Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Mr. Dharani Raghurama Swaroop, Whole-time Director

Dharani Raghurama Swaroop heads the overall operations in India and is responsible for the corporate governance and statutory compliances-related aspects of CT. Prior to his association with CT, Swaroop co-founded a successful IT systems integration company comprising of more than 150 personnel. He is a member of the following Committees of the board of the company viz., Audit Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee and CSR Committee. Swaroop holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Dr. K. Jayalakshmi Kumari, Independent Director

With a deep passion for teaching, Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari brings 15 years of experience from the educational sector having worked for leading schools and colleges in Hyderabad. Presently, she is working with the Nalanda Educational Society as a faculty in the field of social sciences. With proven ability to constantly challenge and improve existing processes and systems, she has been participating and rendering voluntary services to many social organizations. Dr. Jayalakshmi Kumari has a Ph.D. in social sciences, an M.A in Economics, M.A in Political Science, M.Phil and M.Ed. She is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Audit Committee and CSR Committee of the Board.

Mr. Sridhar Lalpet, Independent Director

Mr. L. Sridhar is a practicing Chartered Accountant with 18 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Accounting, Auditing, Company law and Taxation. Before entering into practice as CA, he worked as General Manager (Finance) in Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies & Allied Chemical Limited, a listed Company, as Finance Manager and Company Secretary in Gayatri Starchkem Limited and Divyashakti Granites Limited, both listed companies. Also worked as Accounts Manager in Hyderabad Allwyn Limited, an AP State Government Company. He is a graduate, a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and also a holder of Diploma in information System Audit from ICAI. He is also a licentiate in General Insurance from Insurance Institute of India.

Mr. Stefan Hetges, Director

Stefan joined CT as a part of the acquisition of smartShift, the leading provider of tool-based modernization of complex IT systems. Stefan started his career as a consultant at Cambridge Technology Group. In 2001, Stefan acquired the assets of i-Cube from Razorfish in a management buyout and formed smartShift. Stefan has a Masters in Computer from University of Constance.

Ms. Manjula Aleti, Independent Director

Manjula Aleti is a practicing Company Secretary with over 7 years of experience in monitoring of various compliances under Companies Act 1956/2013, Listing Agreement/SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, FEMA and other statutory laws/regulations applicable to corporates. She extends a wide variety of Corporate services in the present day competitive global and economic scenario, gives expert opinions and advice on all the matters of Corporate Laws, represents corporates before Registrar of Companies, Regional Director and RBI. She also acts as Secretarial Auditor for Listed Companies. Manjula is a Law Graduate from Osmania University, a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and also Master of Arts in Economics from Osmania University.

Mr. Srinivas Medepalli, Independent Director

Mr. Srinivas Medepalli has more than 36 years’ experience in the field of Accounting, Finance, Administration, Human Resource, Facility Management. His qualifications are M. Com, M.B.A and PG Diploma Business Management. In the year 2011, he started his own facility management business presently handling more than 500 work force out-sourced to various organizations, which includes Universities, Hospitals, Gated Communities and Government Organizations. Having hands on experience in the field of Human resource and Facility management, he coaches and train business entrepreneurs, facility managers, recruiter’s. He is currently serving as Vice president for facility management association of India. He wrote books in the field of facility management. He also received Honorary Doctorate for the services rendered to the facility industry.