India is aiming to achieve energy security and to reduce its carbon emissions by adopting sustainable policies by promoting the harness of Solar Energy which is the primary source of energy for all life forms on the planet. Samta Energy (formerly knows as ‘Louroux Bio Energies Private Limited) was formed to participate in India’s mission to achieve its target of energy sustainability in a clean and green way.
Samta Energy believes in tapping the abundant and freely available solar energy and supplying it to the power deficit areas, improving the living standards thus serving the overall growth of the country.
The company has commissioned a 25-MW plant in Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. It is one of the most efficient solar power plants in the country with a 99.9% uptime record. The future for solar power is indeed bright.
From design to installation and maintenance, our facilities run entirely on renewable solar energy, making us a truly self-sufficient entity. This not only reduces our carbon footprint but also demonstrates the feasibility of a fully green, circular energy system.
By harnessing the power of the sun, we are able to deliver clean, renewable energy that not only helps our clients reduce their reliance on fossil fuels but also contributes to a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations.
At Samta Energy, we envision a world where energy is abundant, green, and reliable – a world powered by the Sun.
Join us in embracing the power of Solar Energy. Together, we can build a sustainable future and create lasting change for the environment and generations to come. Welcome to Samta Energy – where innovation meets sustainability, and energy independence is just the beginning.
Plant Head
Sunil brings to the table over 18 Years of experience in the field of Infrastructure development including Roads, Major & Minor Bridges, Commercial and Residential Buildings, Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Solar Power Infrastructure Development, Topographical Survey, Geotechnical Investigation, and so on. He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Quantity Surveying & Valuation, from the prestigious Annamalai University, Chennai.
Sunil holds a life membership as an Approved Valuer from the Institution of Valuers (AMV). And is an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (AME). His capabilities include: Project Planning, Execution, Engineering, Monitoring, Controlling, Billing and Operation and maintenance of projects.
Socially conscious, he has been an important part of the Tree Planting project at the Solar Plant.
Head Finance
Aniket brings with him over 16 years’ of experience with the last 5+ year in strategic roles. His journey has seen him associate with leading brands such as ICICI Bank, Tata Communications, Shapoorji Pallonji before joining the Samta group.
He has applied his strong analytical skills and strategic ability in handling Financial Strategy & Planning, Fund Raising, Corporate Treasuries and managing relationships with financial and strategic partners. His strength includes setting up and mentoring teams as well as turning around functions and systems, while scaling them up into sustainable and profitable business models.
He is an MBA from Punjab University and a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Company Secretary
Varsha has over seven years of experience in handling matters related to Corporate Secretarial Compliance, Due Diligence, Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
She pursued her Bachelor of Commerce from Mangalore University. She is an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India since 2016. Prior to joining Samta Group she has worked in Law Firms, Practising Company Secretary Firms and Start-up organisation.
With strong personal attributes and excellent communication, interpersonal abilities and an eye for detail, Varsha is committed to deliver and streamline necessary compliances as applicable to the company.
CHRO
A gold medalist in Human Resource Management from IILM, Delhi, Swaroopa, is a seasoned HR Professional with more than two decades of experience. She has gained a wealth of expertise in HR Greenfield Projects, Process Transformation, Automation & Optimisation through technology, and is into creating sustainable solutions for human capital.
Due to her innate forward-thinking & outcome-based HR perspectives, Swaroopa is a leader par excellence with the vision to steer HR functions at Samta towards the organization’s mission along with a sense of strong ethics and thus construct employees into cultural ambassadors.
Prior to joining Samta Group, She has supported organizations/conglomerates like Matix Fertiliser & Chemical, Yamaha Auto, and LG Electronics. During this journey, she has been accredited as Psychometric Tests Analyst for Thomas Assessment.
Director
A visionary, entrepreneur, philanthropist and above all, a social reformer, his entrepreneurial endeavor, Ajanta Pharma, has today become a highly successful pharmaceutical empire, operating over 30+ countries including the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. The company has a market capitalization of about US$2.0 billion and a footprint that spans the globe.
