CORE GOVERNANCE
Leadership
& Team
A leadership structure organized across three functional pillars: technology development, infrastructure deployment, and corporate finance.
“Technical leadership anchored by the Chief Technology Officer responsible for reactor design and critical mineral extraction systems.”
Our leadership brings decades of precise execution across energy, heavy engineering, and governance.
Combined with deep technical expertise in advanced reactor design and electrochemical systems. We are building the infrastructure for the next industrial era.
LEADERSHIP
Executive Team
Manish Kothary
Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur and technology founder developing scalable critical mineral recovery platforms and industrial processing systems for decarbonisation. Brings 25+ years of experience building and scaling ventures across technology, financial platforms and industrial infrastructure. Previously senior roles at Barclays Global Investors, Wells Fargo and Pacific Gas & Electric. M.Sc Computer Science, University of South Carolina; BE Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
“Developing scalable critical mineral recovery platforms and industrial processing systems for decarbonisation.”
Vandit Verma
President – Infrastructure & Energy Platforms
Leads global infrastructure development and commercialisation of advanced energy platforms. Cross-border project structuring, strategic capital partnerships. Experience in rare earth extraction and waste-to-energy infrastructure across North America, Europe and emerging markets. B.Eng Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada.
“Leads global infrastructure development and commercialisation of advanced energy platforms.”
Igor Kuntzevitsky
Chief Technology Officer
Leads reactor architecture, systems engineering and IP development. Inventor of multiple granted U.S. patents covering critical mineral recovery systems and advanced processing architecture (red mud processing, rare earth fractionation). Expertise spans matrix reactor systems, controlled partial oxidation and integrated purification. Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Uzbekistan.
“Inventor of multiple granted U.S. patents covering critical mineral recovery systems and advanced processing architecture.”
Prashanth Shetty
Business Development
Leads business development across the energy infrastructure platform, driving institutional investor engagement, commercialisation strategy and strategic partnerships. Former executive leader at Verdigris, EMC and SAP with experience spanning global go-to-market strategy and enterprise technology platforms. MBA, The Wharton School; MS Engineering, Stanford University.
“Driving institutional investor engagement, commercialisation strategy and strategic partnerships.”
Ajeet Saran
Head of Projects & Operations
30+ years of industrial leadership across manufacturing, operations, logistics and regulatory interface. Spent nearly 25 years at Tata Steel in senior roles spanning mining, power, sales and supply chain. Brings deep expertise in large-scale industrial project execution, operations management and government liaison; BE Electrical Engineering, IIT-BHU; PG Supply Chain, XLRI.
“Brings deep expertise in large-scale industrial project execution, operations management and government liaison.”
Gautam Ghosh
Director Finance
Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in financial governance, accounting systems, taxation and corporate structuring. Former leadership roles at Motorola Solutions India, Coca-Cola India and Nestlé India. Earlier career at Price Waterhouse advising multinational companies on India market entry and financial structuring; B.Com (Hons), SRCC, Delhi University.
“Extensive experience in financial governance, accounting systems, taxation and corporate structuring.”
ADVISORY BOARD
Board of Advisors
Upal Basu
General Partner, NGP Capital
Upal Basu is a General Partner and Member at NGP Capital, managing over $2 billion globally. Leads North America office and global software investments under a “Convergence” thesis focused on robotics, industrial systems, and dual-use technologies. 25+ years experience, led 20+ investments with 10 successful exits. Stanford M.S. in Engineering and Harvard MBA, bringing deep capital markets expertise to advanced industrial technology strategy.
“Managing over $2 billion globally... led 20+ investments with 10 successful exits.”
Pranay Kothari
Global Industrial Operations
Senior executive at Polyplex Corporation, bringing deep global industrial experience across large-scale manufacturing and supply chains spanning Europe, the United States, and Asia. Strong relationships across international industrial ecosystems. Offers guidance on international expansion, plant execution, and supply chain structuring to strengthen positioning with institutional stakeholders.
“Deep global industrial experience across large-scale manufacturing and supply chains spanning Europe, the United States, and Asia.”
Ranju Mehta
Governance & Entrepreneurship Advisor
Governance and institutional leadership expert with 35+ years of experience translating complex industrial initiatives into sustainable community ecosystems. Brings deep expertise in stakeholder engagement, structured knowledge transfer, and enterprise development — capabilities directly applicable to the social and regulatory dimensions of large-scale bauxite residue remediation and rare earth recovery. Leads I Create India's northern operations, establishing eight Business Incubation Centres that have enabled industrial and enterprise-led economic development in underserved regions. Her model of community-anchored institution-building directly supports the stakeholder alignment and social licence frameworks critical to securing long-term operating mandates for rare earth processing infrastructure. Recognised internationally as Best Entrepreneurship Educator by NFTE USA.
“Building the institutional and community frameworks that give critical mineral recovery ventures a durable social licence to operate.”
CORE FOUNDATION
Core Technical Team
Anchoring our breakthrough reactor designs and engineering execution pathways.
“Pushing boundaries across critical minerals extraction and deep industrial decarbonization.”
