Ajay is the foundinsg director and Chief Executive Officer of Jopasana. He has led the company since its inception in 1990. As an entrepreneur, Ajay has played an integral role in establishing the ideas and concepts of software automation to the Indian process industry. He brings in 20 years of rich experience in concept-to-deployment of mission critical industrial software systems. He has worked extensively in the areas of Industrial process control, real-time systems, mathematical modeling, and process simulation. Ajay looks at strategic partnership development, business development and execution functions.

Prior to founding Jopasana, he was in-charge of Software & Simulation division in Laval Automation, an Alfa Laval subsidiary company, handling software development and simulation. Before this stint he worked with Alfa Laval India in Sales and Engineering.

Ajay is an active member of ISA - International Society for Measurement and Control for several years. He is a member of Computer Society of India (CSI) and actively associated with Indian Institute of Technology - Department of Chemical Engineering (IIChE). He has taught at the University of Pune as an adjunct faculty and has also been invited as expert to industry training programs at IIT Mumbai. He has served as a member on the committee set up by the government on dynamic training simulation. He has several papers to his credit which have been presented in various national and international seminars especially in the areas of real-time control, modeling and industrial applications of software systems.

His interests include application of software systems to managing total cost of ownership of critical industrial systems and application of control engineering principals to solving multidisciplinary software engineering problems.

Ajay received his Bachelors - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering - from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, India. He also holds an MS in Computer Science from University of Pune.

Girish Kelkar is a veteran with 32 years of experience in management of high technology companies including several software technology companies. He has been working as a member of the Board of the Directors with several IT companies over the last 15 years. Girish joined the Jopasana family in December 2004.

Initially he worked as a senior professional for Business and Engineering Applications in India and traveled across the world to set up various international operations. He has directed software development projects in India, Nigeria UK and USA.

He is also a Director at cMAT Software Private Ltd, Pune - one of Jopasana's business alliances which is engaged in a wide variety of Business Applications including MRP, ERP, Supply Chain, CRM, Engineering & Process simulation applications, Development & implementation of customized software applications. He has worked at senior positions at a number of organizations that include Onward Technologies, Ltd, Hinditron Computers Ltd., Alfa Laval (I) Ltd., Satt Control (I) Ltd., and Magic Software Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

Girish holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering form the University of Pune and a post graduate from the National Institute of Training in Industrial Engineering (NITIE). He is a member of numerous professional organizations including Computer Society of India (CSI), and Mensa International. He has served as a visiting faculty member at a number of institutions in India and Nigeria.

Girish's dream is to take Jopasana into the next growth orbit and has been shouldering the responsibility to build necessary capabilities to scale the organization.

Abhay has over 16 years of Experience in the Software Industry. He is presently heading the Real time Remote Asset Management group providing product and services to the various manufacturing and service organizations world wide. He has been instrumental in remote performance management of Analytical Instruments based on LSInstruCare product. He is responsible for product management and delivering solutions based on the products.

He joined Jopasana in 1991 after doing the Masters in Computer Science from a premier institution. He also holds Diploma in Business management. Abhay has flair for product development. He was part of the core development team of real time supervisory control and data acquisition product called Proxima. He spearheaded the Proxima product development on OS2 platform and also deployed it in Terminal Automation Vertical. He carries 10 years of experience working with international customers and handled large size of offshore development team in Life Sciences.

He has been actively involved in developing Life Sciences business. Abhay's interests include product development, solutions engineering, software tools, and US FDA 21 CFR 11 compliance. He has presented whitepapers on various software tools.

Pratik is the founding director of Jopasana (UK). He brings in 20 years of rich experience in end-to-end technology solutions which incorporate need for bespoke hardware and software. He has worked extensively in various domains including process contsrol, telecommunications and power engineering. Pratik heads the UK operation and is primarily responsible for strategic partnership development and business development.

As an entrepreneur with interests in engineering applications and software solutions, Pratik has diversified interests and is also a Director on host of other successful start up companies in UK. Prior to Jopasana, he was in-charge of Megalab Instruments Limited a joint venture between Megatron Group, Germany and Aplab, India for high technology electronics and end-to-end automation solutions.

Pratik is a member of TIE [UK] ? The Indus Entrepreneur in UK, where he is involved in promotion of Indian technologies / technologists within UK. He has been an industry expert guide to various engineering colleges under Pune University. Pratik is also an inventor of a technology device for which a patent has been applied for within Europe.

Pratik received his Bachelors in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering from PuneUniversity.