Meet
The Team

A first generation entrepreneur with over forty years of experience in the corporate world, Mr. Ashok Jaipuria is the Founder Chairman, and Managing Director of Cosmo First Limited. He is an Independent Director on the Board of Hindware Home Innovation Limited. He has been a member of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, an Executive Committee member of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), a member of the BoG of IIT Patna and the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences. He holds a degree in Associate of Arts in Business Administration and Diploma in Marketing Science.

Mr. Pankaj Poddar is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Cosmo First and the Chairman of Cosmo Speciality Chemicals. His career spans over 26 years, wherein he was a turnaround specialist, quick decision-maker with strengths in commercials, analytics, negotiation, team engagement & strategy building, which mirrored in his leadership at Cosmo Films.
His journey with Cosmo Films began in 2011 as the CFO, managing its financial operations in India & overseas. Later, he went on to become the President - India Operations and eventually the CEO in 2013, successfully leading multiple verticals for the company.
In 2018, he received the 'People's CEO' award at the NIPM National HR Excellence Award Ceremony and the 'Young Business Leader Award' at the Dare to Dream Awards held by Zee Business in collaboration with SAP. In 2019, he was bestowed with the "Platinum Award" for "CEO of HR" by HRAI.

Mr. Jain has over four decades of experience in Finance, Accounts and General Management functions, having worked with Mawana Sugars, A.F Ferguson & Co and National Mineral Development Corporation in the past. Currently, he is the Director of Corporate Affairs of Cosmo Films. Mr. Jain holds a Commerce degree from Meerut University and an AICWA from ICWAI. He is also a Certified Information System Auditor from Information System Audit and Control Association, USA.

Mr. Agrawal has been in fields of Strategic Management, Organization Structure, Finance and Training for over four decades. He is an independent management consultant and has consulted several multinationals, large Indian corporate, small entrepreneurial organizations and developmental institutions. He has previously worked in large industrial organizations, both in public and private sectors in India, for the duration of thirteen years. Mr. H.K. Agrawal is a Mechanical Engineer from University of Jodhpur and has obtained his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Mrs. Alpana Panda has more than two decades of experience in retail and marketing communications in the US and in India. She has worked as President of DY Works, India's oldest and largest branding firm. Prior to that she was Head of Marketing with Tanishq, a prominent jewellery brand in India. She conducts branding workshops for large corporates. Mrs. Alpana Panda graduated from IIM-Ahrnedabad in 1985 and has a degree in Economics from St. Stephens, Delhi University.

Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and retired as Chairman of State Bank of India, which is one of India's largest banks. He has extensive experience in the fields of Corporate Finance, Treasury, Asset Management and International Banking. He has also been the Chairman of SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd, SBI Mutual Fund, SBI Pension Fund and other subsidiaries of SBI. He was also on the Board of Exim Bank of India. He holds a BSc. (Huns) Degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. He is also a Master in Business Administration from University Business. School, Chandigarh.

Mr. H. N. Sinor has been a veteran banker, having spent over four decades in public as well as private sector banks like Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India and ICICI Bank. He was MD and CEO of ICICI Bank and after ICICI's merger with ICICI Bank, became Joint MD until his superannuation. He, thereafter, joined Indian Banks' Association as Chief Executive. Mr. Sinor later joined Association of Mutual Funds in India in a similar capacity. Being a veteran banker, Mr. Sinor has worked on a number of Committees at a policy level during his long career. Mr. Sinor holds Board position as an Independent Director on many reputed companies. He is also associated with various charitable and other trusts engaged in social activities.

Mr. Anil Wadhwa is an Ex- Member of the Indian Foreign Services. He holds a Masters Degree in History with specialization in Chinese History and Medieval Indian History and Architecture. He has served as Indian Ambassador to Poland, Lithuania, Sultanate of Oman, Thailand, Italy and San Marino. He has also served as a Permanent Representative of India to the Rome based UN Agencies-FAO,WAD and WFP. He was Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi from 2014-2016 looking after South-East Asia, Australasia and Pacific, Gulf and West Asian regions. He was also the leader of the Senior officials to all meetings of ASEAN, ASEM, ACD, Arab League, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, ARF and East Asia Summit. Ambassador Wadhwa has contributed a number of articles, mainly in the field of disarmament and international security. He has also spoken at a number of international conferences.

