company has been declared the 4th largest liquor company in the country with production at over 18 locations all across India and an annual turnover of Rs. 600 crores. His flagship brand, Original Choice dominates popularity charts as a preferred choice in whisky, brandy and rum.

As Chairman of Kumarakom Lake Resort, Kerala, India, he is renowned for the success of his venture into the hospitality industry 6 years ago with Kumarakom Lake Resort, acclaimed for its finesse and recently declared the winner of the World Travel Awards 2006 - ’07 as India’s Leading Resort. Built in 1998, on the banks of the scenic Vembanad lake at Kumarakom, Kumarakom Lake Resort, a member of The Small Luxury Hotels of the World, is the culmination of a dream to offer the ultimate in luxury and service and has been featured for its exclusivity by various leading publications the world over including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

His second hotel, an all suite luxury, business hotel in Bangalore is all set to open its doors by early 2007 and is expected to bring new meaning to the terms luxury and modern comforts, being the next in a chain of leading properties that cater essentially to the discerning traveler.

Constantly driven to venture new venues and achieve new heights, he has business interests in USA as well, with a furnishing fabric trading house based in Tampa, Florida, that has a distribution network across the USA and Canada.

With Chateau de Banyan and the Big Banyan wines, he intends to create the kind of fine wines that would not only place India on the oenophile’s radar but would nurture a whole culture of good taste and gracious living around his brands.

Born 30th Sept 1965, and with a degree in commerce and law, he is an NRI, settled in the USA for the past 8 years. With his wife and two daughters he resides at Bangalore when in India.