Managing Director's Message mjunction’s journey since 2001 has been one of growth. Throughout this eventful journey, our customers have always remained at the centre of our universe. We would like to acknowledge that it is the trust and confidence of our customers in our abilities that have brought us this far. We are committed to bring transparency and efficiency in B2b sales and procurement through our e-auction, e-procurement and e-marketplace platforms. As we steadfastly traversed the road of excellence to becoming a market leader in B2b e-commerce in the country, we have continually entered new domains - in keeping with our mission of making the world a better place every day. As we continue on this exciting journey, our people will remain our core strengths, and integrity our way of life. Trust and support of all our clients, partners and stakeholders will continue to inspire and motivate us on this chosen path.
OUR TEAM
Mr. Vinaya Varma is MD & CEO of mjunction services limited
He joined mjunction in February 2001 as a part of its founding team. At mjunction, he has been instrumental in conceptualization, launch and ramp-up of its businesses.
He is a B. Tech from IIT Kanpur and has completed his Advanced Management Program from IIM Calcutta. Prior to joining mjunction, Vinaya was at Tata Steel, where he had worked in several functional areas encompassing Production, Planning, Sales and Marketing. He was also part of several big transformational projects at Tata Steel such as Business Process Reengineering, SAP R/3 and launch of Tata Steel’s eCommerce portal.
Vinaya is a passionate believer in the power of eCommerce, technology and innovation in effective, efficient and transparent B2B eCommerce. He takes special interest in driving ejunction, the CSR initiative of mjunction, which provides computer literacy to 10,000+ persons annually, belonging to the disadvantaged sections of the society, which helps them in finding better job opportunities.
He is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) from Institute for Supply Management (ISM), USA. He is a practitioner of Theory of Constraints and has attended several sessions of ToC at Goldratt House, Tel Aviv.
In 2016, Vinaya won the “Special Recognition Award” in the services category in “The Bengal Entrepreneurship Recognition” conferred by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and now heads the chamber’s Expert Committee on e-Commerce as Chairperson.
Vinaya is an elected member of CII’s Eastern Regional Council since April 2020.
Vinaya is the co-Chairman of the Assocham National Council of Commodity Markets, and is a Member of Nasscom.
He has earlier served as elected Member of CII West Bengal State Council and Chairman of Startup & Innovation Task Force for CII Eastern Region. Other key positions he has held are that of Member of CII National Startup Council and an elected Member of Nasscom’s Internet, Mobile & e-Commerce Council.
Beyond work, Vinaya likes to play with his dog and spends Sunday mornings tending to his collection of orchids, adeniums and bougainvillea on his terrace garden.
Vinaya lives in Kolkata with his wife and two sons.
Mr. Pankaj Mittal is COO at mjunction services. He oversees the eSelling, eProcurement and eFinancing platforms, as well as other allied services across industry verticals such as Metals, Coal & other minerals, Petrochemicals, Agri Commodities, etc.
He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and XLRI, with more than 35 years of inclusive experience across the Metals industry value chain, Business Consulting, and B2B eCommerce. His metals industry experience includes stints at Tata Steel and the Jindal group. During his tenure at TCS and SAP, he was engaged in Consulting with the manufacturing industry, on business process and technology interventions for Operational excellence and customer centricity.
He serves on the Board of A.Treds Ltd, a JV of Axis Bank and mjunction, which operates the online platform for Trade receivables discounting.
He has been elected Member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s West Bengal State Council for FY21, and is a member of the NASSCOM Eastern Region Council.
Beyond work he is an avid follower of world economy, financial markets, cinema and cricket. Pankaj lives with his wife in Kolkata.
Mr Aninda Chatterjee is Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at mjunction services, where he is responsible for the Finance & Accounts, Secretarial and Legal portfolios.
He is a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a Cost Accountant from Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and an alumni of XLRI Jamshedpur. He has over 30 years of experience in the finance, supply chain, manufacturing, operations management, project management and general management, cutting across various industries.
