As the Managing Director at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Kamlesh Shah has dedicated his entire life to the building, expansion and healthy sustainable growth of the organization. His monumental career spans over 45 years of vast knowledgeable experience in the industry.
As the Director – Procurement & Contracts, at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Jayesh Mehta leads the company with extensive experience in procurement and contracts.
He has been with Listenlights for the last 28 years and has continuously invested himself in enriching the business knowledge of himself and the organization’s employees.
With this extensive experience of 42 years in electrical contracting, field operations, technical and industry knowledge, his consistent efforts have ensured the organization’s growth
As the Director at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Himay Shah has brought a fresh and young approach to the entire organization. One that is deeply rooted with our ideologies but also makes the brand true to today’s times.
His sincere, experienced, and focused approach towards everything makes him a true leader that other employees look up to. Moreover, Mr. Shah’s problem-solving and logical thinking makes him people’s go-to person whenever they face any issues.
As the Director- Operations at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Vivek Pathade has a professional and real-time understanding of all the operations going on. He has been a new addition to the team, but with the kind of experience and expertise that he has brought, it doesn’t feel like he is relatively new to our family.
His experience spans over 15 years in which he has carried out supervision upon every project that he has been a part of. His core strengths and industry knowledge includes structural analysis, project planning, project management. With a self-motivated and consistent attitude towards work from Mr. Pathade’s end, we have dodged all challenging situations.
A pulsating personality and yet down to earth, Mr Richard is an easy-going person with 35 plus years in Human Resources and Administration. He is very fortunate to have worked with various multinational companies and presently working with Listenlights in the role of Head – Human Resources and Administration.
Recently, he was the recipient of the “101 Top HR Minds awarded by The World HRD Congress – Lifetime Achievement Award.”
As the General Manager – Technical Services , Mr. Ankur Pandya has been a constant support to the organization. Working at Listenlights was the first job of his professional journey, 21 years ago, and he has not looked back since then. Mr. Pandya completed his engineering at the esteemed Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai.
Mr Pandya joined Listenlights in the year 2000, and ever since then, his journey has been fantastic. First, he started working as a site engineer and was later promoted to Project Engineer. Gradually, he was promoted as Regional head for Pune and assigned the responsibility to develop the region. In 2019, he became the Head – Technical Services & AMC.
As the General Manager – Projects at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. C Murugan has contributed immensely to the company’s growth. This dedication to do better each day has helped shape his robust career with vast experience. Mr. C. Murugan hails from a small village in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He became the first engineer of his village when he completed his B.E. in Electrical Engineering in the year 2009. He started working at Listenlights in 2013 and has been a change driver since then.
As the Assistant Vice President – Projects at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Chenchubabu Gummadi’s efforts have made handling and executing projects a seamless process. He started working in the organisation in 2017 as a manager. His key role back then was to be a part of all executions and handle the operations. With his diligence and hard work, he became the regional manager in 2018 and subsequently in 2019, he became the regional head for the Hyderabad region.
As the Assistant General Manager – Estimation at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Javed Shah has constantly been a provider of fresh approaches to work.
Mr. Shah joined Listenlights in 2016 as an estimation engineer. His core job was to handle the estimation and additionally also explored his skill in procurement; later on, he got into managing labour contractors on-field and started projecting excellent team building and management skills.
As the Managing Director at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Kamlesh Shah has dedicated his entire life to the building, expansion and healthy sustainable growth of the organization. His monumental career spans over 45 years of vast knowledgeable experience in the industry.
Mr. Kamlesh Shah was born in 1958 in a traditional Gujarati household. He initially attended Children’s Academy and later completed his schooling at RBT Parikh High school; both in Mumbai. While at school, he excelled in physics and mathematics, which paved the way for his natural interest in engineering sciences. He finished his formal education in 1980 with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai. With a fresh degree in his hand, Mr. Shah joined Pan Electricals as a Site Engineer. The first-hand, ground-level experience he gained at Pan Electricals proved to be an excellent initiation into the world of Electrical Contracting. From there, he worked with EMCO transformers as a Sales Engineer and finally with Crompton Greaves as an Assistant Manager in their Contracts division.
