Board of Directors

Chairman and Managing Director

Mr Rajnikant Shamalji Ajmera,62, is the mainstay behind the growth of Ajmera Realty & Infra India Limited. Jointly, with the Founder Chairman, Late Shri Chhotubhai Ajmera,a large number of housing colonies have been successfully completed in the shortest possible time and the group has also attained ISO 9000-2000 certification.

A Civil Engineer by qualification, Mr Ajmera is the Chairman & Managing Director of the Ajmera Realty & Infra India Limited. Over his vast career span, his role in the construction industry has branched out extensively, which now encompasses land development and construction of residential colonies.

He served as the President of MCHI (Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry). He also served CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India) as their President and Vice-President. During his tenure, he was very active in bringing amendments in various rules governing this industry. After diversifying in Steel Industry, he served CORSMA (Cold Rolled Steel Manufacturers Association of India) as their President for many years.

Managing Director

Mr. Manoj Ishwarlal Ajmera,53 yrs, is currently a Managing Director of the Ajmera Realty & Infra India Limited and shoulders the responsibility of overall strategic planing, fund raising & monitoring overall growth of the company.

Mr. Manoj Ajmera is actively involved in planing as well as organizing new business ventures for the company. He has been the key architect shaping the evolution of Ajmera Group into one of India's largest construction house. Being an extremely quick and practical decision maker, he has contributed a lot towards the company, group as well as the industry.

His active participation and guidance during various training programme undertaken by the sales executives, has not only lifted the team morale but also helped achieve healthier results. He expertly handles legal matters related to various projects and has been instrumental in the progress of various projects of the company in and around Mumbai Besides handling the day-to-day activities of the said project. His contribution and involvement in the Shanti Nagar School at Mira Road has led to the school winning high accolades. Mr. Ajmera is also the Managing Trustee of various trust.

Whole Time Director

Mr. Sanjay Chhotalal Ajmera, 49, is currently a Whole Time Director of Ajmera Realty & Infra India Limited since 24th April,2012.

In his capacity as Whole Time Director, he provides his insight in critical areas of strategic growth opportunities whenever available .His has done his Masters in Business Administration and specialised in the area of project implementation.

He has been recognized for successful implementation and commissioning of the first of its type color coated Steel plant in India .Being an Industrialist he is having 20 years experience in various fields He is now in-charge of Company's projects in Banglore and Ahmedabad .

Ambalal C Patel - Independent Director

Mr. Ambalal C. Patel, aged 71 years, is a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He started his career as shift- in-charge with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(GMDC) in the year 1969. During his tenor at GMDC, he successfully implemented greenfield Fluorspar Benefication Plant of 500 TPD and was later responsible for its regular and efficient operations. After his successful stint with GMDC in the year 1973 he decided to join newly formed Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd. (GIIC) as Technical Adviser (Metallurgy). He served the corporation for over 30 years in various capacities and finally retired in the year of 2004 as a Deputy General Manager.

During his long career at GIIC he successfully handled many areas like project identification, preparation of TEFR and appraisal of industrial projects in the state of Gujarat. He was also involved in promotion of public issue and private placement of equity of the projects funded by the GIIC. He was involved in promoting and developing private sector, joint sector, new entrepreneur scheme and infrastructure sector projects; providing financial assistance by way of term loan, joint finance, equity disbursement and recovery. He has handled BIFR cases for revival and rehabilitation, change of management, liaison work with State Government. He was also involved in sanctioning of State/ Central Government incentives such as cash subsidy, sales tax /deferment loans, disbursement etc. He has handled recovery, revival and restructuring of sick units by making due diligence, amalgamation, merger etc. He was head of personnel and administrative department and has also served as Nominee director of GIIC on the board of various companies promoted by GIIC. After his retirement, he has ably served many listed and unlisted companies as Independent Director.

Mr. Ambalal C. Patel is known for administration, dynamic management skills, in-depth knowledge and experience of corporate finance. Currently, he is serving as Chairman of Jindal Hotels Limited and also sits as Independent Director on the Board of Chiripal Industries Limited, Karnavati Hospitals Private Limited, Sumeru Industries Limited, Nandan Denim Limited, SAL Steels Limited, Shree Precoated Steels Limited and CIL Nova Petrochemicals Limited.

K.G. Krishnamurthy - Independent Director

Mr. K.G. Krishnamurthy is the CEO of HDFC Property Ventures Limited (HPVL). Prior to that,he was employed with HDFC as Senior General Manager –Technical Services. He has played a key role in the successful closure of international and domestic real estate funds having an aggregate corpus of INR 71 billion.

He has vast experience of over two decades in real estate and has been widely consulted by the industry on real estate matters. He has offered his services to the Asian Development Bank - to develop a housing package for Project Affected Persons under Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Project and to the US AID to build-up a mortgage market in Sri Lanka.

Besides his responsibilities within the HDFC Group, he is on the Board of several Companies including GRUH Finance Limited, HDFC Venture Capital Limited, HDFC Sales Private Limited, HDFC Investments Limited, Vascon Engineers Limited and New Consolidated Construction Co. Ltd. He is a member of Stakeholders Relationship Committee of GRUH.

Mr. Krishnamurthy is a graduate from IIT Kharagpur with a Management Degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Aarti Ramani - Independent Director

Aarti Ramani is the proprietor of ALPHA ENVIRONS, a pioneering environmental and water management firm with extensive government/ semi-government/ private projects in hand.

She has close to three decades of focussed experience in various Landscape and Environmental projects ranging from Municipal/ Public parks to the design and execution of private gardens for select individuals and developers.

The firm has successfully executed large afforestation projects of forest land in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa.

Among the firm's many achievements is the landscaping,water management,soil conservation and self sustainable plantations for India's first private SEZ in Gujarat.

The firm also specializes in CRZ consultancy.