Management team

Mr. Yeshil S Mehta
Executive Director - Mahadhan AgriTech Limited
Mr. Yeshil S Mehta is the Executive Director of Mahadhan AgriTech Limited and is spearheading the Crop Nutrition Business. In this role, he is primarily responsible for P&L Management, Strategy Development & Execution, Managing Strategic Growth & Business Transformation for the Crop Nutrition Business.
Yeshil has done his Management from Harvard Business School [USA] and brings with him a rich experience of working with Bain & Company, Desai Fruits & Vegetables (DFPCL) and has also been working on the Agri value chain addition.

Mr. Tarun Sinha
President – Technical Ammonium Nitrate
Mr. Tarun Sinha is President – Technical Ammonium Nitrate (TAN) and is primarily responsible for P&L Management, including Strategy Development & Execution, and managing Strategic Alliances for the TAN Business.
Mr. Sinha has over 30 years of combined experience in the mining and steel industries, with a proven track record of working at international locations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and USA, including responsibilities spanning Canada, Mexico, Philippines, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Brunei, during which time he held responsibilities for P&L Management, Strategy Development & Execution, Managing Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Development, Sales, Marketing and Key/Global Account and Commercial Contracts Management.
He spent 24 years working with Orica, World’s largest explosives manufacturer, in different roles spanning different countries. Prior to DFPCL, he worked in BlueScope Steel-Nippon Steel Joint Venture as the President of the JV’s downstream business in Singapore during which time he also led the JV’s Downstream Strategy Development for South East Asia.
He has a Bachelor of Technology (Mining Engineering) degree from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.

Mr. Raghunath Kelkar
President – Industrial Chemicals
Mr. Raghunath Kelkar is primarily responsible for the P&L Management of Industrial Chemicals Business including Strategic Development & Execution.
Mr. Kelkar has over 42 years of rich experience of the Industrial Chemicals Marketing and Plant Operations including dealing with commodity, specialty chemicals, paints and coatings and specialty adhesives.
During his career, he was also associated with KLJ Group of Companies, Schenectady Herdillia Ltd, Surfa Coats (I) Ltd., Technical Trading Company – Muscat, Jubilant Life Sciences and Garware Paints Ltd.
He holds a Graduate Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Mr. Mukul Agrawal
President – Manufacturing (Cluster 1 & NPD)
Mr. Mukul Agrawal is President – Manufacturing (Cluster 1 & NPD) and is responsible for Manufacturing operations of Cluster 1, expansion projects related to Crop Nutrition Business (CNB) Manufacturing and New Product Development.
Mr. Agrawal has rich experience of approx. 30 years and during this span, he has worked across various domains such as Chemicals, Ammonia, Fertilisers, Engineering Polymers, Fine Chemicals, Carbon Black, Viscose Fibers etc. Prior to joining us, Mr. Agrawal was associated with Birla Cellulose as Chief Sustainability Officer and before this he had worked as President Director – Indo Bharat Rayon and Indo Raya Kimia -Indonesia. He had also worked with Alexandria Carbon Black -Egypt, Johnson Matthey Chemicals, E I Dupont and Chambal Fertilisers.
He has done his Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering) from Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, and a Post-Graduation Certificate in Business Management (Executive Education) from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Mr. Pandurang Landge
President – Manufacturing (Cluster 2)
Mr. Pandurang Landge joined the Company in August 2011 and is currenting holding the role of President – Manufacturing (Cluster 2). In this role he is responsible for Manufacturing operations of Manufacturing - Cluster 2 along with Manufacturing operation support to new plants being set up at Gopalpur & Dahej. He was earlier heading Commercials & Strategic Growth, new products development and transformation projects.
Mr. Landge has 39 years of domestic and overseas experience of operations, projects conceptualisation, projects and product development, execution, commercialisation and running businesses. He started his career with Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) with responsibilities of project execution and operations of Ammonia plants and spent 20 years in Saudi Arabia as head of a startup which was built to a US$ 1 Bn company.
He holds a Graduate Degree in Chemical Engineering from University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), Bombay University.

