Leadership

Mr. Vivek Lohia

Managing Director

Mr. Vivek Lohia possesses more than 20 years of experience in service operations managements, rail transport planning and management, infrastructure and transportation system, supply chain and logistics management, marketing management etc.

Mr. Lohia is responsible for the entire finance and function of establishing management relationship with the customers which is of paramount importance and will help the Company to grow faster. He has been appointed as Managing Director (Promoter/Executive) w.e.f. 30 May 2022.

He is a graduate from Wharton Business School, USA. He is the Chairman of the National Railway Council of ASSOCHAM and members of a number of other Chambers like FICCI, CII etc.

Mr. Vikash Lohia

Whole time Director

Mr. Vikash Lohia is looking after the commercial activity of the organisation and is helping the Company to achieve the target. He has led the Company in order to build a global reputation with a differentiated business model and has helped to deliver value for its stakeholders. He has more than 20 years of experience and out of which 15 years are in the wagon industry.

He is a graduate from Wharton Business School. He is a Member of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Dr. Madhuchhanda Chatterjee

Independent Director

Dr. Madhu Chhanda Chatterjee acting as Director on the Board since 2019.

Dr. Chatterjee is acting as Executive Director of Anamika Kala Sangam, a premier cultural organization of Kolkata.

Dr. Chatterjee has worked as a Consultant in the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India steering the plans made by the Ministry. She has also been the Nodal Officer of a Digitization Project under the Indira National Centre for the Arts, Govt. of India.

She possesses vast experience in the field of Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, N.G.O., Academics, Education and Authorship.

Mr. Avinash Gupta

Independent Director

Mr. Avinash Gupta has total 30 years of experience in field of finance & accounts and has headed several organisations including Deloitte. His key area of expertise include economics, business management and finance. He is the Managing Director of Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited.

He is an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University (Deans List with full fellowship) and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,BHU Varanasi.

Mr. Ganesan Raghuram

Independent Director

Mr. Ganesan Raghuram is presently serving as a consultant in Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and is on the Board of Adani Port and Special Economic Zone Limited as non-executive independent director since 2012. He is also associated with several other companies, associations and committees occupying various positions.

He possesses more than 40 years of experience in service operations managements, rail transport planning and management, infrastructure and transportation system, supply chain and logistics management and marketing management.

Mr. Raghuram is an IIT Graduate (B.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, he has done his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM) (Gujarat) as well as PhD from Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Mr. Santanu Ray

Independent Director

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has effective corporate experience in India and Europe.CA Santanu Ray is currently working for Sister Nivedita University as a Professor in the School of Business. He is also a Member in the Board of Governors of Sister Nivedita University. He is also the only Professor Emeritus of the Techno India Group, the largest Education Delivery Group in Eastern India.

Ray started his career in Tata Steel (Tubes Division). Bit by the academic bug, he left Tata Steel to move into Academics & Consulting. He was the Adviser, Finance Committee of BK Birla Group of Companies and also worked as a Retainer to Zydus Cadila.

In 1999, he joined ICFAI Business School Kolkata as Dean and was later promoted to Professor & Director. Prof. Ray was in this position for 9 years. Apart from Teaching Financial Management, Prof Ray created the ICFAI Research Centre at Kolkata. He has created four books on Valuation of Human Capital, Financial aspects of Brand Management, Strategic Cost Management and The culture of Creativity & Innovation. On top of this he has authored several Research papers and case studies.

His next academic assignment was as Campus Director, NSHM Knowledge Campus, and Director of NSHM Business School and as Director, Future Business School. Prof. Ray is in his present assignment since 2017.

Apart from Academics, Prof. Ray has deep connectivity with the corporate world. He has served as Independent Director of Century Plyboards, Star Cement for 10 years.

He is currently serving as ID to La Opala RG Ltd, SKP Securities Ltd, Bharat Road Networks Ltd and Tantia Construction Ltd. He is also the Chairman Audit Committee of all these companies.

Prof. Ray is a member of the Bengal Club and Tollygunge Club

Mr. Navin Nayar

Independent Director

Mr. Navin Nayar is a Qualified Chartered Accountant.He has vast experience in the field of accountancy and finance. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of Audit, taxation and financial services and is a consultant to many large corporates in diverse industries. He is associated with reputed companies like, Kilburn Engineering Ltd, Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd, Rungamattee Tea & Industries Ltd, Duncan International (India) Ltd, etc. as Independent Director and also serves as Chairman of the Audit and member of other committees. He is currently playing a crucial role in ensuring financial transparency, compliance with regulations, and informed decision-making in various companies.

Mr. Abhishek Jaiswal

Whole-time Director & CEO

Mr. Abhishek Jaiswal hold a Bachelor’s of Engineering with Diploma in Business Management having vast experience of more than 30 years.

He has been associated with the Company since 1992 and is heading the operations division of the Company.

