Mr. ABDUL QADIR A. RAHMAN BUHARI
Pro Chancellor
| DATE OF BIRTH | March, 1965 | |
| EDUCATION | BABSON COLLEGE Master in Business Administration www.babson.edu |
Wellesley, MA, USA May, 1990 |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING B.E. in Mechanical Engineering www.annauniv.edu |
Guindy, Chennai, India December, 1985 |
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| BUSINESS PROFILE | ||
 Intersea Maritime Limited (Ship Owning Company)(http://www.intersea.in/) (formerly known as East Coast Terminal Operations & Port Services Limited) |
Managing Director | Director of the company since 2003 and presently the Managing Director of the company from June ’19 to till date. He has a vast experience of over 2 decades in the shipping industry and under his guidance the company in December 2021, acquired a Gearless Panamax vessel (MV Intersea Voyager) built in 2001 IRS/NKK(Dual class) |
 West Asia Maritime Limited (www.wam.co.in) |
Director | Managing Director of the company since July 2003 to May 2019, Presently director of the company Guiding the company from 1 vessel to 20 vessels The company had 6 vessels under ownership and 10 vessels under lease and 04 vessels under option to buy with DMT of vessels |
| Whole-time Director | Started a ship operating incorporated in 1999 WAM Singapore pvt..Ltd. and is a director in the company till date | |
| Director | Aug ’94 – June ’96 Started a ship operating company in Singapore – West Asia Maritime Overseas Private Limited (WAMOPL), with operations in Australia with yearly cargo movement of 5 to 7 million tonnes. Started ETA Ship Management Co. Ltd in 1997 and have increased the number of managed ships from 3 to 9 ships of which 4 ships are owned by other owners |
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 ETA Engineering Private Limited (www.eta-engg.com) |
Director | April ’15 to till date ETA Engineering undertakes turnkey solutions on Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) on Standard International Trade Clarification (SITC) basis for variety of buildings (Commercial, Industrial, Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, urban infrastructure including Metro Rail & Airports, LEED Certifications), building utilities involving internal electrification, sub-station works, BMS, plumbing, firefighting systems, Central Air conditioning, Electrical contracting meeting to International Standards. |
 ETA Powergen private limited |
Director | April ’17 It has secured a license from the State Government of Tamil Nadu to set up a bio-mass based power generation of 10 MW project |
 Buhari Group of Companies (www.buhariholding.com) |
Director | April ’15 – A family holding company with investments various Companies and wealth Management, Coordination of various activities of the Group. |
 Chennai Citi Centre Private Limited (www.chennaiciticentre.com) |
Director | 400,000 sqft Shopping Mall in Radhakrishna Salai, Chennai |
 The Chennai Angels, India (https://www.thechennaiangels.com/) |
Angel Investor | Jan ’14 TCA funds scalable startups that have gained market traction and are in the early revenue stage; provided they solve a critical problem for consumers or businesses, using a unique solution. |
 Inventus India, India (https://www.inventuscap.com/) |
Limited Partner | Oct ’19 Inventus acts with conviction – leading complete ~$3m seed rounds with the support of their unique SVQ program |
 Bharat Innovation Fund, India (https://bharat.fund/) |
Limited Partner | Jul ’21 Early-stage capital, unparalleled networks, strategic insights and operational hand-holding, IC significantly de-risk the process of conversion of the ideas into companies of consequence. |
 Accelerating Asia, Singapore (https://www.acceleratingasia.com/) |
Limited Partner | Mar ’21 Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Accelerating Asia’s early-stage VC fund focuses on pre-Series A startups with untapped potential that are 6-18 months away from institutional funding. |
 Smartowners (Real estate AIF) (https://www.smartowner.com/so/of/index.htm) |
Investor | Jan ’21 SmartOwner invests in the fastest growing asset classes within real estate such as co-working, co-living and short-term rentals, while also enabling them to participate in more traditional commercial and and residential investment opportunities residential investment opportunities. |
 B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology (https://crescent.education/administration/pro-chancellor/) |
Pro-Chancellor | B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, formerly known as B.S. Abdul Rahman Crescent Engineering College |
 Crescent Innovation And Incubation Council (www.ciic.ventures) |
Founding Director | Crescent Innovation & Incubation Council (CIIC) is under the ambit of B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology which is deemed to be University under Section3 of UGC Act 1956 |
 B.S. ABDUR RAHMAN ZAKAAT FUND |
Secretary B.S. Abdur Rahman Zakaat Fund Foundation Est. 2007 www.bsazakaat.org. Zakaat Fund Foundation focuses on education grant for Zakaat eligible poor people. Educational Grants worth Rs.15.1 Mn awarded to 1348 students for the year 2010-11 in the state of Tamil Nadu. |
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 ALL INDIA ISLAMIC FOUNDATION |
Joint Secretary All India Islamic Foundation Est. 1979 All India Islamic Foundation runs 6 Educational Institutions, 2 Orphanage Homes in Chennai and Madurai & a Hospital at Madurai: (1) Crescent College of Education (B.Ed) for Girls www.crescentcampus.in |
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 SEETHAKATHI TRUST |
Member of the Governing Council Seethakathi Trust, Est. 1967 An Educational Trust for the development Educational Institutions in India. The following Educational / Healthcare Institutions are managed by the Seethakathi Trust:- • ThassimBeevi Abdul Kader College for Women, Kilakarai www.thassim.in |
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Trustee 4M Trust Est. 2005 – www.4mtrust.org 4M Trust was incorporated in the year 2005 with the principle objective of helping people below poverty line. Managed by Mrs. Maryam Abdul Qadir as Secretary, 4M Trust promotes more than 2046 self-help groups SHG benefiting 30,690 women in Chennai and Kanchipuram districts by giving them sustenance. |
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| Yousuf Zulaikha Trust Est. 1993 – The objectives of this Trust are Educational services, Healthcare, Women Empowerment. | ||
| Interests | Exercise and Fitness, Health Spa, Traveling to exotic locations, Watching Movies and Listening to music | |