He is the promoter of Lokesh Machines Ltd, with more than 50 years of vast experience in the machine tools industry. He started his career with KCP Limited in 1965 and after a brief stint joined Hindustan Machine Tools Limited (HMT) in 1966. While working at HMT for almost a decade, Mr. Rao has obtained a methodical understanding and insight of the manufacturing industry. The manufacturing insights supplemented with the entrepreneurial abilities prompted Mr. Rao to start Lokesh Machines Limited.
Mr. Rao has been an active member of Indian Machine Tools Manufactures’ Association (IMTMA) for over a decade and served as a member of the Executive Committee for six years. He has also served as Chairman of the Regional Council (South) of IMTMA and was the President of the association. He was also the Vice President of the Auto Component Association in Hyderabad.
Mr. Rao, is not holding full time positions in any Body Corporates other than Lokesh Machines Limited. Further, Mr. Rao is holding directorships (Non-executive) in MLR Motors Limited and Lokesh Defence Systems Private Limited.
Mr. Bollineni Kishore Babu is an engineer with more than 45 years of experience in the field of the machine tool industry. He has started his career with Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) as trainee engineer and later joined Lokesh Machines Limited as a promoter. He has acquired all-round exposure and experience with various aspects of operations of our Company right from shop floor, designs, planning, production, assembly, purchase, and application engineering for the past 21 years. As a whole-time Director of our Company, he is the operational head of SPM division.
Mr. B. Kishore Babu is not holding full time positions in any Body Corporates other than Lokesh Machines Limited. Further, he is holding directorships (Non-executive) in MLR Motors Limited and Lokesh Defence Systems Private Limited.
Mr. Mullapudi Srinivas has more than 30 years’ experience in the field of manufactiring. He holds a BE Degree in mechanical engineering from Bharathiar University and has a MS Degree in manufacturing engineering from USA. He has been with the Company since completion of his MS Degree and has been a Whole-time Director at Lokesh Machines Ltd. for the past 19 years. While his initial training was in the SPM Division of the Company, he is now overseeing the operations of the Auto Component Division and is also responsible for the new diversifications besides other administrative responsiblities.
Mr. Srinivas is not holding full time positions in any Body Corporates other than Lokesh Machines Limited. Further, Mr. Srinivas is holding directorships (Non-executive) in MLR Motors Limited and Lokesh Defence Systems Private Limited.
Mr. Mullapudi Srikrishna has more than 30 years of experience in the field of manufacturing. He holds a BE Degree in mechanical engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has been with the Company since completion of his BE Degree and has been a Whole-time Director at Lokesh Machines for the past 19 years. While his initial training was in the designs and manufacture of GPM Divisions of the Company, he is now overseeing the operations of the Computerised Numerical Control (CNC) machines division of Lokesh Machines Limited.
Mr. Mullapudi Srikrishna is not holding full time positions in any Body Corporates other than Lokesh Machines Limited. Further, Mr. Srikrishna is holding directorships (Non-executive) in Lokesh Defence Systems Private Limited, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association and Allen Reinforced Plastics Private Limited.
Mr. Yugandhar is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has varied experience in the field of financial services spanning over 40 odd years. After passing CA in 1977, he was involved Audits of Manufacturing Companies, Banks, Financial Services Companies, Partnership forms etc., for a period of 13 years. Subsequently he was fully involved in Capital Market Services till 2018. During this period he has helped many Companies in raising funds from Capital Markets. He is acting now as an Independent Director in two other publicly listed manufacturing Companies.
He was active in Social Services. He was Managing Trustee of Hrudaya Foundation as Managing Trustee for the last 15 years. Hrudaya Foundation takes care of Heart Surgeries of poor Children without any cost to the patient. Till now 7000 children got operated with the support of Hrudaya Foundation.
Mr. Yugandhar is not holding full time positions in any Body Corporates. Further, he is holding Independent Directorship in Suryalata Spinning Mills Limited & Alufluoride Limited.
Mr. D. Balaji has over 34 years of experience in the field of manufacturing. He holds a B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Tamil Nadu. He has also attended the Executive MBA programme at XLRI, Jamshedpur, and the Global Senior Management Programme at INSEAD. He began his career with EXIDE Industries Limited as a Management Trainee and currently serves as the Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific at Tupperware.
Mr. D Balaji holds full time position as Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific at Tupperware and holds directorship (Non-executive) in Dart Manufacturing India Private Limited.
Mr. S. S. Raman is an engineer with PGD in production engineering. He is a Certified ‘Executive CEO Coach’ from CFI India, 1st batch. Mr. Raman is also a certified ‘Corporate Director’ from Institute of Directors. He is also a Certified EQI 2.0 practitioner, CBT practitioner, NLP Basic practitioner and ADD practitioner. He has over 37 years of experience in organisations such as TATA Motors, Birla Yamaha Limited, Whirlpool of India Limited, and TVS Electronics Limited. He retired as Managing Director of TVS Electronics Limited and was Executive Director at Whirlpool of India Limited. He has exposure of various areas including sales, marketing and service, beside core of manufacturing, technology and SCM, international business and alliance in global procurement.
Mr. Raman is not holding full time positions or directorship in any Body Corporate other than Lokesh Machines Limited.
Young and passionate mechanical engineer from PSG College of Technology, Ms. Likhitha completed her Masters from University of Hartford (US). Since 2019 she began her entrepreneurial journey as a Non-executive Women Director on Board of Lokesh Machines Limited.
Leading the company’s diversification and growth strategies, Ms. Likhitha is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to creating and achieving the Vision & Mission of the company and making Lokesh transform into a future ready and vibrant brand.
Ms. Likhitha holds full time position & Whole-time Directorship in MLR Motors Limited.
He has more than 45 years of vast experience in designing and engineering of Machine Tools, Jigs & Fixtures etc. He started his career with HMT during 1964 and after a long stint in all its divisions, became the Chief Engineer in-charge of its design department during 1978 to 1983. Mr. Krishna Swamy, during his stay at HMT had received training under experts in the Design field including Cross Company Inc., USA, the then collaborator of HMT. He has designed a number of machines notable among them being Rotary Indexing Machines, Linear Transfer Machines, Line Boring Machines etc. based on a deep knowledge in designing machines that suit the requirements of customers.
Mr. Krishna Swamy has been associated with LOKESH for more than three decades and is presently a Non-executive Director and has contributed significantly to the growth of LOKESH.
Mr. Krishna Swamy is not holding full time positions or directorship in any Body Corporate other than Lokesh Machines Limited.