Mr. V. R. Kaundinya is an Angel Investor. He serves as Board Member at Axis Bank. He served as Board Member at Advanta Growth Capital. Ram Kaundinya is an expert in the field of agriculture and specifically with reference to the business of agricultural inputs. He has a total experience of about 36 years which includes 22 years in the agrochemical industry and 14 years in the seed and biotech industry. Mr Kaundinya was the Managing Director and CEO of Advanta Ltd, an Indian seed company with global foot print from 2006 to 2013. In this capacity he was responsible for running the global business spread across various continents. The area of operation extended from Australia in the East to Argentina in the West . He led the global leadership team consisting of senior managers from different countries. Travelled extensively across the world and got exposed to agriculture and agri input markets in different parts of the world. Prior to this Mr Kaundinya held many posts of responsibility which included Managing Director of Emergent Genetics India and Managing Director of Cyanamid Agro during which he led multifunctional teams consisting of research, manufacturing, finance, supply chain, HR and Sales & marketing in seeds and agrochemicals industries. Prior to this he also served as the Director of the Agricultural Products Division of Cyanamid India and also served Hoechst India for thirteen years as a senior member of the management team of their agrochemicals division. Starting with sales and marketing during the long career Mr Kaundinya handled General Management and P&L responsibility for the last 16 years. Mergers and Acquisitions was a major area of expertise that he developed especially in the last 14 years, having led his companies in multiple transactions across the world. Mr. Kaundinya has always been associated with various industry associations. He was the Chairman of the Crop Life India (the then Indian Crop Protection Association) for two years from1998-2000. He was the Director of the Association of Seed Industry (ASI), Mumbai from 2002 to 2006. He is currently the Director General of the Agricultural Group of the biotech industry association called ABLE. He has been at the forefront of the expansion of biotechnology applications in agriculture in India. He has a wide experience in the area of policy advocacy for agricultural input industry. Kaundinya holds a PGDM with specialization in Agriculture from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a graduate in Agriculture from the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University. Kaundinya has been involved with academics for the last 30 years. He is a frequent guest lecturer at various management institutes. He teaches courses in Marketing and Corporate Strategy. Mr Kaundinya is a writer. He has co-authored a book titled 'Agri Input Marketing in India' with Prof Venugopal of XLRI. The book is just released. He currently consults independently for companies and funds operating in the field of agriculture. Mr. Kaundinya serves as an independent director on the boards of Axis Bank, Axis Finance and Syngenta India and as a non-Executive Director on the board of Advanta Ltd.