Before joining mjunction, he was Managing Director of the West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (Webel).
In the past, he has been associated with organisations such as Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Pvt. Ltd., Nokia Siemens Network Pvt. Ltd., Siemens Public Communications Networks Pvt. Ltd., TCG Software Services Pvt. Ltd. and Tata Steel.
Amit Khan is the Chief Information Officer at mjunction, and is responsible for directing and managing computing and information technology strategic plans, policies, programmes and schedules for business and finance data processing, computer services, network communications and management of information services.
In mjunction, Amit has been instrumental in implementation of eProcurement projects for large PSUs like BHEL, SAIL, Coal India, Power Grid Corporation and the Ordnance Factory Board. He has also been responsible for building mjunction’s data centre and Disaster Recovery facilities.
In his career spanning 22 years, Amit has worked for leading IT companies and brings with him rich experience in managing large high impact IT projects.
Amit is an Electronics Engineer from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.
Beyond work, Amit loves to travel. He also engages in professional networking and has special interest in education and learning.
Amit lives in Kolkata with his wife Gita and daughter Ishana.
Dipankar Mukherjee is the Chief of Marketing and Sales at mjunction. He is responsible for devising and execution of the Corporate Marketing and Sales strategy and achieving the sales revenue target for business units. His responsibilities also include Account Management and delivering growth in new business opportunities for domestic as well as global markets, corporate communications & PR.
Dipankar joined mjunction in November 2016 and has more than 20 years of experience in the Information Technology Industry handling leadership positions in Marketing, Sales and Programme Management mostly around large transformational IT Projects and also consulting customers in their journey of organisational change and business transformation. He brings in experience of working across multiple Industry verticals like Banking & Finance, Insurance, Travel & Logistics, Defence, Manufacturing, Retail and Energy for clients in Public and Private Sector extensively in the Indian and Global markets.
Dipankar has been an elected member of Confederation of Indian Industry’s West Bengal State Council since 2022-23.
Dipankar did his Management from Bombay University in Marketing and Sales. He is an avid wildlife enthusiast and is part of a few NGO initiatives. His other interests are sports and travelling.
He lives in Kolkata with his wife Sonali and daughters Anushree and Disha.
Ajay Kumar Tiwari is the Company Secretary of mjunction.
Ajay joined mjunction in October 2015 and has more than 10 years of experience in Secretarial function. He also has experience in Legal & Compliance and Taxation. Prior to mjunction, Ajay served as Company Secretary in Corporates, where he worked closely with the Finance team handling direct and indirect taxation.
Ajay is a Commerce Graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta University. He is an Associate member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and also an Associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Beyond work, Ajay is passionate about social work and he also engages in professional networking.
Ajay lives in Kolkata.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering) from Malviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur (Now Malviya National Institute of Technology) in 1985.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1. Executive Director (Sales and International Trade Division) (2019- till now)
Responsible for Domestic and International Sales, Establishing and maintaining effective customer/
producing units relationship, Exercising Administrative control over Sales teams across country.
2. Executive Director (Marketing) (2018-2019)
Headed the Marketing Vertical of SAIL, responsibilities involved development and positioning of products of organisation and development of marketing strategy.
3. Executive Director (Corporate Affairs) (2017-2018)
Headed the Corporate Affairs Division of SAIL. Functions included communication with Stakeholders and External Agencies, Maintenance of Public Relations, Internal Communication, and acting in the capacity of the Company Spokesperson.
4. Executive Director (Marketing) (2017)
Responsible for formulating suitable pan-India Marketing strategies and sales plans, along with monitoring the performance of SAIL’s Central Marketing Organisation headquarters, branches and warehouses all over India.
