About ucal

Dr V. Krishnamurthy, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
"While UCAL is a perfect balance of People, Processes and Products, the People always come first."
Former Chairman, UCAL Limited.
Founder Chairman of Maruti Suzuki, Chairman BHEL & SAIL

UCAL Team Members
At UCAL, our strength lies in our people. We are proud to introduce our dedicated team of professionals who drive our vision and contribute to our success. Our team is comprised of industry leaders and innovators committed to excellence.
Our Board of Directors

Chairman & Managing Director
Mr.Jayakar Krishnamurthy
Mr. Jayakar Krishnamurthy (DIN 00018987) is a Master of Business Administration from Duke University, USA. He has many years of experience in various companies in all aspects of corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, treasury, taxation and compliance. He was responsible for finance, accounting, legal, administration, M&A, compliance and HR in a leading global software service providing company before he joined UCAL.

Deputy Managing Director
Mr.Adithya Jayakar
Mr. Adithya Srivatsa Jayakar (DIN: 08188358) is an MBA graduate from the University of Notre Dame - Chicago, IL. He comes with wide knowledge and experience of the Automotive industry, with over 14 years of management experience at the UCAL group having worked across functions such as general management, R&D, operations, finance, HR, sales, marketing and supply chain management. Mr. Adithya assumed a higher role in
UCAL as Deputy Managing Director and is instrumental in improving the after-sales market dynamics of the Company, by enlarging the product portfolio to include Non-OE products for the lucrative channel space.

Whole-time Director
Mr.Ram Ramamurthy
Mr. Ram Ramamurthy (DIN 06955444) is a B.E Mechanical Engineering Graduate and has an MBA from the University of Texas, Arlington. He started his career as a Production Engineer and worked in that capacity with Lucas-TVS, Chennai and Siemens AG in Germany. He later worked for more than three decades in Dallas, Texas, with Associates First Capital,
a large non-bank financial services company, where he was VP of Risk Management. He also held senior level positions in IT and Marketing for the Associates and Citigroup. He has been on the board of several engineering and IT start-ups, guiding their growth. Mr. Ram Ramamurthy has been associated with UCAL as Whole-time Director for almost 10 years.

Non-Executive Director
Mr.Abhaya Shankar
Mr. Abhaya Shankar (DIN: 00008378) holds a B.Tech. Mechanical degree from IIT Kanpur and a MBA from IIM Kolkata. He has more than 4 decades of experience as Management Professional out of which he served as head of organisation for 22 years. He is also a Management consultant for Strategy, Sales & Marketing acceleration, Organizational Health
& People related initiatives. He has a highly successful track record in diverse industries & products, in India and internationally. He has handled disinvestments, Mergers & Acquisitions, set up Joint Ventures and green field plants, undertaken branding initiatives and several projects such as implementing ERP, and putting up an IT/Engineering services organization.
Mr. Abhaya Shankar is a Certified Marshall Goldsmith Leadership Coach.

Non-Executive, Independent Director
Mr.S.Balasubramanian
Mr. S. Balasubramanian (DIN; 02849971) is a Commerce and Law Graduate. He is an Associate Member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of India, Company Secretaries of India and Management Accountants of India and Member of the Delhi Bar Council. He joined the Indian Postal Service in 1966 and left the Service to join the Company Law Board on its initial constitution on 31st May 1991 from where he retired in November 2009. He was the Chairman of the Company Law Board for 12 years and had dealt with more than 3,000 cases, with 600 and above reported cases to his credit. He is the General Editor of Ramaiya’s Guide to Companies Act 2013. Presently, he is practicing as a consultant in Corporate Laws in addition to functioning as an Arbitrator.

Non-Executive, Independent Director
Mr.I.V.Rao
Mr.I.V.Rao (DIN 00329370) Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and completed MTech in Mechanical Design from IIT-Kanpur. After a short stint in the R&D Center of Jyoti Limited, and KG Khosla Compressors Ltd he joined Maruti in 1983 and spearheaded the R&D activities at Maruti Suzuki India Limited. He has led the
R&D team as Senior Managing Executive Officer (Engineering) till 2012 and continued as Executive Advisor from 2012 to 2019. Presently he is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Mobility group of TERI, a renowned think tank based in New Delhi. He is Member of NEMMP Committee formed by the Ministry of Heavy Industry for working on Electric Mobility Policy and roadmap for India.

Non-Executive, Independent Director
Ms.Sandhya Shekar
Ms.Sandhya Shekhar (DIN 06986369) is a MBA from IIM Bangalore and PhD in
Management from IIT, Madras. She is an Advisor and Strategy Consultant to several
corporates in the areas of Business Strategy and Digital Transformation and is a Member of the Expert Committee and Selection Committees constituted by BIRAC to scale the bio-tech incubators nationally into a robust innovation ecosystem. She is a visiting faculty with leading educational institutions and has served as an Advisor to State Bank of India as
part of the IT Advisory Council for Digital Transformation and on Government of India Policy Committees including India’s Science, Technology & Innovation Policy. She serves on several advisory boards including SOIL Institute of Management and the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science. She has over three decades of professional
experience, occupying various CXO positions and has worked at the confluence of industry
and academic fraternities helping to build and scale a vibrant innovation ecosystem, in her former role as the founding CEO of IIT Madras Research Park, the first University Research Park in the country.

Non-Executive, Independent Director
Mr.R.Sundar
Mr.R.Sundar (DIN 10831047) has 35 years of experience in Design capability, setting up of manufacturing process and large scale restructuring. He has served as CEO for 3 years in Tata Toyo Radiator. Mr. Sundar also has 10 years of experience in areas of Defence. He has held positions of authority and independent financial powers, ensuring complete integrity and transparency while dealing with entities for Building Approvals to Environmental Clearances and from Excise to Land Ceilings. His areas of expertise include education,
training and imparting knowledge of engineering and manufacturing methods to the
management.
Our Leadership Team

Sitting L-R : Mr.M.Manikandan, CFO. Mr.T.Jaisankar, Deputy CEO, Mr.Jayakar Krishnamurthy, Chairman & Managing Director,
Mr.Abhaya Shankar, CEO and Wholetime Director, Mr.Satvinder Singh AG, Technology Consultant, Dr.N.Ravichandran, Advisor.
Standing L-R: -Mr.S.Narayan – Company Secretary, Mr.B.Srinivasan, Chief Technical Officer, Mr.Peter Thomas Langford – Head,
Program Management System, Mr.Girinarayanan – Head Electronics, Mr.K.Vijaya Kumar – Head Purchase, Mr.Adithya Jayakar
– Chief Marketing Officer, Mr.Venkatasubramanian J, General Manager-Marketing, Mr.Bala Kumar M N, Head – Information
Technology, Mr.Gyan Pandey, VP & GM – AFM, Mr.Ankur Chaudhry, AVP, NBD & Marketing, Mr.Gowri Shankar, Head – HR.