Mr. Shah’s enterprising streak wouldn’t let him do just a day job. His passion to have his own business made him take a leap in Electrical Contracting and started Listenlights as a partner in 1983. His goal at the time was simple – to raise the bar of the electrical service providers in the market through quality workmanship and timely execution.
His career has spanned over a lot of niches, challenges, highs and lows, but one thing that remained constant is his unrelenting will to push himself and the organization harder and better each day. He had a large-hearted vision to make Listenlights synonymous with everything related to the electrical service providers in India. With his sheer dedication, hard work and devotion towards his dream, today, Listenlights is the fastest growing MEP service provider in the country.
He has revolutionized the way the electrical service providers are looked at by not just elevating Listenlights but also the industry as well. He has disrupted the ecosystem by reinventing the process of the organization for current challenges, introducing new technologies and redefining the value of customer-service provider relationships. Listenlights have become synonymous with the word “quality”.
In addition, he has served as the Secretary on Board for ECAM (Electrical Contractors’ Association of Maharashtra) for 6 fulfilling years from 2007-2013 and since, has always represented ECAM at the BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India). He is also the go-to person for taxation norms and compliances and is heading the Taxation Committee at ECAM for over a decade now.
Mr. Shah believes in hard work, persistence and perfection. His philosophy of Customer first and living up to the stated commitments on time permeates all the levels within his organization. His people look up to him as an enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate leader, someone who always leads by example and who is open to meaningful discussions. His success mantra – ‘Change is the only constant, one must be dynamic and willing to make changes from time to time to stay ahead of the competition.
He has a deep-rooted sense of belonging not just for employees but also for the entire ecosystem of Listenlights comprising the families of employees, long serving vendors and everyone who comes in touch in his world on regular basis. He has devoted his life to uplifting and empowering people within and outside the organization. He has particularly invested himself in the well-being of the first person on the ground, our workmen. Right from creating a valuable growth path for workmen to giving them a sustainable future, everything has been holistically planned with the intent to love, serve and give.
His belief in human services drove him to participate in philanthropic activities which include causes related to tribal education, girl child upliftment, providing healthcare to old age homes and supporting animal shelter organizations.
At home, he is a simple family man, a loving husband, a doting father and a proud grandpapa. Similar to his reputation in Listenlights, he is well respected and his wisdom is sought after as a guiding light in all aspects of life by the family clan.
In spite of all the adulation, he believes life is best lived through genuine humility, gratitude and pure selflessness.
GRADUATION
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
– Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel College Of Engineering, University of Mumbai
Diploma in Business Management
– S.P. Patel Jain Institute of Management, University of Mumbai.
MEMBERSHIP
ECAM – Electrical Contractors Association Of Maharashtra.
As the Director – Procurement & Contracts, at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Jayesh Mehta leads the company with extensive experience in procurement and contracts. He has been with Listenlights for the last 28 years and has continuously invested himself in enriching the business knowledge of himself and the organisation’s employees. With this extensive experience of 42 years in electrical contracting, field operations, technical and industry knowledge, his consistent efforts have ensured the organisation’s growth. His expertise in the Procurement and Contract management is at par and acts as a constant support to other members of the organisation.
Mr. Mehta started his career in 1979 as a site engineer with Bharat Bijlee Ltd. He then went ahead and became the Project Manager at Crompton Greaves Limited Mumbai. With his consistent hard work and willpower to create a better ecosystem for the electrical contracting field, Mr. Mehta climbed the ladder of success one step at a time. In 1993, he was appointed as the Director- Operations at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd., and since then, the company owes the rich experience of years in the industry to him.
Mr. Mehta has a joyous, never give up attitude towards work. He has been able to serve for such a long time because he doesn’t take work as work. He thinks of it as a challenge or a task that has to be done with maximum efforts and dedication. In these 28 years of working at Listenlights, he has witnessed many ups and downs, but nothing could shake his spirit to do better each day. He successfully built a team of quality controllers and professionals who stringently test every task that our organisation performs to align with our ‘soch’ and the kind of level that we wish to maintain. He is always counted amongst the distinguished Electrical Engineering Contractor Experts in the market and is an eminent member of various relevant groups and associations. In addition to these, he always has a hands-on approach towards every task and is the organisation’s backbone.
