Ashish Bharat Ram

Chairman & Managing Director SRF Limited

Ashish Bharat Ram assumed the role of Managing Director of SRF Ltd. in January 2007 and was appointed Chairman and Managing Director on April 1, 2022. Under his leadership, SRF has evolved into a major global conglomerate with operations across five countries—India, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Hungary.

Today, the company’s diverse portfolio spans Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Performance Films & Foil, Technical Textiles, and Coated & Laminated Fabrics, commanding market leadership both in India and internationally. SRF currently has a market capitalization of over USD 9 billion.

Prior to joining the SRF Group, Ashish worked with the American Express Bank in India and the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan. Ashish led the successful divestment of SRF Finance to GE Capital in 1997.

Ashish has been studying the dynamics of family businesses for a while now and regularly speaks on the subject at Indian and global platforms. He has also authored articles on subjects related to India’s economic scenario and entrepreneurship in leading publications. Ashish has served as the Regional Chair for South Asia for the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and is an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

For his outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship and leadership, Ashish has received several prestigious accolades. He was honoured with the AIMA (All India Management Association) Managing India Award as the Emerging Business Leader of the Year in 2024. Business Today, India’s leading business magazine, recognized him as India’s Best CEO in the Emerging and Mid-Sized Companies categories in 2020 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, in 2020, the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance & Sustainability conferred upon him the Transformational Leader Award in the Mid-Cap Company category.

Ashish’s strategic vision and deep understanding of SRF have propelled the company to earn numerous accolades, including The Economic Times Family Business of the Year Award in the Large Companies category in 2019 and the inaugural Moneycontrol Indian Family Business Award in the Giga Category in 2021.

He holds a degree in Economics from Delhi University and earned an MBA from The Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.

Ashish is a single-digit handicap golfer and an avid follower of sports. He and his wife, Vasvi live in New Delhi with their two daughters.

Kartik Bharat Ram

Joint Managing Director, SRF Ltd.

Kartik Bharat Ram is the Joint Managing Director of SRF Ltd., a leading diversified chemicals conglomerate with a turnover of ₹14,358 crore (US$1.7 billion) in FY25. SRF’s portfolio spans Specialty Chemicals, Fluorochemicals, Performance Films & Foil, Technical Textiles, and Coated & Laminated Fabrics, serving global markets with innovation and sustainability at its core.

He also serves as Chairman of KAMA Holdings Limited, which owns a majority stake in SRF Ltd., and is a Director at Shri Educare Limited, a company dedicated to school education consultancy. Kartik is a Co-founder of the KARM Trust, an initiative committed to empowering women leaders through higher education, mentoring, community engagement, and life skills programs. The Trust focuses on creating pathways for women to thrive in leadership roles, fostering inclusivity and social impact.

A strong advocate for industry leadership, Kartik is a Fellow of the India Leadership Initiative at Aspen Institute India. He currently chairs the CII Northern Region Family Business Network Committee and is the immediate past President of the Indian Chemical Council (ICC), which represents the interests of India’s chemical and petrochemical sectors. His previous leadership roles include serving as President of the Indian Blind Sports Association and Chairing the CII Delhi State Council (2007–08).

Kartik holds a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University, California, and an MBA from Cornell University, New York. Beyond business, he is passionate about golf, chairs the Caddie Welfare Trust, and has won several pro-am tournaments.

Prashant Yadav

President and CEO, Fluorochemicals Business & Technical Textiles Business

Prashant Yadav is the President and CEO of the Fluorochemicals Business and the Technical Textiles Business. His tenure with SRF began in 1994. Since then, he has meticulously handled varied roles ranging from projects requiring technical services, manufacturing, and marketing across different businesses of the company.

Under Prashant's leadership and enriching experience of more than 25 years, the company's Fluorochemicals Business (FCB) has flourished to become one of the few, best-in-class, fully backward integrated producers in the world.

This has led to greater efficiencies, providing an edge to SRF in the marketplace. FCB encompasses the manufacture and sale of refrigerants, pharma propellants, and industrial chemicals. FCB has its manufacturing operations at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan and Dahej in Gujarat.

Prashant was named President & CEO of the Technical Textiles Business (TTB) with effect from November 1, 2021. In his role as the CEO of TTB, he oversees diversified areas like manufacturing, marketing & human resources across the various segments of TTB, including Tyre Cord Fabrics, Belting Fabrics and Polyester Industrial Yarn.

A chemical engineer from the University of Roorkee (currently known as IIT-R), Prashant also took it upon himself to complete his PGCBM from XLRI Jamshedpur while working with SRF. His zeal combined with perfect leadership qualities and domain knowledge is instrumental in making SRF's Fluorochemicals and Technical Textiles Businesses the credible market leaders that they are now.

