Mr. Sanjit Prasad is Chief Business Officer with MCX – SX (MCX Stock Exchange).

Mr. Sanjit is responsible for designing marketing and business strategies for the exchange. Mr. Sanjit is also primarily looking for generating business by educating the members and other constituents of the ecosystem about trading and hedging strategies on the exchange. He acts as an interlude between the members and the exchange and gave vital inputs in designing of the contracts. He had been associated with MCX group since its inception and has played various developmental role for MCX also.

Prior to joining MCX group, Mr. Prasad spent more than 10 years in the capital market. He had a long stint with SBI Funds Management, Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd., and Lloyds Finance. 

Mr. Prasad is a graduate from the Institute  of Rural Management , Anand.

Mr. U. VENKATARAMAN, MCX Stock Exchange

Mr. Venkataraman is an expert in the foreign exchange and money markets, with more than 22 years of experience. Prior to joining MCX Stock Exchange, he was the head of treasury at IDBI Bank in Mumbai, where he was in charge of the entire treasury operations of the Bank and was responsible for its foreign exchange exposure as well as liquidity, among others.

Part of his brief at IDBI Bank was to generate revenue through foreign exchange trading, hedging the Bank's core banking book with interest derivatives and strategising the foreign exchange money market and derivative trading desks. He has generated revenue for the Bank through bond trading and secured interbank term placements and bulk deposits. He has also managed the Bank's fixed income portfolio, including maintenance of the statutory reserves. He has represented IDBI Bank in the Managing Committee of the Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India (FEDAI).

Prior to IDBI Bank, Mr. Venkataraman was the chief dealer at Syndicate Bank's international division in Mumbai. He was deputed to Syndicate Bank's London branch for audit of treasury operations.

A university rank-holder in business administration and a certified associate of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, Mr. Venkataraman brings to MCX-SX his deep knowledge and hands-on experience of the foreign exchange market and management of risk therein.

Mr. Venkataraman has attended several training programmes on professional subjects such as foreign exchange bourse, market risks and derivatives, international payments and trade finance among others. He has also conducted seminars and is a visiting faculty at a number of institutions such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). He has also delivered guest lectures at Delhi School of Economics, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, and S.P. Jain Institute of Management, Mumbai.

Mr. Amyn Mecklai joined Mecklai & Mecklai Associates in 1989 as a junior Forex Dealer. From 1995-1997, he managed the family business venture in Sri Lanka which specialised in forex, call money and bond markets. His key responsibilities included setting up the right team, whilst building and developing relationships across all Sri Lankan banks. Today, he is an established spot dealer. He is an active member of the Forex Association of India for the last 3 years. He is also an active committee member of the Bombay Exchange Brokers' Association as well as the Indo Sri Lankan Society. He is a speaker at the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, for inter-bank markets. He is also a speaker at the Trinity Academy in Mumbai, regarding forex dealings through the broker network. He holds a Diploma in Business Management from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

Mr. Shrikar Dole, an Air Force Fighter pilot, did his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) majoring in International Marketing, with further specialisation in International Trade from CBI Netherlands. From 1983 to 1997, he has worked in various capacities with the private sector in International Marketing. He has been involved in establishing the Division for International business for Import and Export as Manager and as advisor to the companies in Textiles, Chemicals and Engineering for successful International business from India.

Working with Trade promotion organisations, he has been closely associated in various capacities with policy formulations for India's efforts in International Business. He conceptualised a unique Trade promotion platform to showcase the Indian engineering capabilities in North and South America. He also was the COO of the first such facility in Chicago (USA) for three years. During this period, he was involved in a number of successful joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

In USA, he has been speaker on various forums, promoting India including Asia Society; New York. He has also been involved in planning and executing various International trade events; Bilateral Trade-Delegations and Market Research.

Ability to see the big picture, understanding the current and future climate of the industry, understanding of competition that exists outside the normal bounds of one's industry are some of his core competencies.

Presently, he is Joint Deputy Director General with Federation of Indian Exports Organisations, a body set up by Ministry of Commerce & Industry, as head of Western Region.

Mr. Dilip Raghuvanshi is currently associated with Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd., Mumbai as Forex Advisor. Prior to this, he was a Forex Dealer for Orient Exchange company, Dubai; ANZ Grindlays Bank, Dubai and the First National Bank of Chicago, Dubai. He was also working in the capacity of Teller for The First National Bank of Chicago, Dubai. Prior to that, he was the Chief Cashier for The Bank of Oman Ltd., Dubai (Mashreq Bank).

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Mumbai as well as a Diploma in Foreign Exchange and Derivatives from ACI London.

Mr. Hiral Jain is currently associated with Asit C.Mehta Investments Intermediates Ltd., Mumbai as Forex Dealer. Among his several projects and initiatives are his summer project on "FOREX Derivatives and its Implication on companies; valuation using FCFF, FCFE, EVA & APV model; Analysis of Union Budget 2008-2009 on various sectors and its implications thereon as well as Option Pricing through Binomial Trees, Dynamic delta Hedging, Trading Strategies with Greeks.
She holds Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and a Bachelors Degree in Commerce.