Apart from work, Mr. Mehta loves to play cricket and listen to music. He is also an avid reader and loves reading historical books. His favourite book is Vipassana Meditation.
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
– University of Mumbai
As the Director- Sales at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Himay Shah has brought a fresh and young approach to the entire organization. One that is deeply rooted with our ideologies but also makes the brand true to today’s times. His sincere, experienced, and focused approach towards everything makes him a true leader that other employees look up to. Moreover, Mr. Shah’s problem-solving and logical thinking makes him people’s go-to person whenever they face any issues.
Mr. Shah is experienced in the construction industry and holds professional knowledge about project management, contract management, field operation, cost analyst, and design tool like Revit, 3D BIM. With a solid academic background, he is one of the most important entrepreneurship professionals in the organization. He started his professional journey in 2010, with Capgemini as a Technical Consultant. In 2011, he went to the US for his Masters in Engineering Management and after that, in 2013 he joined Turner Construction Company, in US. Mr. Shah worked there for a one and half years and then moved back to India. During his experience with Turner construction company, he handled the responsibility of engineering and cost analysis for many prestigious projects in the US and India respectively. After having a wonderful techno-commercial experience, he joined Listenlights in the year 2015 as the Director- Sales of the company alongside his father and Managing Director, Mr. Kamlesh Shah. He played a pivotal role from 2015 till now, in the company’s overall growth and success.
Mr. Shah’s educational background consists of a B.E, in Information Technology from Mumbai university and Masters in Engineering Management from George Washington University, United States. He is a certified LEED Green Associate and MCR. Alongside his many professional achievements and endeavors, he is a keen listener, change-maker, and result-oriented person. He was highly instrumental in setting up processes for each function and was the key contributor to the company’s technological advancement. He has developed the culture within the organization to work adhering to the process. He is always curious to learn and feels like there is no age to grow; no matter where you are and what you do, there is always room for learning more, which is why he still keeps on learning different things like programming languages and how to operate various complex softwares.
Apart from work Mr. Shah loves to watch football, in fact, he envisions to own a football club someday and Arsenal football club, based in London is his favorite. He aspires to be the fittest version of himself. Mr. Shah feels that the time spent with his roommate in Washington DC, US was one of the best times of his life. He also loves to read and one book that he swears by is The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
Post-Graduation
Masters, in Engineering Management
– The George Washington University, US
Graduation
B.E. in Information Technology
– University of Mumbai
LEED Green Associate
Issuing authority: Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
MCR
Issuing authority: CoreNet Global
Project Management
MS Project
Management
As the Director- Operations at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Vivek Pathade has a professional and real-time understanding of all the operations going on. He has been a new addition to the team, but with the kind of experience and expertise that he has brought, it doesn’t feel like he is relatively new to our family.
Before taking up the position of the Director of Operations at Listenlights in 2020, Mr. Pathade was a Construction Management Discipline Manager at WeWork India. In his previous role, he was responsible for handling a team of construction managers working across the country. He was assigned the task to execute fit-out work of co-working spaces for various prestigious clients. He has also worked with some renowned names like K Raheja Corp and Mantri Developers Pvt. Ltd as AGM Projects. Prior to that, he also worked on a contract basis as a project manager with Everstone Investment Advisory Pvt. Ltd. His skills include intricate project estimation, seamless construction management and Primavera P6.
His experience spans over 15 years in which he has carried out supervision upon every project that he has been a part of. His core strengths and industry knowledge includes structural analysis, project planning, project management. With a self-motivated and consistent attitude towards work from Mr. Pathade’s end, we have dodged all challenging situations.
Not just this, a robust academic credential and the ability to find out the simplest solutions for all complex problems have made his presence a success in all the projects. In his role as the Director of Operations at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, company has witnessed some changes; nevertheless, these changes have always resulted in tremendous growth. Mr. Pathade holds a Bachelor’s degree from Pune’s esteemed Maharashtra Institute of Technology. He completed his Masters of Engineering from the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology in Surat and also holds an MBA from the University of Pune.
Apart from work, Mr. Pathade enjoys biking, touring and meeting new people. His favourite books are Great Leaders Grow by Ken Blanchard & Mark Miller, The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Ken Blanchard.
Post-Graduation
Executive M.B.A.
