Founders & Leadership

The people building AKD.

A founder-led group combining global education, financial discipline and first-principles thinking to build the world's most advanced critical-metals company — from India, for the world.

Science. Precision. Purpose.
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Director
Chirayu Katta

Chirayu leads AKD Advanced Materials with a conviction that whoever controls the critical elements will enable the next century of technology. Blending a business-management foundation with training in the physics of materials, he drives AKD's ambition to become a globally integrated, most-advanced industrial group — moving at founder speed, building for the long term.

Education & Credentials
Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

Bachelor of Science in Business Management
London, United Kingdom
Stanford University

Stanford University · Stanford Online

Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers 1
Stanford, California, USA
HK
Director
Harshit Kanoongo

Harshit brings financial rigour and operational discipline to AKD — structuring the capital, partnerships and systems that let an ambitious materials business scale responsibly. His focus is on turning bold vision into durable execution, and on positioning AKD at the frontier of advanced-materials and manufacturing technology.

Education & Credentials
SXUSt. Xavier's University

St. Xavier's University, Jaipur

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) — Finance
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
The AKD Doctrine

The future belongs to those who master advanced materials & technology.

Built on first principles, patience and precision — the same standards behind the wider AKD Group.

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