5. Chief General Manager (Marketing) & Regional Manager for SAIL Northern Region, New Delhi (2016-2017)
6. Chief General Manager (Marketing-Flat Products) & Regional Manager for SAIL Northern Region, New Delhi (2014-2016)
7. Chief General Manager (Marketing-Long Products) & Regional Manager for SAIL Southern Region, Chennai (2013-2014)
Mr. Vinaya Varma is MD & CEO of mjunction services limited
He joined mjunction in February 2001 as a part of its founding team. At mjunction, he has been instrumental in conceptualization, launch and ramp-up of its businesses.
He is a B. Tech from IIT Kanpur and has completed his Advanced Management Program from IIM Calcutta. Prior to joining mjunction, Vinaya was at Tata Steel, where he had worked in several functional areas encompassing Production, Planning, Sales and Marketing. He was also part of several big transformational projects at Tata Steel such as Business Process Reengineering, SAP R/3 and launch of Tata Steel’s eCommerce portal.
Vinaya is a passionate believer in the power of eCommerce, technology and innovation in effective, efficient and transparent B2B eCommerce. He takes special interest in driving ejunction, the CSR initiative of mjunction, which provides computer literacy to 10,000+ persons annually, belonging to the disadvantaged sections of the society, which helps them in finding better job opportunities.
He is a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) from Institute for Supply Management (ISM), USA. He is a practitioner of Theory of Constraints and has attended several sessions of ToC at Goldratt House, Tel Aviv.
In 2016, Vinaya won the “Special Recognition Award” in the services category in “The Bengal Entrepreneurship Recognition” conferred by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and now heads the chamber’s Expert Committee on e-Commerce as Chairperson.
Vinaya is an elected member of CII’s Eastern Regional Council since April 2020.
Vinaya is the co-Chairman of the Assocham National Council of Commodity Markets, and is a Member of Nasscom.
He has earlier served as elected Member of CII West Bengal State Council and Chairman of Startup & Innovation Task Force for CII Eastern Region. Other key positions he has held are that of Member of CII National Startup Council and an elected Member of Nasscom’s Internet, Mobile & e-Commerce Council.
Beyond work, Vinaya likes to play with his dog and spends Sunday mornings tending to his collection of orchids, adeniums and bougainvillea on his terrace garden.
Vinaya lives in Kolkata with his wife and two sons.
Mr Amitabh Srivastava joined SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant as MTA in the year 1986. One of his special achievement is commissioning of centralized procurement activities for critical inputs like raw materials, ferro-alloys, sulphuric acid and visited China for sourcing of refractories & rolls.
Currently he is serving as Executive Director (Materials Management), Bokaro Steel Plant.
Mr Suresh Rangani joined SAIL in the year 1989. He has discharged duties in the capacity of Finance I/c of Central Marketing Organisation (CMO) Branch Sales Office in Jaipur, Kanpur, Mumbai and Delhi. Also, he held the post of Regional Finance I/c of CMO Northern Region, New Delhi and Southern Region, Chennai. He served as Finance I/c of International Trade Division of CMO. He has worked in functions like Head of Finance in Bhilai Steel Plant and currently working as Executive Director (F&A), Bokaro Steel Plant. Also, nominated as Director by SAIL in following Companies:
– Bokaro Power Supply Company Limited
– SAIL & MOIL Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd
– Bhilai Jaypee Cement Ltd
– SAIL Bansal Service Centre Limited
– Chattisgarh Mega Steel Limited
He has done M.Com (Accountancy & Business Statistics) from Rajasthan University and FCMA from Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Mr Peeyush Gupta is currently working as Vice President – Steel (Marketing & Sales) at Tata Steel Limited and looks after revenue responsibility of Indian operations.
He has been with Tata Steel for over 27 years and has worked in various leadership roles at Indian & SE Asian operations that include President & CEO of Tata Steel (Thailand) plc, Chief of Marketing & Sales of Flat Products at Tata Steel, Chief Strategy & Integration, Financial Controller of Long Products and Chief of Performance Improvement Program, among others.
