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Aravind Melligeri
President & CEO |
Aravind Melligeri is responsible for balancing growth and stability through acquisitions, partnerships and strategic alliances. He focuses on long-term and strategic needs for building QuEST Global into an organization that provides efficient global delivery capabilities. His ability to sense new opportunities and ‘quest’ for exploiting “out of the box” ideas has given the company a competitive edge. |
Presently, Aravind is leading QuEST Global’s foray into 'Design & Build'. He spearheaded QuEST Global’s entry into manufacturing operations for aerospace, automotive and industrial components. He also initiated the setting up of a Precision Engineering SEZ in Belgaum (Karnataka, India) where he is driving the creation of an aerospace supply chain ecosystem, which is the first of its kind in India.
Before co-founding QuEST Global with Ajit Prabhu in 1997, Aravind worked at Ford Motor Company, U.S.A, developing new tools to accelerate the evaluation of occupant safety compliance of new vehicles at concept and preliminary design stage using computer simulations, robust designs and Six Sigma methodologies.
He has been conferred with the ‘Young Achiever Award’ by the Indo-American Society for his contributions in fostering better relationship between India and USA. The National Institute for Technology, Karnataka Alumni Association, has also awarded him with an Alumni Excellence Award.
Aravind holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, India and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. |
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Rajeev Kaul
CFO |
Rajeev is responsible for finance and logistics. He has been with QuEST Global for more than 4 years and has handled various functions such as budget, treasury, MIS, accounts, contract reviews, fund raising and taxation. He was instrumental in setting up subsidiaries in different geographical locations. He was involved in strengthening contract review and legal risk compliance mechanism. |
He brings with him more than 8 years of industry experience. Prior to joining QuEST Global, he worked with A.F. Ferguson & Co (currently Deloitte Haskins & Sells). His areas of specialization include banking and corporate finance, legal risk assessment and business process review.
Rajeev holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics (Honours) from Delhi University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. |
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Nagabhushana Junjappa
Vice President – Business Development |
Nagabhushana Junjappa joined QuEST in 2002 and is currently, VP of Business Development and Customer Relationship Management. He is responsible for overall business development and growing strategic relationships globally. His responsibilities include identifying potential opportunities with customers for manufacturing, growing the relationship and creating a
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road map for providing integrated product development support to customers.
Nagabhushana Junjappa has over 20 years of experience and expertise in manufacturing ranging from operations, process planning, product development & program management, vendor management and strategic initiatives.
Prior to QuEST, Nagabhushana was part of Bosch where he has developed expertise in Manufacturing process planning, Streamlining Manufacturing Systems, development and introduction of new products and Vendor Management.
He is extensively trained in Design for Manufacturing and contributed to complex product development through the Product Life Cycle for fuel injection and engine development programs. He has been associated and credited with streamlining manufacturing systems & cost reduction through re-engineering of both products & processes.
Nagabhushana is a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional college of Engineering, Karnataka. |
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