Mr. M.K. Tara, a graduate in Chemical Engineering, has more than 35 years of experience at various levels and in different facets of project management and administration of large pulp and paper mills both in India and abroad. He was associated with Abhishek Industries Ltd., Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Limited, Panjapol Pulp and paper Co. Ltd., Thailand and Phoenix Pulp and Paper Public Co., Thailand, Sabah Forest Industries, Malaysia, Hindustan paper Corporation Ltd., Hindustan Newsprint Mill etc. His expertise includes (a) turning around the troubled mills (b) Erection and start up of new mills and (c) trouble shooting, stabilization and optimization of mills. He also possesses practical experience of all latest technology. He is a member of Committee of Director (Finance), Committee of Directors (Commercial & MDP) and Investors' Grievance Committee of the Company.

Ms. Sheetal Bangur
Director(Commercial)

Ms.Sheetal Bangur, a post graduate in Commerce and Business Administration, has been a Director since 2002. She has been appointed as Director (Commercial) on 1st April, 2005. She is also a Director of Samay Books Ltd., The Swadeshi Commercial Co. Ltd. and Mugneeram Ramcoowar Bangur Charitable & Religious Company besides Apurva Export Pvt. Ltd. and The Marwar Textiles (Agency) Pvt. Ltd. She is also a Member of Committee of Directors (Commercial & MDP), Committee of Directors (Finance) and Investors’ Grievance Committee.

Mr. Shreeyash Bangur
Director (Corporate)

Mr. Shreeyash Bangur did his MSc in Engineering Business Management from the Warwick Manufacturing Group, UK and worked for two years in Ernst & Young before joining APPM. His intensive education and work experience has seen him build skill sets that include an intensive exposure and understanding of business strategy planning and implementation. Over the years, he has also developed a strong understanding of business processes and excellent communication and people management skills.

Presently, as Director (Corporate), his prime areas of focus will be Marketing, Human Resource Development, Corporate Planning and Business Development related functions. In this role, he will be working closely with the top management team in establishing best practices, formulating growth strategies and managing organizational structure with an aim to deliver an enduring company wide advantage.

Mr. PK Suri
Director (Operations)
B.Tech (Chemical Engineering)


Mr. PK Suri started his career as an Executive Trainee in J.K.PaperMills, in Nov. 1978. His knowledge, attitude and contributions made him to serve in higher & higher capacities and became Dy.GM(Tech. Services) by 1990. Skills acquired made him GM (Mfg.) in 1996 in Star Paper Mills.

He has been associated with APPM since May, 1997 and had grown from General Manager to President (Operations) level.  He is responsible for all plant operations of both Unit: APPM and Unit:CP.

In his 28 years of experience, acquired significant managerial skills to manage the plant operations. Mr. Suri played a vital role in the recently implemented Mill Development Plan successfully.

He was elevated as Director (Operations) from 12 th May 2008.

Mr. C.S.Murty
Sr. Vice President (Projects)
I.M.E (Mechanical), AMIE

Mr. C.S.Murty joined APPM as Senior Vice President (Projects) on 19th February, 2007 stationed at Rajahmundry.

He worked in APPM from September, 1962 to December, 1975.  Subsequently, he worked in Sree Rayalaseema Paper Mills Ltd., Circar Paper Mills Ltd., Star Paper Mills Ltd. and Amlai Paper Mills from January, 1976 to April, 2001.  From May, 2001, he worked as Consultant for Rama Newsprint, Kasat Paper Mills and Delta Paper Mills.

He was working as Resident Manager for Enmas Andritz, Chennai before re-joining APPM.

Mr. C. Prabhakar
Sr. Vice President (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary
M.Com., LLB., FCS


Mr. Prabhakar is an experienced Company Secretary with significant stints in APIDC, Bharat Dynamics Ltd, UB Elastomers Ltd. Powmex Steels Ltd. etc before joining the APPM in August, 1996.  He has got over 25 years of post qualification experience.

He is instrumental in formulating corporate polices and conducting corporate affairs. He had  also successfully handled two rights issues in APPM. He played a very active role in drafting various documents required for availing financial assistance from international financial institutions in connection with part financing the Mill Development Plan.

As our Company Secretary he has been helping the organization institutionalize corporate governance and leverage the same for organizational development.

Mr. E. Sairam
Sr.Vice President (Finance) & CFO



Mr. E.Sairam joined APPM as Senior Vice President (Finance) & CFO on 2 nd May, 2008 at Corporate Office, Secunderabad.

He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a graduate in Law. He had more than 18 years of domain experience in Finance and Accounts and worked at various levels in reputed Companies based in India. He was associated with BILT, Shaw Wallace, Alembic and Strides Arcolabs. He possess rich experience in raising of funds both India and abroad and had proven capabilities in hedging of foreign exchange risk.

He was instrumental in drafting shareholders agreement and setting up a global treasury policy in his previous assignments. He was also associated as a core team member for implementation of ERP in his previous company.

Mr.Amit Mehta
Principal Executive to Chairman



Mr. Amit is a Member of Institute of Internal Auditors (USA), Association of Certified Treasury Managers (USA), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has undergone several significant programmes in the areas of Leadership, Marketing, Quality, Finance, Decision Modeling & Analysis from IIM, Bangalore, etc. He has at his age been invited by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to make presentations on finance related topics. He is also a member of the "Committee for Members in Industry" of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He was earlier associated with the distinguished house of Tata's in their international business arm Tata International. He has received the MD's awards for Exceptional Performance in the area of Foreign Exchange Risk Management & MDs award for Best Quality Improvement Project when he was handling the finance portfolio at Steel Global Business Unit. He was also nominated as the FIBRES Champion. Mr. Amit has been very actively involved in the Business Excellence journey of the Tata group. He is a certified External Assessor of TBEM, an adaptation of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, USA . He was also involved with the Tata Council for Community Initiatives & the TIL CSR team.

He joined the APPM in 2006 as the Principal Executive to the Chairman. He not only brings his experience and best practices of one of the most respected names in business but also the energy and enthusiasm of the young, to drive innovation, growth and excellence in the organization.