His simplicity and ethical business approach, coupled with genuine societal concern, particularly for the underprivileged, has led him to start his philanthropic venture, Samta Foundation, which reaches out to over a million under-privileged every year.
GM – Finance
Aniket brings with him over 16 years’ of experience with the last 5+ year in strategic roles. His journey has seen him associate with leading brands such as ICICI Bank, Tata Communications, Shapoorji Pallonji before joining the Samta group.
He has applied his strong analytical skills and strategic ability in handling Financial Strategy & Planning, Fund Raising, Corporate Treasuries and managing relationships with financial and strategic partners. His strength includes setting up and mentoring teams as well as turning around functions and systems, while scaling them up into sustainable and profitable business models.
He is an MBA from Punjab University and a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
A visionary, entrepreneur, philanthropist and above all, a social reformer, his entrepreneurial endeavor, Ajanta Pharma, has today become a highly successful pharmaceutical empire, operating over 30+ countries including the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. The company has a market capitalization of about US$2.0 billion and a footprint that spans the globe.
His simplicity and ethical business approach, coupled with genuine societal concern, particularly for the underprivileged, has led him to start his philanthropic venture, Samta Foundation, which reaches out to over a million under-privileged every year.
Ravi graduated with Masters in International Management degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and returned to India after an internship with the global marketing team of Sanofi, New Jersey, USA. He joined Ajanta Pharma, where he oversaw Marketing and Joint Venture Operations in the CIS region and later headed the international business development division. During his tenure, the company saw its brands move up to top 10 categories and expansion to 8 countries in the CIS region.
Ravi has over 2 decades experience in Life Sciences, Infrastructure Industries and Sustainable Energy. He is passionate about promoting and mentoring new businesses across several verticals such as Energy, Mining, Biotech and Information Technology which includes companies like Gencrest and Infinichains, both start-up technology disruptors.
Anant is a Doctor of Philosophy in BioPhysics from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. Anant leads the technology development at Proto9 materials. As an innovator, he has created several impactful product lines using nanotechnology and advanced materials. He has a decade’s worth in research and entrepreneurship. During his doctorate at IIT Madras, he founded his first venture and developed one of India’s largest facilities for the commercial production of nanofiber.
His work has received several global recognitions, the most recent being TiE’s Anti-Covid Innovation Award (2020); the LiF Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2018); Top 10 Innovators at the IIGP Award (2017); Sir J. C. Bose Best Patent Award at IIT Madras. In 2017, he represented India at the highly selective gathering of global youth leaders at the SHIP for World Youth Leaders (2017). He has filed 5 patents, 2 industrial designs, and several trademarks.
General Manager – Corporate
Dr. Ravindran is a Pharma professional with more than four decades of industry and academic experience in India and abroad.
His expertise lies in sales, marketing, and business development. He has worked in various capacities in diverse industries across different geographies.
He was the chief architect of three new business start-ups for the Samta Group viz. Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Mines & Minerals.
Dr. Ravindran holds a Doctorate degree in Management in pharmaceutical research & development, one of the rare research topics in the world, which was later awarded as the best research thesis by the University.
Senior Scientific Advisor
Dr. J.C. Tarafdar is a renowned soil biologist known for his work on mobilization of phosphorus nutrient. He was the first person to create biosynthesized nanonutrients for use in agriculture. He has held positions as Principal Scientist at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur; ICAR Emeritus Scientist; and former UGC-Emeritus Professor. A prolific author of 377 research articles, 5 books and 41 book chapters, he has developed 4 patents and identified 73 new organisms.
In addition to his many other honors and awards, Dr. Tarafdar has won the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship twice—once in 1989 and again in 1998—and been awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) professorships three times: once in 1990, once in 1998, and once again in 2009.
