Ramesh Somai

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About Ramesh Somai

Ramesh is a Gold Medalist Mechanical Engineer from Birla Engineering College after which he pursued his Masters in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of California, Berkeley, USA. He has attended Top Management Programs at Harvard Business School, USA and ATOS, Japan. He has worked with Premier Auto Electric Ltd. as Managing Director. He began his career as an Industrial engineer with Unilever,He has in the recent past worked as the President and CEO at Cable Corporation of India Ltd, as Chief Operating Officer (Vehicles) with Bajaj Tempo Ltd. After retirement he has been active as Chief Consultant with an international executive search company, a US software company.He has worked in Standard Batteries where he was responsible for turn around and bringing Japanese technology.He was also with Rallis India -engineering division involved in turning around of division He started his own venture HRConnectOne Consultants for senior level executive search in 2008. Ramesh has been actively associated with number of Industry and trade associations like Confederation of Indian Industries, Automotive Component Manufacturers Association, All India Management Association, Bombay Management Association etc. He is the Past President of Rotary Club of Bombay East. He is married and his wife is a practicing doctor who has retired as a Deputy Dean from a large Public Hospital in Mumbai. He has two daughters, one is an Engineer and another Doctor. Both are married and settled in USA. Specialties: Mid and Senior Level Executive Search and Recruitment Turning around sick units, Quality and productivity improvements. Advise on Strategy/Competitiveness and Goal Setting Website: