R. Ravimohan (1957–2009) was an Indian corporate executive of financial and risk management. He was known for his credit rating analysis. He worked with
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited and was with
Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai. It has diverse businesses including energy, petrochemicals, natural gas, retail, telecommunications, mass media, and textiles. Reliance is ...
as its executive director.
Early life
He received his bachelor's degree in
chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...
from
Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Tiruchirappalli or NIT Trichy) is a public technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as Regional Engineering College Tiruchirapp ...
(now, known as
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT Tiruchirappalli or NIT Trichy) is a Public university, public Technical university, technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded as ...
). He then attended a six-week Advanced Management Program at the
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
. Ravimohan married Madhuraleckshmi and they had 2 children together - a daughter Hridya and a son Jagad.
Career
Ravimohan started his career with ICICI Ltd where he worked in project appraisal, systems designing, credit administration and merchant banking. He was the youngest team member in the project finance department at ICICI. He also worked with Over-the-Counter Exchange of India (OTCEI).
He spent 16 years with
Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, now the India arm of global ratings major Standard & Poor's (S&P). He developed a unique tool of internal communication — ''Ravi’s Rantings''. He held the position of Managing Director and Region Head of Standard & Poor's for the South and South-East Asia.
Ravimohan joined the Reliance Industries’ board in August as an executive director and was involved in the company’s bid for the petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell Industries.
He was member, Primary Market Advisory Committee of Sebi, Technical Advisory Committee and Financial Stability and Stern Test Assessment of Committee of Reserve Bank of India.
Death
He was rushed to hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest while taking a walk outside his office. He died on 28 December 2009.
References
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1957 births
2009 deaths
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli alumni