– University of Pune
M.E. in Structure Engineering
– Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
Graduation
B.E. in Civil Engineering
– Maharashtra Institute of Technology, University of Pun
Project Management Professional (PMP)
A pulsating personality and yet down to earth, Mr. Richard is an easy-going person with 35 plus years in Human Resources and Administration. He is very fortunate to have worked with various multinational companies and presently working with Listenlights in the role of Head – Human Resources and Administration. Recently, he was the recipient of the “101 Top HR Minds awarded by The World HRD Congress – Lifetime Achievement Award”.
His characteristic speaks a lot about him and the 3 decades of wisdom define him. His age does not describe him but his young heart portrays him as the principal in his character. While practicing core HR, he has contributed to the growth of every establishment he has worked with.
His extensive knowledge of recruitment and selection, including strategic workforce planning, performance management, compensation management, statutory compliances, policy framing, training, etc. has changed the productivity of Human Resources.
He enjoys what he does and treats his work at high eminence. He clutches to every prospect of sourcing smart personnel to do overwhelming things.
He is a huge people person and if you come across him any time, just say ‘hi’ and you will not regret it or go unnoticed. He is a big believer in supporting mental health, especially for young Millennials who work in the stressful scenario of the current landscape. He has started a regular newsletter during the pandemic to give motivational stories and his own life experiences. Additionally, he grooms young millennials to become refined professionals and regularly gives mentorship to anyone who is aspiring to become a leader.
Apart from his professional roles, he is socially active in the church and is associated with Snehasadan, an orphanage for underprivileged children. He strongly believes in work-life balance and follows the 5 AM routine. He loves entertaining and enjoys cooking.
Even after 3 decades of excellence, he believes there is more room to learn about changing dynamics of the industries across the globe and pushes himself to be of any help to new lots of professionals. After all, the more excellence you achieve, the more you can impart to other bright successors when passing on the reign.
POST GRADUATION
MBA in Human Resources Management and Services
– SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
Masters in Arts (Psychology) – St. Xavier’s College
– University of Mumbai
GRADUATION
Bachelors in Arts (Psychology) – St. Xavier College
– University of Mumbai
As the General Manager – Technical Services , Mr. Ankur Pandya has been a constant support to the organization. Working at Listenlights was the first job of his professional journey, 21 years ago, and he has not looked back since then. Mr. Pandya completed his engineering from the esteemed Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai. He joined Listenlights in the year 2000, and ever since then, his journey has been fantastic. First, he started working as a site engineer and was later promoted to Project Engineer. Gradually, he was promoted as Regional head for Pune and assigned the responsibility to develop the region. In 2019, he became the Head – Technical Services & AMC.
Mr. Pandya’s role has majorly been to execute, manage and handle the projects. Ever since his promotion in 2019, he has been taking care of the significant aspect of providing after-sale and AMC services to our clients. It has been a journey of 21 golden years, and Mr. Pandya feels that it will last all the longer.
Listenlights has given him many opportunities to grow and a lot of freedom to carry out all his tasks on time. He has constantly been motivated by his peers, and the same is carried forward with Mr. Pandya‘s juniors. He immensely appreciates and speaks highly of the culture of the organisation. Apart from work, Mr. Pandya loves listening to music, playing cricket and table tennis. His favourite books are: How to win friends and influence people – By Dale Carnegie, The Goal – By Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Gujarat no Nath – By Kanaiyalal Munshi.
GRADUATION
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
– Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, University of Mumbai
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
– Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, University of Mumbai
As the General Manager – Projects at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. C Murugan has contributed immensely to the company’s growth. This dedication to do better each day has helped shape his robust career with vast experience. Mr. C. Murugan hails from a small village in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He became the first engineer of his village when he completed his B.E. in Electrical Engineering in the year 2009. He started working at Listenlights in 2013 and has been a constant since then. Although, before Listenlights, his jobs at other places didn’t last that long we feel that it’s majorly because he was meant to be here. Before starting work at Listenlights, he was offered a job as a site engineer in a company called Omtech Electricals Ltd. Mr. Murugan’s role in Omtech involved helping project engineers as well as his seniors. During his tenure at Omtech, he learned electrical work and other ELV services.
