Leadership

“It is because of this culture
that Valuable has become an
example of first generation
entrepreneur driven business
house out of India .”

Leadership
q Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad		q Mr. Narendra Hete		q Dr. Usman Fayaz		q Mr. Ameya Hete
	Founder & Managing Director		Founder & Vice chairman		Vice Chairman		Executive Director
Mr. Sanjay Gaikwad is the founding partner and Managing Director of the Valuable Group of Companies. Under his leadership, the Valuable Group of Companies has quickly grown from one company to a thriving multinational corporation. Over the last 15 years, Sanjay has been involved in various media, technology and gaming initiatives. As the Chief Technology Officer for Zee Networks, a muli-billion dollar media conglomerate, he spearheaded the networks modernization and digitization efforts and subsequently launched the network internationally. After having achieved the modernization efforts, he went on to conceptualizing and deploying the largest on-line lottery network in India. Sanjay has earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UDCT, Mumbai and Masters in Business Administration from Mumbai University.		Mr. Hete is the founding partner and Vice- Chairman of the Valuable Group of Companies. With an unassuming demeanor, Mr. Hete is the sounding board and inspirational mentor of the group. With a humble beginning as a journalist, over the years, Mr. Hete has had many entrepreneurial ventures from distribution and logistics to gaming. In year 2001, he co-promoted Valuable Reserves India Ltd., which formed India's first business process platform for the online lottery and gaming industry. Mr. Hete’s impeccable reputation is revered and respected by his peers ranging from top industrialists to high-ranking government officials. His commercial and business acumen provides invaluable strategic advantages to Valuable’s media business. He has been solely responsible for the Group’s foray into the Infrastructure vertical.		As Vice- Chairman of Valuable Group of Companies, Dr. Fayaz is primarily responsible for the Valuable Groups’s gaming initiative. As the former President of the All India Federation of Gaming, Mr. Fayaz brings an abundance of experience of the Indian gaming industry to the group. Dr. Fayaz is credited with transforming the Indian gaming industry from its primitive format to modern online and cutting edge Internet based lotteries. Dr. Fayaz has a Doctorate from Delhi’s Indra Prashta University and is an Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Liberia.		As the Executive Director, Ameya is responsible for global operations and business development for the Valuable Group. His dynamic, innovative and aggressive approach to new business development has allowed the group to organize and consolidate business initiatives into the 3 verticals. Complementing Sanjay, Ameya is responsible for defining the strategic direction and driving each Valuable Group business. With over 12 years of global experience in technology and business development, Ameya has been responsible for establishing Valuable Group’s presence across various international markets. Ameya has a Masters in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Nagpur University. Having published numerous white papers, Ameya is also the winner of a national award for engineering design.