Key People
Amitava Ray - WholeTime Director (Packaging Business)
Mr. Amitava Ray is an Honours Graduate in Economics & Mathematics from Presidency College, Kolkata and PGDM from Kolkata University. He has been associated with Uflex Group for over 17 years now. He served at Uflex Limited as President & Chief Executive Officer of Flexible Packaging Business from June 2001 to January 2016. In this role he led the Company’s Flexible Packaging Business, driving its growth strategy in Domestic and Exports markets with particular emphasis on globalization, innovation and industry leadership.
Prior to Uflex, he has held the positions of Managing Director & CEO at India Foils Limited. Amitava has also served as Executive Director of Bata India Limited and President of Indian Aluminium Company. At Uflex, he has been responsible for the overall management of Packaging and Allied Businesses of the Company including development of new and innovative packaging products that added immense value to the business of customers and the Company.
Anup Sachdeva - Joint President - Global Exports (Packaging Business)
Mr. Anup Sachdeva is responsible for Packaging Exports worldwide. With over 32 years of experience including 21 years at Uflex, Sachdeva’s contribution in making our packaging products globally acclaimed is extremely significant. Before joining Uflex, he worked with companies like Colour Cartons ( Part of Jardine Henderson Group) & Ballarpur Industries.
Jeevaraj Pillai - Joint President - Packaging & New Product Development (Packaging Business)
Mr. Jeevaraj Pillai is a Mechanical Engineer and an MBA. He has been working with Uflex for the past 22 years. He has over 34 years of experience in Packaging, covering the entire gamut of packaging technology from Pre-press and cylinder making, different types and grades of film making, to high-end conversion of flexible packaging material. He has a sound understanding of web handling, extrusion & coating technology and bag making for varied applications.
He has a command on Energy Curing Technology, Cast and Cure systems, Hot Foil Stamping on Flexibles, Hologram Embossing, Actively Modified Atmosphere Packaging Technology, thin Film Extrusion, new generation Flexi-Tubes and Diaper Film Making Technology. He has presented paper on Plastic Packaging and Environment, Application of E-beam Technology, Anti-counterfeiting options and Anti-microbial Films.
Amit Shah - Joint President & Chief Marketing Officer (Packaging Business)
Mr. Amit Shah is an industry veteran with 26+ years of domestic & international experience in B2B Marketing and Sales, both in Domestic as well as International markets, Product Development and Launch and turning around of businesses. He started his career in Sharp Industries and has worked with India Foils, Paper Products Ltd before moving to ITC Limited where he spent almost a decade, heading Sales as a SBU head.
Amit did his Bachelor of Science and Masters in Business Administration from Himachal University. Amit serves as Joint President and Chief Marketing Officer for Flexible Packaging Business at UFlex.
Venkatesh Rajagopalan - Sr. Vice President - Tube (Packaging Business)
Mr. Venkatesh Rajagopalan is a Commerce graduate from KJ Somaiya College and has also done Masters Programme in International Business.
Venkatesh comes with more than 25 years of rich experience across domains in the Flexible Packaging industry with expertise in Business Development, Account Profitability, Product Marketing & Market Research. His last assignment was with Packsys Global based out of Thailand. Prior to which he was associated with Essel Propack for a long period. Venkatesh is responsible for the Tubes Business.
