (Jacobs). Prior to Jacobs he was at Engineers India Limited for around 16 years working in the civil/structural engineering department.

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Mr. Marco Wadia holds the directorship in the company since 2005. He holds Bachelor’ degree in Arts and is also Bachelor’s in Law and practicing Advocate since 1986, specializing in corporate matters and is currently, a partner in the firm of Crawford Bayley &Co., Solicitors and Advocates , Mumbai. He holds directorship in many other companies.

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