Mr. Murugan’s journey at Listenlights has not been a cakewalk, but he owes all the growth to the challenges that he faced here. As he grew within the company, he was promoted and given a team of 5-6 people. Post this, he was appointed as the regional manager. In 2018, Listenlights appointed Mr. Murugan as the regional head and by then, he has executed many key projects for the organization. He believes that he has received a lot of guidance and support at Listenlights, which he would not have received elsewhere.
What Mr. Murugan loves about Listenlights is that he has always received great opportunities, there were no restrictions, and the organization has helped him grow immensely. Unfortunately, due to the language barrier, Mr. Murugan struggled the longest to communicate with people in his earlier days, but he overcame this with his learning and never give up attitude. Still, his dedication to learn and be better made him one of the trusted employees in the organization.
Apart from work Mr. Murugan loves to do gardening, playing cricket, and listening to music. He always tries to end his day by watching New channel and he likes to see ideas related to gardening.
GRADUATION
B.E. in Electrical Engineering
– SCAD College of Engineering and Technology
As the Assistant Vice President – Projects at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Chenchubabu Gummadi’s efforts have made handling and executing projects a seamless process. He started working in the organisation in 2017 as a manager. His key role back then was to be a part of all executions and handle the operations. With his diligence and hard work, he became the regional manager in 2018 and subsequently in 2019, he became the regional head for the Hyderabad region.
Mr. Chenchubabu Gummadi hails from Andhra Pradesh. He completed his BE in electrical and electronics engineering and started his career with Antelec Ltd. Post that; he joined ETA engineering private limited as a senior project engineer for Delhi airport projects. After successful completion of a project, in 2010, he returned back to the Hyderabad branch and then he joined Listenlights in 2017. He loves Listenlights because the organisation has always trusted him, and he gets the freedom to make decisions within the company guidelines. Mr. Gummadi strongly feels that the management at Listenlights is way more flexible, supportive and believes in empowering people than any other organization he worked with.
His core strengths are knowledge of project management and being technically sound; Mr. Gummadi’s convincing power and understanding of the industry makes him people’s go-to person in his area of expertise. He has developed many accounts and built up client relationships in his short but fruitful tenure at Listenlights. His hard work and determination have paved the way for his promotion within the organisation, and this is what has helped him grow and build a team of almost 100 people in the Hyderabad region. He strongly believes in “Simple living and high thinking.” Apart from work, he loves to play cricket, volleyball, watching musical and comedy shows. He loves to read business articles. His role models are Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Sachin Tendulkar, Sudha Murthy and Narayan Murthy and he is truly inspired by their life biography.
GRADUATION
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
– Sir CRR College of Engineering and Technology, University of Andhra
As the Assistant General Manager – Estimation at Listenlights Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Javed Shah has constantly been a provider of fresh approaches to work. He did his HSC in 2004 and started his first job at Fine Enterprise, a company that was into oiling as an assistant. In 2006 he joined Subhash Electrical, a contracting company where his job was to take care of the store and related activities. During his tenure at Subhash Electrical, Mr. Shah gained electrical knowledge in designing and billing. In 2007 he pursued a CAD course to add another feather to his cap and then eventually joined Roshan Electrical, a growing company as a billing engineer. After what feels like a series of 2 more job changes along with pursuing a diploma in electrical engineering, he finally joined Listenlights in 2016 as an estimation engineer. His core job was to handle the estimation and additionally also explored his skill in procurement; later on, he got into managing labour contractors on-field and started projecting excellent team building and management skills.
Presently, Mr. Shah is leading the estimation function and plays a vital role during the tendering stage. He owes all this to his vast experience in different organisations, where he understood the importance of versatility and diversity. Talking about personal aspects, Mr. Shah believes that after joining Listenlights, he found significant growth in his professional career. He is a lot calmer and has grown a lot in these past 4-5 years.
A strong advocate of business ethics, efforts and discipline, Mr. Javed Shah envisions to always do what his heart desires, and he is also known to be one of the great listeners and a humble manager. Apart from work, Mr. Shah loves to play cricket and listen to music. His favorite book is Start With Why By Simon Sinek and a quote that he swears by is- “A team is not a group of people that work together, it’s a group of people that trust each other.”
GRADUATION
Diploma in Electrical Engineering
– Shri Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic, University of Mumbai
