Mujahid has been with Mistral since its inception in 1997. He has played a crucial role in transforming Mistral from a board-level solution provider to an end-to-end system solution provider. Mujahid started his career at Mistral as the Sales Head of Bangalore region, moving on to be the Country Manager (Defence Business). He last served as the Senior Vice President of Mistral’s Defense Business Unit before taking charge as the CEO.

His market knowledge and business experience has been instrumental in successfully driving innovation and growth. Mujahid holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Bangalore, India.

Rajeev Ramachandra is the Chief Technology Officer for AXISCADES Group of companies. In this role, Rajeev is responsible for establishing the technology vision for various business divisions including Aerospace & Defense, Embedded Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Energy, Automotive, and Digitization. He provides overall technology direction and oversees engineering processes and capabilities across the organization. His key thrust is on technology trends like AI, digitization and automation to enhance operational efficiency for customer success.

Rajeev, along with Anees Ahmed, co-founded Mistral in 1997. With over 35 years of experience in embedded hardware and software technologies, his technical acumen has been crucial in establishing Mistral as one of the most esteemed embedded companies in the industry today. He also set up and nurtured Mistral’s R&D division, leading his team to make significant contributions to the Aerospace & Defence, Product Engineering, and Homeland Security sectors.

During this time, Rajeev and his team have successfully delivered over 100 commercially deployed embedded systems and sub-systems for a wide range of applications, including Radar, Sonar, Telemetry, Electronic Warfare (EW), Naval, Airborne, Lifestyle, Automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), Healthcare, and Industrial Automation among others.

Rajeev holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering from Bangalore University. His professional journey began at Wipro R&D, followed by a role as Technical Director at Cranes Software before founding Mistral.

Anoop Agarwal is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 19 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis, Compliance, Audits, Treasury, Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Due diligence. Anoop plays multiple roles at Mistral apart from handling the Finance and Accounts division. He is in-charge of the compliances department and also oversees the Supply Chain Management and Administration functions.

Prior to joining Mistral in 2010, Anoop has worked with organizations like Dell International Services Limited, Sasken Communication Technologies, Acer India Pvt. Ltd and the Aditya Birla Group.

Ramanan heads the Defence Delivery team at Mistral and is responsible for System Engineering solutions. With an expansive Embedded Systems career spanning over two decades, Ramanan brings with him expertise in Defence embedded applications and design architecture. He manages a team of expert engineers who are dedicated to architecting systems for Defence embedded applications, integration and technical support. He ensures Mistral remains in the forefront of bringing technological advances to the Indian Defence Industry by being updated on latest technological advancements.

Ramanan started his career at Smart Transducers as an Embedded Applications Engineer and later worked at Dynalog Marketing Services, Cranes Software and Epsilon Control and Automation. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electronics and Communication from Bangalore University.

With over 26 years of experience in the field of Electronics Hardware Design and Product Development, Selva has been instrumental in shaping Mistral’s world-class offerings in the areas of Product Engineering Services (PES). Selva has extensive experience in VLSI designs (Chip designs), High-speed Layout Design & Analysis and IP creation. He has worked extensively on various Defence and Aerospace projects like Radar Data acquisition and processing. Selvaraj started his career as a Field Application Engineer with Digipro Systems Pvt. Ltd. Selva has been with Mistral since its inception in 1997, prior to which he worked as Senior Design Engineer with Cranes Info Tech where he was actively involved in the design & development of DSP based products.

As Vice President –PES , Selva specializes in Business planning, Team strategy, Group management , Design architecture, Delivery and Customer satisfaction at Mistral. Selva’s technical expertise plays a decisive role in guiding teams to build path-breaking products and development tools on leading platforms including, in-flight entertainment systems, e-book readers, Industrial Cameras, head-mounted devices , bar-code scanners among others. He has worked extensively on various Defense and Aerospace projects like Radar Data acquisition and processing.

Mujahid Alam is a Executive Director on the Mistral Board and is the CEO of Mistral Solutions.

Having been with Mistral since its inception in 1997, Mujahid has been instrumental in building a technically knowledgeable and extensive sales force that addresses the challenging requirements of some of the leading Defense Labs in India. Mujahid’s technology-driven sales and marketing experience have played a decisive role in harnessing Mistral’s technical expertise, towards delivering products and projects to meet customer expectations, thereby.

Mujahid holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Bangalore, India.

