Prasanna Rao is the vice-president (market operations) of our Company. He was deputed from Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited to our Company with effect from September 1, 2007 and his services were transferred to our Company with effect from April 1, 2010. He was appointed as vice-president (market operations) with effect from April 1, 2013. He has passed his bachelor’s of commerce from the University of Mumbai, Mumbai. He has 17 years of experience in market operations of equity and commodity exchanges. Prior to joining our Company, he worked with Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited for four years. He has also worked with Inter Connected Stock Exchange of India Limited and retired as an assistant manager from Inter Connected Stock Exchange of India. He is responsible for day to day operations of our Company. He was involved in drafting of the business rules of our Company and development of the exchange software.