Mr. Gupta currently chairs the Board of Tata Steel (Thailand) plc, NatSteel Holdings (Singapore) and Indian Steel & Wire Products (ISWP), subsidiaries of Tata Steel Limited.
He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Tata Steel Downstream Products ltd. (TSDPL) and mjunction services limited. He also chairs the Business Council of Agrico and Bearings Division.
Mr Gupta is associated with CII (Eastern Region) as Vice Chairman of State Council of West Bengal and is a member of Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries (BCC&I) and World Steel Association (WSA).
Mr Gupta is an MBA in Marketing & Finance from McGill University, Canada and a Chevening Scholar from Leeds Business School. He is an avid reader and writes business cases and management articles for discussions at premier academic institutions. He is a keen exponent of TBEM (Tata Business Excellence Model) practiced at the TATA Group and has mentored Tata Sky in 2018 & Tata Coffee in 2019.
Mr. Banerjee is a tenured TCSer for close to 25 years, who has held multiple technology and business roles in the organization, including managing the US Mid-West business, heading Life-Sciences & Healthcare business in US and heading the Energy and Resources Global Business Unit at a P&L level, being a part of the management team.
Currently he is heading a strategic corporate initiative as Chief Information Officer at Tata Steel Limited to consolidate the emerging Products and Platforms businesses. His roles in the organization has spanned across Heading Projects, Programs, Sales, Delivery, Operations, Business and Corporate initiative and hence helped form an all encompassed view of a large IT organization and its customers and markets.
He has been an extensive traveler across the globe and takes keen interest in ground breaking initiatives. He is actively into fitness and a mentor to the aspiring leaders in the IT industry.
Mr. Rajiv Mukerji is a Bachelor of Arts from Calcutta University and an alumnus of IIM(A)(MDP) and INSEAD (MEP) and has over 34 years of experience in Tata Steel.
Over the years, he has worked in varied functions at Tata Steel including marketing & sales, e-commerce and international trading wherein he served in the capacity of Chief International Trading Division of Tata Steel.
He held the post of Managing Director, Tata NYK Shipping Pvt Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture company between Tata Steel and NYK Line of Japan, one of the largest and leading shipping companies in the world for more than seven years.
On his return to Tata Steel in November 2013, he was appointed as Group Director Strategic Procurement and operated from IJmuiden, Netherlands. In March 2020, he was designated as Vice President- Group Strategic Procurement. His current responsibilities include sourcing of strategic raw materials (Coal, Coke and Iron ore), Industrial gases and IT for Tata Steel Group and general procurement of Tata Steel India.
Mr Rajiv Mukerji has made significant contributions in leveraging our global presence and synergies across the group by creating a global team with sourcing expertise to secure strategic materials, products and services across the Tata Group.
He has managed large global teams and specialized in building business especially Joint Ventures. Extensive experience in working within a multicultural environment both in Singapore and Netherlands and have been actively engaged in understanding and managing diversity to achieve optimal results.
Mr Mukerji holds Director position in several Boards of Tata Steel Group Companies in India and overseas including critical joint ventures.
Mr Mukerji is a keen sportsman and a national level Cricketer
Our Visionmjunction will continue to be customer-focused, technology-driven, and innovative as it charts its progress over the next five years. It will seek to create value for its customers, whilst consistently achieving a Y-o-Y growth of 25%.
Our Missionmjunction makes the world a better place every day, creating robust and sustainable supply chains through greater efficiency and transparency, disintermediating value-destroying middlemen, and delivering desired outcomes to stakeholders, always.
Our Guiding Principles
We strive to exceed customer expectations for value and service. We will build and maintain customer relationships and ensure long-term satisfaction.
We are motivated to produce creative solutions that meet our customers’ specific needs and situations. New methods, fresh ideas, and a dedication to continuous learning characterise our work.
We constantly strive to achieve the highest possible standards in our day-to-day work and in the quality of the services we provide.
We act with integrity and conduct our business fairly and ethically, with honesty and transparency.
RECOGNITIONS