Board of Directors

Makrand Appalwar a first generation entrepreneur was instrumental in envisioning, and transforming Emmbi from a trading company, to a large-scale manufacturer. He has over two decades of experience in the polymer industry, and is the recipient of many awards.

He lays great emphasis on teamwork, mentors the sales team, drives product development, and is continually seeking ways to enhance sustainability, in the ecosystem around Emmbi.

Makrand is a graduate Mechanical Engineer, from Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, (India) and an alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management, Boston (US).

Rinku Appalwar, the cofounder oversees the finance, purchase, logistics, and administrative functions of the company. She is a firm believer in setting high standards and this has translated to her being felicitated as the leading lady in manufacturing for three years in a row.

Rinku was instrumental in taking the company public, and ensuring it’s five-fold growth in five years from the time Emmbi became a publicly traded company.

Rinku is a graduate in Chemistry from Mumbai University, and an alumnus of IIM Bangalore.

Mr. Krishnan has a combined experience of over 25 years in the fields of Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Private Equity and M&As. He holds a key influencer role at a family office, which has interests in India’s largest privately held logistics entity with supra-national ownership. He is also an active investor in the start-up space in India, Singapore and the US, and sits on the Advisory Board of a Microsoft ISV. He has been engaged with and overseen multiple fund raises of over $600 million, and M&As of over over $5 billion.

His professional career has been associated with the Banking, Private Equity, Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Services verticals, and given him the rich exposure of working with 60 different nationalities. Mr. Krishnan is a graduate of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India and a post-graduate alumnus of MIT–Sloan School of Management. He also holds an Accounting Diploma and is a certified IFRS specialist.

Mr. Rama Krishnan is the Founder President and Past President (1970 – 73) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is a Fellow Member, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (F.C.S.), Fellow member, Institute of Directors, London and Fellow Member, Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment,London.

He is a Member, LLP Committee of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Chairman, Core Group on “Draft Rules of the Companies Act 2013” notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

He was nominated by Ministry of Finance, Government of India as a Member of Corporate Governance Committee, and was nominated thrice by Government of India as a Member of the Advisory Committee on Company Law. He appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Companies Amendment Bill 2000 and the Competition Bill 2000.

Prashant is a practicing Chartered Accountant, in the fields of Accounting, Auditing, Taxation, finance and management consulting. He has over 20 years of experience across various industries, and has presented papers on various accounting, and taxation topics.

As the chairman of the audit committee his experience is very valuable to the company.

He was the Secretary (2005-06) and vice Chairman (2006-07) of Akola branch of Western India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has presented papers and delivered lectures at various seminars, conferences and meetings on topics of interest of various branches of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Dr. Joshi is an eminent personality in the field of medicine, who has overseen more than 10,000 surgeries, as an anaesthetist. He is a faculty at the prestigious RA Poddar Medical College in addition to being a speaker at various national and international conferences. He is also an advocate of Ayurveda, and a researcher.

He has attended various medical seminars at national and international levels. He writes articles for various health magazines and he has won Rajiv Shiromani Award in the year 2013 for outstanding contribution in Ayurveda.

Dr. Joshi graduated in medicine from the Marathwada University, and later obtained an MD in Ayurveda from Mumbai University.