Who Are We, Meet the Team
Neill Ovenden – CEO, Kemo Instruments Pvt. Ltd.
Neill joined Kemo Ltd in 2022 after the purchase of the company by Engineering Scientific Instrumentation Group where he is also the Chief Executive Officer. As part of the expansion of Kemo, he established Kemo Instruments Pvt. Ltd in 2022 where he is also CEO.
In 2012 Neill took over as Managing Director of DJB Instruments (UK) Ltd where he worked for over 9 years taking the business forward with new branding and a strong global presence. This work also included expansive re-engineering of products and manufacturing processes.
After leaving DJB in 2021 to focus on his consultancy and training work he developed plans for ESIG alongside Donna Ovenden, plans which came to fruition in the latter part of 2021 and into 2022.
R.Govardhana Giri – Regional Director, Kemo Instruments Pvt. Ltd
Giri has an MBA ( Sales & Marketing ) and B.E. (Electronics and Communication ) as Regional Director he is the driving force of Kemo Instruments Pvt. Ltd. and has the experience and knowledge to take the company forward and to support the growing customer base.
He started his career as a Research Scholar at National Aerospace Lab, Bangalore, where his assignments were focused on various Aerospace & Defence R & D projects in India. His expertese includes measuring instrumentation guidance , testing support for research scholar’s in IIT, NITs in India related to dynamics, structures.
His career moved into a more commercial role with Kistler Instruments and other companies such as Dewetron. Over the last 20 years he has developed a highly detailed and diverse knowledge within the Noise and Vibration field, working with Vibration Shaker test systems, analysis software and sensors.
He has established a network of vibration labs throughout India in a number of reputed engineering institutes and like Neill, he takes an active role in the education of the next generation of engineer, presenting in India and Overseas on a range of technical subjects related to noise and vibration measurement.
Mohammed Razooq
Operations Manager
Mohammed has an MSc in Electronics and an MBA in Finance, both of which he uses in his role as Operations Manager with Kemo India. He provides the key operational direction of the business, looking after all local accounting and fianancial operations, whilst also providing key support to the drive for Kemo India to expand its ‘Make in India’ with electronics and cabling.
Yamanurappa Talawar
Service and Support Engineer
Yamanurappa, better known as Manoj, joined Kemo India with experience in the operation, service and support of shakers. He is our primary cable assembly engineer as well as providing cable repair services. His role has expanded during his time with the company and he now finds himself increasingly involved in sales and customer visits.
Saroja Talawar
Sales Assistant
Saroja joined Kemo India formally in February 2024 following a period of training with the company. Saroja’s role is to be the first point of contact for new sales enquiries and to provide key support in the follow up of all existing quotes and product enquiries.
Kowshigam Giri
Sales & Customer Support
Kowshigam joined Kemo India in February and brings with her a great deal of experience in dealing with people and organisation. Working alongside the sales and office teams, Kowshigam will be a point of contact for sales and working to provide follow up to enquiries and customer support.