Meet The Leaders

Sh. Jagesh Khaitan is the Chairman of Kuantum Papers Ltd. He was earlier the Vice Chairman and MD of Amrit Banaspati Co. Ltd. and remained President of Indian Vanaspati Producers Association IVPA. His entrepreneurial spirit and passion has been one of major drivers for the company’s growth. He has been the recipient of the prestigious award ‘UDYOG RATNA’ honored by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry given by the then Chief Minister of Punjab, in the year 2005, towards his excellent and dedicated contribution to the State of Punjab.

Pavan Khaitan is a graduate in Commerce from Punjab University and a qualified Chartered Accountant. He joined the company in 1997 as the CEO and has been spearheading various initiatives that have rationalized the cost, enhanced quality, focused on specialty paper and ultimately optimizing the resources to their fullest. Also, he has been recently appointed as Vice President of the Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association (IPPTA). He has been instrumental in undertaking projects including debottlenecking and overall upgradation of the paper mill. Under his aegis, the backward integration cum upgradation project has been successfully completed in March 2021 with a capital outlay of INR 4,440 million. Under his leadership, Kuantum has forayed into Specialty paper products contributing to the product profile. He has focused on continuous de-bottlenecking ultimately leading to higher production in MT every year.

Drishinder Singh Sandhawalia has over 35 years experience in consulting and working with businesses in the public and private sectors. He works with the leadership and management team. He is interested in solving problems of organizational stability and change, evaluation and strategy. His expertise in developing and implementing information technology projects has enabled him to build a reputation as a thought leader and innovator in areas of project and knowledge management. His aim is to refresh and rejuvenate management and leadership practice through the breaking of silos, the sharing of transdisciplinary ideas, and the co-creation of new innovations and insights

Vivek is an Engineer from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from IIM, Bangalore. He has total work experience of around 27 years. He worked with a leading venture capital firm in the early part of his career, turned an entrepreneur in 1998 and since 2009, is supporting high quality entrepreneurs as part of his 2nd innings in venture capital As a venture capitalist, during 1992-1998, he worked with TDICI Limited (now called ICICI ventures’), a firm that pioneered venture capital in India and has grown to become one of the largest and most successful private equity firms in India.

Bhavdeep Sardana, aged 45 years is Master’s in Business Administration from Durham University (UK) and Bachelors in Science (Hons) in Chemistry with Chemical Engineering from Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) Presently Sr. VP & CEO at The Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Limited and is responsible for successfully implementing repeated expansions at various units. He leads all B2B sales with Paper, Food & Pharma Majors. He actively engages with State Govts and Govt. of India on policies affecting the agro-processing industry and ease of doing business reforms.

Currently the COO of Network1 Media Pvt. Ltd. and has over two decades of experience as a journalist, manager and advisor to many national & global media corporations and has founded multiple successful businesses in the media, technology & education sectors. She has also been working extensively with FICCI advising the trade body in the Technology Commercialization Department and has been instrumental in multiple initiatives of the organization including The India Innovation Growth Program (a JV between Lockheed Martin & Ministry of Science & Tech), Millennium Alliance and DRDO-ATAC 877