Mr. Praveen Gupta A game changing leader in the field of life sciences Mr. Praveen Gupta has been in the Life sciences & MDx domain for over 26 years now. Have successfully devised and implemented winning business strategy and teams that helped establishing some of the well-known Life sciences brands in India. Mr Praveen Gupta is MD and CEO of Premas Life Sciences. Premas Life sciences endeavors to bring to researchers and innovation-focused organisations cutting edge tools for applications across human health, agriculture, pharma, environment, forensics, energy and much more. With the advent of the era of genomics & proteomics, leveraging the latest technology to gain an edge in mining and interpreting information has become imperative. With its ensemble range of products, we facilitate to answer the vital questions of people’s research using some of the smartest tools from across the world. The most essential ingredient behind the company’s long standing success is values and belief system which they have managed to keep intact throughout our growing years. Their mantra has always been a customer-centric approach and it has paid off well when they witnessed customers advocating them as to others in the market. Another very important key to success is that they always had the eye for identifying new breakthrough technologies early in the game and creating a need instead of simply serving the need.
Mr. Binesh Balan A leader with evolutionary vision Mr. Binesh Balan is the leading light behind the long standing growth of the Oakcapita Advisory LLP. Under his evolutionary vision the firm is taking steps forward in the landscape of the investment banking industry. With a vast experience of over a decade working in the Investment Banking industry; he brings in exemplary expertise across diversified areas including M&A, private equity & venture capital deals, and project finance. He possesses specializations in equity and debt syndication fund raising assignments, market entry strategies, JV’s, strategic tie-ups, and management consultancy specialized in GCC, Asian, and European markets. He is closely associated with leading Family Offices, Business groups, HNIs, Venture Capital Funds and Private Equity Funds in the Middle East, Europe, the US, and Asia. He executes business operations between the countries of GCC, Europe and India with the help of massive global market knowledge. Under his leadership, the firm has risen from being a little known start-up to a name to be reckoned with in the M&A advisory industry. The firm has been recognised as- “Best Boutique M&A Advisory Firm in India – 2019”, “Outstanding Debt and Equity Firm of the Year 2019”, “10 Highly Trusted M&A Advisory Firms”. Holding strategic global partnership with a numerous advisory Firms, the Firm is delivering its clients an easy access to massive foreign capital markets. With an exclusive network of international investors, Oakcapita is helping its clients to achieve their strategic intent of growth, expansion, cash flow generation, and profit maximization. 25