Anurag Jain

President and CEO, Specialty Chemicals Business & Chemicals Technology

Anurag Jain is the President and CEO of the Specialty Chemicals Business and the Chemicals Technology Group (CTG), SRF Ltd. He joined SRF as a Management Trainee in 1994, after graduating from the University of Roorkee (now IIT-R) with a degree in Chemical Engineering. Since then, Anurag has taken on numerous responsibilities in the fields of Technical Services, R&D, New Product Development, Process Design, Operations, Strategy, and Business Development.

He has successfully leveraged a core technical background to make significant contributions in key projects like HFC-134a and various specialty chemical plants. Subsequently, as a move to get into the commercial side of the business, Anurag also did his EPBM from IIM-Calcutta.

Being the co-patent holder for the first patent granted to SRF, Anurag has been the driving force behind the turnaround of the Specialty Chemicals Business and for putting it on a strong growth trajectory. Today, this business is a key growth driver for the company nurturing strong relationships with many key global agrochemical and pharmaceutical players.

Under Anurag’s leadership, the capability of the CTG team has been increasing year after year. With a better understanding of market dynamics and priorities, some of the technologies that we are now working on are of an extremely complex nature and will ensure that we keep building on the distance between our competitors and us. Our portfolio of products at the development stage keeps growing and will ensure that the CTG team is always kept busy with new challenges.

Anurag believes that people are his biggest strength. He takes an active interest in their development enabling them to take up more responsibilities. Technology of all kinds fascinates Anurag. He is a great example of someone who finds joy in the small things in life.

Prashant Mehra

President & CEO, Performance Films & Foil Business, Coated & Laminated Fabrics

Having started his career in SRF as an Executive Trainee in 1996, Prashant Mehra held various leadership positions across businesses before he became the President & CEO of the Performance Films & Foil Business in 2013. His journey in SRF had started in the Planning & PPC division of the Fluorochemicals business. He also served as Executive Assistant to MD and Chairman in the past. His experience in these roles lay the foundation on which he grew and understood the finer nuances of business operations, financial management, and market development.

As the Head of the Performance Films & Foil Business, Prashant is credited with building up exports that eventually transformed the company from a non-exporter to the largest exporter of PET Films from India. Putting his market insight to work, he currently spearheads a programme that aims at strengthening the company’s reputation of ‘Easy To Do Business With’ among all its customers. His uncompromising belief in customer satisfaction helped him establish SRF as a preferred supplier to the converting industry internationally.

A Chemical Engineer from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, Prashant is currently focussed on expanding the global footprint of the Performance Films & Foil Business both in terms of operations as well as market.

His pilotage also ascertains that the Coated and Laminated Fabrics Businesses have a wider market penetration as the company continues to introduce new products and maintain domestic leadership in these businesses.

Geeta Jadhav

President & CHRO

Geeta Jadhav is the President & Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at SRF Limited. With over 25 years of experience, she has held key roles at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Tata Power, and Kirloskar Brothers Limited. She has also been a faculty member at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management. An Indian Army veteran, Geeta brings strong leadership, discipline, and integrity to our organisation. She holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, MBA in Human Resource and Marketing Management, and LLB degree.

Recently, she completed an Advanced Management Programme from IIM, Ahmedabad, showing her passion for continuous learning.

As CHRO, Geeta shapes our people strategy, drives talent development, and fosters a culture of engagement and inclusivity. Her expertise in HR transformation and building high-performing teams is invaluable in achieving our business objectives and creating a world-class work environment.

Sanjay Rao

President & CIO

Sanjay Rao leads the IT organisation in SRF as the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO). He took over this role in 2006 and has since been on a path of IT transformation to support the emerging organisation needs. The journey started with the consolidation of IT Teams into Centres of Excellence followed by datacentre, infrastructure consolidation, and virtualisation. This formed the basis for Core Applications consolidation globally.

Furthermore, the common applications and data stores laid the foundation for value-added applications like Dashboards that help the organisation make key decisions.

The integration of machine data with IT systems is now helping SRF gain substantial shop floor efficiencies. Information Technology is now an essential driver of productivity, lower costs and customer delight at SRF.

Sanjay Rao completed his schooling from Apeejay School, New Delhi and earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT-BHU. He began his career at Shriram Fertilizers and Chemicals, Kota as an Engineer Trainee and then joined SRF Limited as a Product Manager in the year 1995. Over the years, he has held various business functions including Purchasing, Projects, Plant Operations, Marketing, Sales, and even ran an E-commerce business much before its boom. With the right exposure to business and technology, he is able to make the right IT-related investment decisions that result in clear business benefits.

Sanjay Rao also heads the Shared Services Centre (SSC) for SRF, which currently provides financial services to the Indian businesses. Using technology, SSC is able to improve the efficiencies of the financial processes leading to productivity gains.

He has been named the Top 100 CIOs of India by IDG in 2016 and awarded the Top 100 Innovative CIOs of India recognition by the Thought Leaders/CMO Group.