(Late) Mr. Sain Ditta Baveja, was Chairman, Managing Director and the Promoter of company till his sad demise. He held a degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Mathematics from Punjab University and Special Post Graduate level course from Imperial College of Science & Technology, London University. Further, he had also completed two years’ basic survey engineering course and one-year advance course in Geodesy from Survey Training Institute, Hyderabad. He was appointed to the Board on December 28, 1995 and further designated as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company on December 26, 2017 for a period of 5 years not liable to retire by rotation. He was actively engaged in managing the company since his appointment as Director. He had experience over 60 years in the field surveys, digital mapping, G.I.S- related applications, teaching and geophysical mapping. He had undertaken various projects for United Nations internationally and had completed them in a record time. Apart from his vast experience which he had gained over the years, he was also a life member of various institutions like Institute of Surveyors, Indian National Cartographic Association, Computer Society of India and member of an Integrated Map production group of ISPRS. His core area of experience had been the field of Geodesy, Survey & mapping projects, digital cartography, analytical photogrammetry, R.S., G.I.S. and LiDAR which is the prime area of work of the Company. His experience helped the Company to grow extensively over the period of time and establish its name as one of the pioneers in India and abroad.

Mr. Praveen Kumar Baveja aged 59 years, is the Whole Time Director of our Company. He holds a degree of Masters of Technology from IIT, Kharagpur. He was originally appointed to the Board on September 30, 2014 and further designated as the Whole Time Director of the Company on December 26, 2017 for a period of 5 years liable to retire by rotation. He has a profound experience of more than 35 years. He started his career from Indian Army-largely related to Radio Mobile Communication in the year 1982 as Commissioned Officer and thereafter joined the Military College of Telecom, Engineering, Corps of Signals, Indian Army in 1992 as an Assistant Professor. He also worked with multinational companies like TVS Interconnect, ZTE Corporation and ITIL as a Business Head of Area. His last job was in ZTE Corporation as Infra Vertical Director sales from 2011-2012. Thereafter, he joined Ridings and has been involved in the business activities to set up business operations and many more things related to business activities. He looks after the Indian Operations, Foreign Operations, HR & Admin as well as Business Development. He plays a vital role in formulating business strategies and effective implementation of the same. He is responsible for the expansion and overall management of the business of our Company. His leadership abilities have been instrumental in leading to the core team of our Company and Ridings as a brand is well known in the country and the Middle East.

Mr. Sumit Dhadda is a Chartered Accountant registered with ICAI and has an experience of over 16 years. In Addition to this, he has successfully completed various professional diplomas notably in Information System Audit (ICAI), Insurance & Risk Management (ICAI) & Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (USA). He’s also a certified Insolvency Professional from Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India. Over the course of his professional career he has carried out audit functions of various multinationals and has worked with organizations such as PWC (India), KPMG (Bahrain) and was head of Compliance & MRLO in SICO, one of the premier Investment Banks of GCC region. For Ridings, Mr Dhadda will be heading the Audit Committee providing the financial hawk eye and further strengthening the organization in this department.

Mrs. Bharti Sinha aged 59 years is Non-Executive Independent Director of our Company. She was originally appointed to the Board on November 14, 2017 and further redesignated as the Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company on December 26, 2017. She holds a degree in Masters of Arts. She is having experience of more than 36 years in the industry. She started her career with DCM data products, New Delhi in the year 1981 as Finance industry specialist and thereafter joined India Telecom (A Damia-British Telecom JV) Mumbai in the year 1988 as Head of South and West Region. She has vast experience in her field and even worked as Director for Indian Geospatial Industries.

Mr. Sudhir Kumar Baveja age 56, is the Chief Financial Officer and one of the Promoter of our company. He holds a degree in commerce from Punjab University and is a Member of Indian Institute of Cost and works accountants of India. He has a rich experience of 29 years which is largely related in fields of Accounts, Credit Control, Logistics and Material Management. He started his career in 90’s as a regional accounts supervisor for Indian Shaving Products ltd. He has successfully managed key regional positions in leading brands like Samsung India Electronics Ltd., Cadbury India Ltd. and Eectrolux India limited. At Ridings he has been responsible for managing our Bahrain Operations including finance, admin and payroll. He now assumes a role of C.F.O. in the company with additional responsibility of business development.