Rajeev Ramachandra is the Chief Technology Officer for AXISCADES Group of companies. In this role, Rajeev is responsible for establishing the technology vision for various business divisions including Aerospace & Defense, Embedded Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Energy, Automotive, and Digitization. He provides overall technology direction and oversees engineering processes and capabilities across the organization. His key thrust is on technology trends like AI, digitization and automation to enhance operational efficiency for customer success.

Rajeev, along with Anees Ahmed, co-founded Mistral in 1997. With over 35 years of experience in embedded hardware and software technologies, his technical acumen has been crucial in establishing Mistral as one of the most esteemed embedded companies in the industry today. He also set up and nurtured Mistral’s R&D division, leading his team to make significant contributions to the Aerospace & Defence, Product Engineering, and Homeland Security sectors.

During this time, Rajeev and his team have successfully delivered over 100 commercially deployed embedded systems and sub-systems for a wide range of applications, including Radar, Sonar, Telemetry, Electronic Warfare (EW), Naval, Airborne, Lifestyle, Automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), Healthcare, and Industrial Automation among others.

Rajeev holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering from Bangalore University. His professional journey began at Wipro R&D, followed by a role as Technical Director at Cranes Software before founding Mistral.

With close to three decades of experience, Arun Krishnamurthi has been a transformational executive business leader with experience across multiple industry verticals and service areas. As a business leader he has extensive experience in managing large P&L’s, major transformation projects and M&As. He is a strong sales leader with a proven track record in winning large outsourcing deals.

Consistently throughout his illustrious career Mr. Krishnamurthi has demonstrated astute leadership skills and business acumen. As a part of several steering committee for key business transformation programmes, he has been focused on improving market positioning, wallet share, customer traction, optimization, cost-reduction and turnaround. Mr. Krishnamurthi joins AXISCADES from Tata Technologies, London, where he was the president for the Europe region. Prior to this, he served at Wipro, London as a Sr. Vice President and Global Head Utilities.

Mr. Krishnamurthi holds a Masters in Computer Applications from Pune University, in addition to BSc (HONS) in Mathematics from Delhi University.

Shashidhar is a thorough business leader with close to three decades of experience and expertise in Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, encompassing the entire gamut of financial reporting process, internal controls, strategy, commercial, fund raising, IPOs, treasury, forex, international contracts, governance, risk and compliance, ERP, direct and indirect taxes, legal and business operations.

He is currently the global Chief Financial Officer at AXISCADES Technologies Limited. He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at StoveKraft Ltd, where he played a pivotal role in turnaround of the Company and successfully concluded its IPO.

His previous assignment was with WaterHealth Inc as Vice President & Global CFO. Prior to this he served as the CFO & Company Secretary with Tata Advanced Materials Ltd., for more than 8 years. His earlier stints were with the Inlaks Group, Carrier Refrigeration and a subsidiary of Glaxo SmithKline.

Shashidhar graduated in Commerce from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA CIMA, UK, AICPA, USA), Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (FCMA, CIMA UK), Fellow Cost & Management Accountant (FCMA, ICAI), Fellow of Company Secretaries (FCS, ICSI) and is trained in Enterprise Risk Management by Singapore Management University

Sharadhi is an Aeronautical Engineer, a Software Professional and an Entrepreneur with over 25 years of industry experience.

Sharadhi Babu is on Board of Directors of Mistral and is the Chief Executive Officer at AXISCADES Engineering Technologies Limited. Sharadhi has served as an Aeronautical Engineering Officer in the Indian Air Force handling technology and operations of Radar, Communication, Data Handling and associated systems. His work experience in the field of Software Engineering spans across several cutting edge technologies, Product Development, Systems and Application Development, Designing, Architecting, Building and Delivering several innovative products and many huge, complex Software Systems of Networking, Wireless and Wire-line Communications and blend of Open and Embedded Systems domain expertise.

Sharadhi co-founded M/s Adamya Technocrats and worked as its Chief Operating Officer.

Tanmoy Chakrabarty is an Independent Director on the board of Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. He has a career spanning 42 years with reputed companies like Eureka Forbes, Electronic Data Systems Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Tata Sons Private Ltd.

Since 2022, he has established his own venture, “Chakrabarty Consulting Services Private Limited” (CCSPL) and draws upon his extensive work experience and networks developed over four decades to collaborate with small, medium, and international companies, assisting them in effectively engaging with both Indian and global governments.