As a Whole-time Director and C.E.O. of the Company his core responsibilities include setting and executing the organisation’s strategy, allocating capital, and building and overseeing the executive team.

Mr. Swapan Kumar Choudhury

Whole time Director

With a Post Graduate Engineering Degree from IIT, Kharagpur and over 40 years’ experience in Wagons Manufacturing, Mr. Swapan Kumar Chowdhury is leading the wagons manufacturing and bringing in all world class manufacturing practices under one roof.

He has been instrumental in export of wagons from India in the past.

Ms. Ritu Lohia

President

Ms. Ritu Lohia holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Economics from the prestigious London School of Economics & Political Science, with an MBA in Finance from IISWBM.

Ms. Lohia has been heading the container business of JWL.

She has worked with the likes of PWC, SREI, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to name a few in her illustrious career.

Ms. Shradha Lohia

HR & Admin Head

Ms. Shradha Lohia is heading the Administration and Human resource functions at the Corporate headquarter of Jupiter Wagons. She is an Honors graduate in Commerce from the Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi. She was actively involved in the management team of the MC group companies in Kathmandu, Nepal. MC Group is a legacy enterprise of Nepal and was established in 1904. At present, she is based in Kolkata and is a highly Acknowledged professional and is active in corporate social activities.

Mr. Sanjiv Keshri

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Sanjiv Keshri is a Commerce graduate and a Qualified Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He has well-round experience of over 20+ years in a wide spectrum of accounts controller, treasury management, tax planning, costing, budget and merger.

He has worked with Ambuja Cements, Adhunik Power, VISA Power, Meenakshi Energy.

Mr. Ritesh Kumar Singh

Group Company Secretary

Mr. Ritesh Kumar Singh is B. Com (Hons), Master of Business Law from NLSIU(Bengaluru) and Fellow Member of Company Secretary, having rich experience of more than 15 years in Secretarial, Legal and Finance work in Manufacturing and Infrastructure Listed Companies.

At present Mr. Singh is employed as Group Company Secretary of Jupiter Wagons Limited from August 2021. He was previously employed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer in Century Ply Group, India Power Group, Shristi Infra Group and Ispat Group of Companies. During his present and past employment as Company Secretary he has successfully handled Merger & Amalgamation, Acquisition and Takeover, IPO preparation, FDI, Private Equity Placement, Listing of Securities, QIP, ECB, ROC Inspection, Delisting, IBC matters, Legal Litigations etc.

Mr. Sudip Kumar Haldar

Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Sudip Kumar Haldar is a strategic member in the organisation since 2012. He is a Technology Influencer and played key roles in the achievement of many milestones in the last10 years.

He did his B.E. Mechanical from Jadavpur University and received Management Education from the XIM. He is an acting member of the IQAC of UGC in Kolkata. He has served many reputed organisations in the past. He is also an expert in robotics and futuristic technologies.

Mr. Sibnath Ganguli

Vice President - Foundry

Currently designated as Vice President Foundry, Mr. Sibnath Ganguli is the Chief of Operations of Melt Shop and Foundry and is currently leading the alloy steel making process and productions.

He has 42 years’ of experience in Steel casting foundry, Green Field Foundry Project Execution and has visited various Foundries in Inland and abroad.

He is also a member of the Prestigious Institute of Indian Foundrymen.

Mr. Bana Behari Chaudhuri

Vice President – Quality Management

Mr. Bana Behari Chaudhuri is an ardent Quality and Project Management Professional with more than 40 years’ of experience in associated Domain.

He has served RDSO, Indian Railways for 34 years and is a receiver of many awards for execution of exemplary projects in Indian Railways.

He is a Mechanical Engineer and holds many relevant degrees for Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

Mr. Chaudhuri has been an integral part in the designing of Kolkata Metro Projects and special wagon for NALCO.

Mr. Rajiv Tulsyan

Senior Vice President -Finance

A Company Secretary and Law Graduate by Profession with experience of 40 years, Mr. Rajiv Tulsyan is a fervent Finance Professional who is associated with the organisation for more than a decade and currently playing strategic roles in the Company’s Finance Policy and Budget management along with daily supervisions of the accounting operations.

Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha

Senior Vice President

Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha obtained a BE (Mechanical Engineering) degree from MIT Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He holds 34+ years of experience ranging across verticals of manufacturing (Wagon) industry, project startups, administrations, strategic planning, diverse manufacturing technologies and resource allocation.

As a Sr. Vice President at JWL, he is responsible for looking after the Deori Unit operations including production, planning and control and timely execution of plans, coordinating with the Railways and other customers, business development and improvement, product costing and analysis, and process study and improvement.

Prior to his induction as a Sr. Vice President at Jupiter Wagons Limited in August 2019, Mr. Sinha was associated with M/s Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. from 1988 till 2019.

A versatile and proactive individual, he has successfully handled plant operations, Railways assignments as well as liasoning works for award of concerned tenders.