Mr. Abdalla M. Sharif, Chairman

Mr. Abdalla Mohamed Sharif is a board member of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) since 1997. He is an accomplished strategist and an outstanding Chief Executive Officer heading a conglomerate with excellent portfolio charting different business sectors including Construction, shipping, offshore oil services, contracting, education, trading, cement   He has a proven track record of managing several businesses and coordinates and orchestrates a total business in excess of USD 1 billion and a total staff more than a thousand personnel. Mr. Abdalla Mohamed Sharif is a graduate from San Diego University, USA.

Mr. Othman Sharif, Vice Chairman

Mr. Othman Sharif is a board and executive member in the Sharjah Islamic Bank and also board member in the Sharjah Insurance Company. Mr Othman Sharif is invested in various sectors of business and the economy including the field of education through the Australian International School (Australian Syllabus and a Franchisee Education Queensland from state of Queenland Australia) with 700 students and Leaders Private School (Indian Syllabus) with 1000 students. He is also Council Member of Sharjah Municipal Council and Company Board Member of Sharjah Cement Industry. Mr. Othman Sharif is a graduate of Industrial Engineering from University of Arizona, Tucson.

Mr. G. Ramakrishnan, Managing Director

Veteran Banker and Advisor for more than 40years, who held last position as Executive Vice President IN SHARJAH ISLAMIC BANK. One of the core Senior Management Team member responsible for conversion of conventional bank National Bank of Sharjah into a full fledged Islamic Bank-Sharjah Islamic Bank in 2002. Advisory Board Member in British University in Dubai for Finance and Banking. Visiting Faculty in EIBFS Sharjah, Wollongong University, Dubai Prolific speaker on Banking and Finance including Islamic Banking in various Seminars, Forums, Colleges and Universities. Advises Various Corporate Entities on Project Planning, Strategy, Implementation and Debt Rescheduling, arranging Finance from Banks and Financial Institutions

Consultant

Prof. A.S. Moharir
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay
Professor-in-Charge
Continuing Education and Quality Improvement Programmes,
IIT Bombay

Prof. Arun S Moharir is our principal consultant from IIT. His research interest areas are Mathematical Modelling, Simulation, Optimization and Control of Chemical Processes, Flowsheet Simulation, Reactor Modelling, Adsorptive Separation Processes, Computer Aided Design and Engineering, Process Plant Engineering, Piping Engineering, IT-based knowledge management in manufacturing sector, Model based design of integrated and complex systems. He is a consultant to companies including Reliance Industries Limited, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation, UOP, USA, Engineers India Limited, India, Amines & Plasticizers, India.

His course on Piping Engineering is the flagship program of CEP and has completed 49 editions enriching more than 4600 engineers in India and UAE. It is currently available for engineers all over the world at www.cepglobe.com in collaboration with the Pinnacle Knowledge Group.

Prof. Ashok Misra
Chairman of IITJEE
Board of Governors-IITDelhi
Director of ISA.
Chairman, Intellectual Ventures, Asia
Director, IIT Bombay 2000-2008

Prof. Ashok Misra is currently the Chairman of Intellectual Ventures India, Bangalore, a position he took over in October 2008. Prior to this he was the Director of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, from 2000 to 2008.

Prof. Misra obtained his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1968, M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University in 1969 and Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering from University of Massachusetts in 1974. After working in Monsanto Chemical Co. for three years he joined IIT Delhi in 1977 where he served as the Head of the Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering, Dean, Alumni Affairs & International Programmes and was the Reliance Chair Professor. He attended the Executive Development Programme, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in 1999

Prof. Misra is on the Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Ltd., and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. and was on the Board of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. for 6 years. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India and was its President from 2006-08, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, Hon. Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and Indian Plastics Institute. He is a member of a large number of professional societies.

Prof. Misra was a member of the Scientific Advisory committee to the Cabinet, Govt. of India; is a member of the International Academic Advisory Panel, Govt. of Singapore; International Advisory Board of College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and the Independent Scientific Advisory Board for the African Institute of Sci. & Tech. of the World Bank. He is or has been on the Governing / Advisory Boards of several national institutes, which include Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Indian Institute of Space Technology, National Brain Research Centre, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Tech., Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Whistling Woods International. He also serves as Member Expert or Advisor in several national committees for research and development programmes in India.

He has received several awards which include S.S. Bhatnagar Memorial Award at the 94th Indian Science Congress in 2007; IIT Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2008; University of Massachusetts 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award; Chemtech CEW Awards (Education) in 2007; National Systems Gold Medal of the Systems Society of India in 2006; Tufts University Engineering Award in 2005; Qimpro Platinum Standard Award (Education) in 2005; Materials Research Society of India Medal in 2002. He was elected as a Visiting Fellow Commoner, Trinity College, Univ. of Cambridge in 2003 and was awarded the Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Thapar University, Patiala in 2007.

He has co-authored a book, has 6 patents and has over 100 international publications to his credit. He is on the editorial board of 2 international and 2 national journals. He has guided 20 Doctoral and 52 Masters theses and has undertaken a number of sponsored research projects and industrial consultancy assignments. He has organized several international/national conferences and short courses.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Khandelwal
Head of Risk Management Middle East

Dr. Sunil is currently Head of Risk Management Middle East for IRIS Integrated Risk Management AG, Switzerland. He is responsible for brand building, consultancy, projects, and overall operations of IRIS in the Middle East region. IRIS is the leading provider of know-how on Financial Risk Management and has over 230 clients in more than 23 countries covering wide variety of institutions. Before joining IRIS, Dr. Sunil was the Senior Faculty and Head of International Certifications responsible for strategic directions of the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, UAE. He has specialized in risk management, Basel II, Islamic Banking and IT security in Banking. He has also been providing consultancy for RSA secured ID token to one of the banks in UAE. He has served on the IT PAC of Higher College of Technology during 2004-2005. He has served as Chief Strategist and Architect for the e-Services of the Ministry of Health, UAE and has been honoured for his excellent contribution.