Mr. Rakesh Nangia is a well known tax veteran, having close to 4 decades of experience in advising Fortune 500 multinationals and Indian Business houses on a wide range of matters. He is currently the Founder and Managing Partner of Nangia & Co LLP and Chairman of Nangia Andersen Consulting Pvt. Ltd. He has been the National President of The Indo-Canadian Business Chamber and presently serves as the Co-Chairman at ASSOCHAM's International tax council. He is also associated with the Indo-American chamber for commerce. He is a council member of PHD chambers, member of CII's national committee on Taxation and member of FICCI's Council for Taxation. He has also been ranked as the top Tax Leader in India 2015 by International Tax Review, UK.

Mr. Arjun Singh is currently the Managing Director for Asia and the head of Envestnet I Yodlee's growing operations in India. With more than 25 years of experience of running and growing businesses, he has held senior roles at Aon Hewitt in Asia, WNS, ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam, GE Capital Information Services, and ANZ Grindlays Bank in Delhi and Melbourne. Under his leadership, the Envestnet I Yodlee India operation has grown to over fourteen hundred employees, with continually expanding international sales.
He has done MBA from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from IIT, Bombay. He is passionate about education and is a trustee at the Om Foundation School for underprivileged children, and was a Board member of the Welham Girls School. He is also on the Advisory Board for SHRM in India.

Mr. Syngal had experience of over three decades in various leadership roles. He has held senior positions at Aon PLC, Genpact, American Express and Fidelity International Limited. His core functional areas include technology, business modelling, business process management etc. He has done B. Tech from IIT Delhi and Executive Management Program from University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is Green Belt certified on Six Sigma and is also PMP Certified. His awards and recognitions include GE’s Worldwide award for Achieving Customer Excellence, American Express Worldwide Chairman’s Award, Best Function award at GE India.

Over 20 years of experience of handling diverse roles at senior leadership level in the areas of Strategy, Operations, Supply Chain, Business Development, Sales and Finance. He is a leader with proven experience in developing new businesses, identifying key market opportunities, turnaround of businesses, fostering a culture of inclusion and celebrating the diversity of thought.
His experience ranges from various Industries (Packaging, Electronics, Automobile, Consulting, Assurance and Advisory services) and prior to joining Cosmo Films has worked with Global MNCs like MAHLE, DELPHI (now APTIV) and E&Y. He is a Commerce Graduate from SRCC, Delhi University and a Qualified Chartered Accountant. He is also an alumni of Oxford University and attended the reputed "Advanced Management and Leadership programme" from Said Business School, University of Oxford in October 2017 and "Leadership in Global Enterprise" from Thunderbird School of Business Management (Arizona, Phoenix) in June 2011.

Experience - Over 38 years of experience in the fields of manufacturing, engineering, projects , R & D , Technical services ,quality control , sales and marketing . Education - Mechanical engineer and Bachelor of Commerce . A post graduate in Sales and Marketing.. Certified energy manager by BEE , Graduate diploma in packaging , IIM Ahmedabad Alumni - senior leader 3TP programmer.

Experience - Has more than 25 years of experience in building profitable businesses across the Asia Pacific Region for Global Specialty Chemical Companies. He has worked extensively in business roles for Adhesives, Inks, Coatings, Sealants and pigments in Automotive, Packaging and paints Industries. Education - B.Tech & MBA by qualification.

He comes with 24 years of experience working as a marketer, business developer & transformation specialist. He has been exposed to rich international experiences and has worked across various industries ranging from D2C , CPG , retail , consumer technology & strategy consulting . Being a “people first” business leader he has built multiple dream teams across his various mandates which was a catalyst to unlock tremendous enterprise value in hacking growth & profitability. Prior to Cosmo, he was working with Vertebrand Consulting as Chief Growth Officer and partner. He is also an alumni of Tata International Limited , Diageo , Jubilant Food Works JV ( Hot Breads ) & Vodafone in multiple leadership roles. Education He comes with a MBA from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade ( with majors in strategy & marketing ) and followed it up with a leadership program ( certificate ) from Kellogg School of Management , Northwestern University.”

Experience - Over 17 year of experience in working With large manufacturing and service industries. Education - Bachelor of Commerce from DU and a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Experience - Over 16 years of experience in different Human Resource Verticals. Education - MBA (PGDPM) from XISS, Ranchi and graduate from Jesus and Mary College, DU.

Experience - 10+ years of experience as Program & Project Management, Tech implementations for SAP, Sales & Distribution Modules, Data Governance among others. Education - B.E. from College of Engineering, Guindy and MBA from IIT – Bombay.