Dr. Ramendra is a metallurgist with significant experience in foundry processes, engineering design, physical metallurgy, nano-material synthesis and characterization. During his doctorate at VNIT-Nagpur, Dr. Gupta has led several industrial and inter-institutional studies on material failure and development. Additionally, he served as a valued mentor to several post-graduate and undergraduate trainees.
Dr. Ramendra’s work is well recognized through his high-impact, peer-reviewed publications, a book chapter and the esteemed awards from IIM-ATM (Indian Institute of Metals-Annual Technical Meeting) in 2017 and 2018.
Dr Aleena is a bio-material scientist with deep understanding of nanomaterial synthesis, surface engineering, and molecular delivery mechanisms. As part of her doctorate programme, Aleena used nano-surface engineering techniques to create several prototype designs for coronary stents at ACNSMM, Kochi. She is a recipient of prestigious national fellowships from ICMR and DBT.
Her work in nanotechnology research is well received by the research community as evident through her high-impact publications, several conference presentations and awards for at esteemed International scientific gatherings (BioMET 2018 and Nanobiotech 2019).
Dr.Rohit Naik is an accomplished textile technologist with significant experience in manufacturing of fibers, yarns, and fabrics. He has used advanced materials in combination with diverse natural and man-made fibers to create high performance apparel and technical textiles. Dr.Rohit has worked with leading textile industries like Garware Technical fibers and Sumati fabrics. In addition, he served as a faculty for UG & PG programmes at reputed textile institutions like VJTI and Sasmira of Mumbai University.
Dr. Rohit’s work is well received through his peer reviewed high impact publications journal articles and a book chapter. His work received the best contribution at the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology in 2019 at Tokyo, Japan.
Aniket brings with him over 16 years’ of experience with the last 5+ year in strategic roles. His journey has seen him associate with leading brands such as ICICI Bank, Tata Communications, Shapoorji Pallonji before joining the Samta group.
He has applied his strong analytical skills and strategic ability in handling Financial Strategy & Planning, Fund Raising, Corporate Treasuries and managing relationships with financial and strategic partners. His strength includes setting up and mentoring teams as well as turning around functions and systems, while scaling them up into sustainable and profitable business models.
He is an MBA from Punjab University and a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Research Scientist
Dr.Rohit Naik is an accomplished textile technologist with significant experience in manufacturing of fibers, yarns, and fabrics. He has used advanced materials in combination with diverse natural and man-made fibers to create high performance apparel and technical textiles. Dr.Rohit has worked with leading textile industries like Garware Technical fibers and Sumati fabrics. In addition, he served as a faculty for UG & PG programmes at reputed textile institutions like VJTI and Sasmira of Mumbai University.
Dr. Rohit’s work is well received through his peer reviewed high impact publications journal articles and a book chapter. His work received the best contribution at the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology in 2019 at Tokyo, Japan.
Research Scientist
Dr Aleena is a bio-material scientist with deep understanding of nanomaterial synthesis, surface engineering, and molecular delivery mechanisms. As part of her doctorate programme, Aleena used nano-surface engineering techniques to create several prototype designs for coronary stents at ACNSMM, Kochi. She is a recipient of prestigious national fellowships from ICMR and DBT.
Her work in nanotechnology research is well received by the research community as evident through her high-impact publications, several conference presentations and awards for at esteemed International scientific gatherings (BioMET 2018 and Nanobiotech 2019).
Director
Ravi graduated with Masters in International Management degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and returned to India after an internship with the global marketing team of Sanofi, New Jersey, USA. He joined Ajanta Pharma, where he oversaw Marketing and Joint Venture Operations in the CIS region and later headed the international business development division. During his tenure, the company saw its brands move up to top 10 categories and expansion to 8 countries in the CIS region.
Ravi has over 2 decades experience in Life Sciences, Infrastructure Industries and Sustainable Energy. He is passionate about promoting and mentoring new businesses across several verticals such as Energy, Mining, Biotech and Information Technology which includes companies like Gencrest and Infinichains, both start-up technology disruptors.
