Executive Leadership
Arun Shekhar Aran | Chief Executive Officer
An alumnus of two of India's prestigious institutes, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Arun Shekhar joined Asian Paints, where he was part of a team that re-engineered the IT systems.
In 1984, Arun joined three entrepreneurs to set up a fledgling software firm Nucleus Software Workshop Pvt. Ltd. Along with his colleagues, Arun Shekhar later moved to Chennai to set up a software firm to support Citibank’s IT requirements. In 1994, he came to Mumbai and set up Nucleus Software Offshore Ltd., which is now known as NUCSOFT Ltd.
Arun Shekhar has a rich and varied experience since 1984 in the realm of Software Development for Complex Banking Applications. A natural leader, his warmth and people skill has enabled him to build a stable core team around him to help him realize his dream of setting up a quality software development firm. Team NUCSOFT is fired up by his zeal to transform NUCSOFT into a truly global IT player. His organizational, analytical and management skills have helped NUCSOFT survive and rebound from the Global Software Meltdown.
Mohammed Omar Maner | Director
Omar started his career as a software engineer with Blue Chip Computer Consultants Pvt. Ltd. in 1987. Omar has all round experience in application development, technical support, service management and quality management in the financial and manufacturing industries. An outstanding manager, he joined NUCSOFT in 1997 as a Project Manager. A stickler for process in software development, Omar led team NUCSOFT in the SEI CMM level IV assessment at Citibank. He is the driving force behind the process development effort at NUCSOFT. Under his guidance NUCSOFT is today an ISO 9001:2008 certified Software Company.
Currently, Omar is the Global delivery head at NUCSOFT and has overall responsibility of delivering projects on time and in accordance with the process guidelines to all NUCSOFT clients. A keen HR person, Omar concurrently heads the HR, General Administration and Process Improvement functions for NUCSOFT. Omar has a masters degree in Human Resources Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies under the Mumbai University.
Bhushan Thaker | Director
Bhushan is a Project Management Institute certified Project Managent Professional with experience in software engineering, architecture, implementation and project management since 1986. Backed by the vast experience gathered in India and overseas, Bhushan today heads NUCSOFT’s team as Director and leads a team of software experts that services its customers with implementation, consulting services and support.
Bhushan has been instrumental in increasing the availability and reliability of NUCSOFT’s services and building customer orientation in the team. His key contribution is to help the team meet the key objectives of on time delivery, effective resource utilization and coordination with multiple groups.
Prior to joining NUCSOFT, Bhushan worked for Trilogy both in India and the USA in various roles.
A bachelor of science, Bhushan is a regular contributor to the PMI India chapter and shares his expertise with the industry through PMI forums. His contribution in raising the bar for project management in NUCSOFT has been invaluable.
Shantanu Marathe | Director, Open Source Initiatives
Shantanu is an Mechanical Engineer from Institute of Technolgy under Benaras Hindu University and has a Masters in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies under Mumbai University.
He has experience in IT industry since 1985. He worked as a C.I.O. in manufacturing companies and service industry. His areas of specialization include strategic use of IT for business, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Applications like ERPs / CRMs.
Shantanu implemented leading edge technology solutions in many organizations, be it latest communications / databases / applications. Shantanu looks after Open Source Initiatives in Nucsoft. He has a team of experts to configure / develop solutions to match the client's business needs.
Kishore Oka | Director
Kishore Oka graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in 1972. He started his career at Bokaro Steel Plant as Instrumentation and Computer Engineering. He later moved to Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd, Delhi as Data Commications Manager in 1983 and later to Mumbai as Technical Manager in Mahindra British Telecom. He joined Citibank in 1990 as Head of IT Infrastructure (India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka). He was then transferred to Singapore where he was Head of Engineering (IT Infra) for Asia Pacific and later as Head (IT Infra) for SE Asia. He was then transferred to London where he headed IT Infra for Central / Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, India and Pakistan.
Kishore Oka retired in January, 2010 and since then he has join the Board of NUCSOFT.
Savitra Sirohi | Director
Savitra has a BE from Delhi College of Engineering and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Savitra is the Director of Nucsoft's OSS Labs since March 2008, which he helped create to provide open source technologies and services. Prior to his current role, he served as Vice President at CitiBank since December 2002, where he worked in areas of Software Implementation, Vendor Management and Application Support. He has also served as a Program Manager for Pershing at HK, UK, India and as a System Analyst at TCS for couple of years in each of these stints.
Savitra discovered his passion for Open Source Software during his IT management career when he gradually realized that they were of higher quality and easier to manage than proprietary and expensive platforms.
Savitra's goal in his current role is to bring to the OSS market, library and publishing communities, the same process oriented support platform that Nucsoft offers to its large customers.
Padma Kapse | Chief Finance Officer
Mrs. Padma Kapse, Chartered Accountant by profession, joined NUCSOFT family in year 2000. After graduation, she enrolled herself with ICAI and was qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant. Simultaneously, she also completed her post graduation in commerce.
She started her career as Senior Executive and gradually reached to the level of Manager – Accounts. In 1994, she started working independently and continued so till 2001. During all these years, she gained wide experience in various fields like Finance, Accountancy, Audits including internal Audits, Taxation and Compliance . In year 2000, she was associated with NUCSOFT as consultant. Impressed by the warm welcome and supportive environment, she joined NUCSOFT family as Manager – Finance in 2001.
At present she is in charge of the NUCSOFT’s Finance function. She has established the accounting processes and related operating procedures, internal control systems and MIS for the Company. She has also studied law as a hobby. With the knowledge she gained during the two years of these studies and with basic interest in interpretation, she helps the Company in normal legal matters as well.
