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Mr. Kushal Desai is currently Chairman & Managing Director of APAR Industries Ltd. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering and a Business degree from the Wharton School, both of which are part of University of Pennsylvania.
In 1997, Kushal co-founded APAR Infotech, a system integration software company, which he actively worked with till 2004. At the time of its listing on NASDAQ in 2004, APAR Infotech was operating in 13 countries.
Kushal has also been associated with ELCOMA and IEEMA, leading industry bodies in their respective fields, in various capacities. Upholding the family tradition of giving back to society, Kushal serves on the board of governors of both Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad and DDMM Heart Hospital, Nadiad (Gujarat), charitable institutions in the fields of education and healthcare respectively.
He is on the board of trustees of The Lady Northcote Hindu Orphanage and is an advisor to Midday Meal Program ‘Annamrita’ which provides lunch to over 1.6 million underprivileged children in government schools in India.
Mr. Rishabh Desai is the director of Petroleum Specialities FZE (a fully owned subsidiary of APAR Industries in the UAE) and is a member of the Board of Directors at APAR.
Rishabh received his B.Sc. in Business Management and Entrepreneurship, with dual concentrations in Finance and Strategic Management, in 2014 from Babson College, USA. Upon graduating, Rishabh worked for a year in Ergon Inc., an oil refinery in Mississippi, USA, before moving to the UAE.
He has led the effort at PSF, from the construction of the factory in 2015 to managing the facility ever since the factory was approved to start production. PSF is the first wholly owned subsidiary of APAR Industries overseas.
In his current role, Rishabh overlooks the production, sales and distribution of transformer oil and white and pharmaceutical oil in the MENA region.
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