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Mr. Nitesh Shetty

Founder

Nitesh Shetty, a first generation entrepreneur, is the founder and Chairman of Nitesh Land. Under his leadership, the company has scaled and raised series of Private Equity Capital. A former tennis player, he started his career at the age of 19, with a billboard business with interest in Infrastructure, Hotels, Shopping Malls & Diversified Investments. He is the founder and sets the Big Vision for the growth of the company.

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Ashok P C

Finance Controller - Rental & Hospitality

Ashok is a Finance professional with diverse expertise, and has 33 years of experience. He has been with the company for over 15 years and handles the Finance function for the Rental and Hospitality business. In addition, he handles the Commercial and Risk Management roles of all Hospitality and Rental properties. 

He has worked in various organizations like M/s Venkatachalam Aiyer & Co. Chartered Accountants, Luciya Group of Hotels, Bangalore Leather Innovations (P) Ltd. & Raghavendra Minerals & Granites, Shree Vaishnavi Printers (P) Ltd., and Pradeep & Pradeep Chartered Accountants across Accounting, Auditing and Finance functions.

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Ganapathi Joshy

Corporate Affairs

Ganapathi Joshy is the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Nitesh Group. He has over forty years of Corporate work experience in handling Legal, Finance, Secretarial, Mergers and Acquisitions. He has formerly worked with public listed companies like Kirloskars, SabMiller India Ltd etc. A Commerce Graduate, Law Graduate and Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries Of India, New Delhi.

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Amitabh Rai

General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton

Amitabh Rai, general manager at The Ritz-Carlton, Bangalore in India, has over 25 years of experience in business and hospitality. He started his career in 1993 as an assistant manager front office and within a span of 10 years, became the general manager due to his passion for hospitality and people.

Amitabh has excelled and thrived at mentoring and motivating team members to achieve greater professional and personal success, with many of them today in leadership positions across the industry.

A graduate from St Joseph’s College for Arts and Sciences, Bangalore University, he also holds a diploma from Oberoi School of Hotel Management. He is passionate about travelling and discovering unfamiliar places and is an avid golfer.

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Kanakaraja C

Head - Internal Audit

Kanakaraja is the Head of Internal Audit at Nitesh Group. He has over 33 years of experience working with Canara Bank and vast knowledge in Internal Audit, Credit Appraisals, Industrial Finance, Retail Banking, Agricultural Finance and General Bank Branch Management. He with his stringent measures ensures the company remains compliant in following processes at all times.
A Certified Risk Management Professional, holds a Bachelor degree in Science from Bangalore University.

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M V Ravi

Executive Director

Ravi is a Finance Professional – Chartered cum Cost Accountant – with diverse expertise and has 35 years of rich experience Heading the Finance Functions in Manufacturing and Retail companies, Expert in configuring, customizing and supporting of Finance related IT Systems. He has worked in various organizations like Urdoorstep Eretail Pvt Ltd, Quality Group – Tanzania, Jubilant Retail, Bausch & Lomb Eyecare (India) Pvt Ltd, Pharmed Chemicals Ltd, ITI Limited, Bifora Watch Company Ltd, Chandran & Raman Chartered Accountants across Accounting, Auditing, Commercial and Finance functions.

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Kanakaraja C

Head - Internal Audit

Kanakaraja is the Head of Internal Audit at Nitesh Group. He has over 33 years of experience working with Canara Bank and vast knowledge in Internal Audit, Credit Appraisals, Industrial Finance, Retail Banking, Agricultural Finance and General Bank Branch Management. He with his stringent measures ensures the company remains compliant in following processes at all times.
A Certified Risk Management Professional, holds a Bachelor degree in Science from Bangalore University.