Mr. Subhash Anand
President & Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Subhash Anand is President & Chief Financial Officer and has rich experience in Strategic Advisory & Planning, M&A, working on Business & Financial Strategies, Business Finance including Taxation - Investor Relations - Treasury Management, Business Analysis, Capex-capital Evaluations, Business Process Restructuring, Digitisation etc.
Mr. Anand has a career span of 30+ years, wherein he has worked both with multinational and Indian companies, of which the last 20 years+ were in a significant leadership role within the Finance Function. Before joining us, he was associated with Hero Cycles Ltd. as Group CFO / Advisor, and was also associated with Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (as ED & CFO), PI Industries Ltd. (as President & CFO), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (Vice President Finance), Sterlite Industries (I) Ltd and Hindustan Copper Ltd.
Mr. Anand is a qualified AICWA (India) & Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from Institute of Management Accountants (USA).
Mr. Romy Sahay
President – Human Resources
Mr. Romy Sahay joined the Company in 2018 as President – Human Resources and is primarily responsible for setting up various HR systems & processes and scaling it up to a global level, aligning HR to deliver business results and driving strategy to execution.
Mr. Sahay has over 28 years of experience in leading HR for multi-units and large geographically distributed workforce and has previously worked as a Vice President & Head HR (Global Manufacturing Operations) at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. He has also been associated with TELCO, ITC and ITC Infotech.
He holds a Graduate Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, and Post-Graduation Management in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur.
Mr. Prikshit (Rishi) Agarwal
President – Strategy
Mr. Rishi Agarwal is President – Strategy and is responsible for enabling strategy execution, strengthening systems and processes to create a robust and fast paced performance driven organizations and focusing on strategic alliances to speeden our growth journey.
Mr. Agarwal has rich experience in operations and strategy consulting. He has worked with clients in the chemicals, consumer goods, retail, telecom, tourism, and automotive sectors across issues around strategy, growth, pricing, marketing, organizational design, venture fund management, sustainability, and M&A. He has led multiple large scale, multi-year transformation projects for Indian and global clients. He brings with him rich experience in the fields of corporate strategy, business development, mergers & acquisitions, solving complex problems, facilitation of long-term strategy, strategic due diligence, supply chain, investment strategy, commercialization strategy, etc.
Prior to joining us, he was associated as a “Partner” with Strategy& (Part of PwC Network); he was also associated with FSG Consulting [as Managing Director – Head Asia], Russell Reynolds Associates [as Executive Director India], Monitor Group [Monitor Deloitte] and Unilever.
Mr. Agarwal has done his Master of Business Administration from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and PG Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode.

Mr. Prasad Joglekar
President – Commercial
Mr. Prasad Joglekar is President – Commercial and is primarily responsible for Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Management.
Mr Joglekar has over 30 years of rich experience in Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement of Commodity & Specialty Chemical, Contract Manufacturing, Capital Equipment Buying etc.
Prior to joining us he was associated with Jubilant Ingrevia Limited as President – Supply Chain. He was also associated with Jindal Films Limited, Avantor Performance Material Inc, E. I. DuPont India Private Limited, Micro Inks Limited and various business units of Vedanta Resources.
Mr. Joglekar has done his Master’s in Business Administration (Marketing) from Institute of Management Studies, Devi Ahilya University and Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology & Science, Jiwaji University in Madhya Pradesh.

Mr. Arun Vijayakumar
President – Projects
Mr. Arun Vijayakumar is President – Projects and is primarily responsible for setting up the greenfield expansion / diversification projects across India.
Mr. Vijayakumar has ~26 years of extensive experience in managing integrated and large scale multi-phased complex Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects in petrochemical and refining field. Prior to joining DFPCL, he was associated with Hindustan Zinc, Reliance Industries Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and Grasim Industries Ltd.
He has done his Bachelor of Engineering from Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur and MBA from S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.

Mr. Naresh Kumar Pinisetti
President – Corporate Governance
Mr. Pinisetti is a Post Graduate in Human Resources from NIPM with an Executive MBA from Scandinavian International Management Institute (SIMI) and has completed his B L from College of Law in Andhra University and M.A. in Sociology. He comes with an experience of over 30 years in different facets of Human Resource Development and Industrial Relations.
He was previously associated with Vestas as Director and Regional Head of HR for Asia Pacific and the Bayer Group in India as General Manager – HR.
He has traveled extensively across Europe and Asia Pacific and has been exposed to the latest international concepts in People Management.
He is the immediate past Chairman of Indian Society for Training & Development, Chennai Chapter and was also the Regional Vice President for the Southern Region.
He is a certified Coach and also a Hogan Graduate.

Mr. Debasish Banerjee
President – Strategic Projects
Mr. Debasish Banerjee joined the Company in 2000 and is primarily responsible for strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, structured financing and other strategic projects.
Mr. Banerjee has over 30 years of experience in in the field of corporate finance & strategy, business turnaround / restructuring, costing & budgets, corporate affairs, capital markets, financial planning & control, project financing along with building strong relationship with banks, rating agencies and financial institutions. His previous stints includes position as Chief Financial Officer at Smartchem Technologies Limited (subsidiary of DFPCL) and Haldia Petrochemicals Limited.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Rank Holder) and holds a Graduate Degree in Science (Maths) from Ranchi University.