Sanjay Gaikwad, Member of Board of Directors Sanjay Gaikwad is the founding partner and Managing Director of
the Valuable Group of Companies. Under his leadership, the Valuable Group of Companies
has quickly grown from one company to a thriving multinational corporation.
Over the last 15 years, Sanjay has been involved in various media, technology and
gaming initiatives. As the Chief Technology Officer for Zee Networks, a muli-billion
dollar media conglomerate, he spearheaded the networks modernization and digitization
efforts and subsequently launched the network internationally. After having achieved
the modernization efforts, he went on to conceptualizing and deploying the largest
on-line lottery network in India.
Sanjay has earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UDCT, Mumbai
and Masters in Business Administration from Mumbai University
Ameya Hete, Member of Board of Directors Ameya is Director at Valuable Group and is responsible for global
operations and business development for the Valuable Group. His dynamic, innovative
and aggressive approach to new business development has allowed the group to organize
and consolidate business initiatives into the 3 verticals. Complementing Sanjay,
Ameya is responsible for defining the strategic direction and driving each Valuable
Group business.
With over 12 years of global experience in technology and business development,
Ameya has been responsible for establishing Valuable Group’s presence across various
international markets.
Ameya has a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York
at Binghamton and a bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Nagpur University.
Having published numerous white papers, Ameya is also the winner of a national award
for engineering design.
Tushar Agrawal, Member of Board of Directors A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Tushar is a Founder-
Director and Chief Executive Officer in Glance Finance Ltd. Glance Finance Ltd.
is a listed Public Limited company engaged in offering financial services to the
Indian corporate sector in the form of funds syndication, corporate advisory services
on business / corporate financial management. In addition, he is also involved in
running other business like Stainless Steel Exports, Jewelry Exports, Real Estate,
etc.
Tushar has 18 years of post qualification experience in Finance, Investment, International
Trade, Steel, Chemicals, etc. His group has a total turnover of Rs. 300 crores annually
in Steel, Jewelry and International Trade through various group companies.
Niranjan Dusane, Executive Director Niranjan is Director and co-founder of Dusane Infotech. Niranjan
is responsible for ideation of products and solutions and working closely with industry
consultants towards developing technology IP for Dusane, adding tremendous value
to the company Niranjan brings with him 16 years of IT industry experience.
Before forming Dusane, Niranjan was Director - Technology at Webware Technologies.
Prior to this, he was with Mukund Steels and Bentley Nevada. Niranjan’s core technical
strengths are in the areas of solutions architecting, software product development
and large scale project management. Niranjan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer
Engineering from Shivaji University.
Sajan Nair, Executive Director Sajan is Director and co-founder of Dusane Infotech. Sajan is
responsible for promoting Dusane’s products and services to its customers and for
forming strategic alliances with partners and other technology operations companies.
Sajan heads the pre-sales, account servicing, and project planning team. Sajan
bring with him 12 years of IT industry experience.
Before forming Dusane, Sajan was Director - Operations at Webware Technologies.
Sajan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technology from Mumbai University.
Dr. Prakash Bhonde, Head - IP & Incubation Services Dr. Prakash heads the IP & Solutions incubation group at Dusane.
Dr. Prakash is an expert in handling software patents and copyright management.
Dr. Prakash is responsible for defining the solutions charter and specifications.
Dr. Prakash brings over 20 years of experience as a consultant to leading IT organizations
as well as engineering companies.
Dr. Prakash has helped multiple startups bootstrap their operations and has been
instrumental in their successes. Dr. Prakash has also worked as a faculty for postgraduate
and undergraduates courses. Dr. Prakash holds a Master’s and a Doctoral Degree from
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Hitendra Jetley, Chief Technology Officer Hitendra heads the technology team at Dusane Infotech. Hitendra
is responsible for delivery, architecture review, project management and QA. Hitendra
has over 15 years IT industry experience in various capacities including IT infrastructure
management, software development, solutions architecting and project management.
Hitendra is a hands-on professional in software development and his versatility
is Dusane’s asset. Hitendra is equally competent in software and systems. Hitendra
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Software Technologies
from Mumbai University.