A team of experienced professionals from the shipping and logistics business from the core of Staarship Technologies.Some of our prominent team members are:

Mr. Kannan Narain is a veteran of the shipping industry in Mumbai. He has been a Freight Broker for the past 23 years, and has handled a multitude of key projects for large business houses. He is known for his impeccable business ethics and vast practical experience in handling large exporters in diverse industries.
 
In 1999, Staarship was born in his mind as an information portal for the Containerized Shipping Industry. The idea gradually evolved and grew further into a software solutions company that provides both online and offline solutions to the international shipping trade and logistics community. The magnitude and sheer value of this project demanded that Kannan wind up his well-established business to pursue this project meaningfully.
 
Kannan is on the visiting faculty of various management institutes, prominent among them being Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), S.P.Jain Institute of Management Studies and Exim Management Institute among other premier business schools in Mumbai.
 
Kannan brings to Staarship his vast experience and in depth understanding of the container shipping trade.

Sandy Tungare is a proven entrepreneur with a rare mix of technology vision, keen business acumen and inspirational leadership. In 2000, Sandy formulated the ideas that are the foundation of Vistaar Technologies.
 
Sandy was an early pioneer in the field of multi-dimensional technology and is widely acclaimed for having crafted unique and visionary software products using that seminal technology.
 
In 1986, Sandy co-founded Think Systems, where he served as Chairman and CEO. At Think Systems, Sandy grew the company from a three-person start-up to a multi-national operation with 150 employees.
 
Sandy received his MBA from Rutgers University and a Bachelor's Degree from Bombay University.
 
Sandy's entrepreneurial vision and dynamic leadership quality is the guiding force behind Staarship.

Shekhar Iyer is responsible for the day-to-day management of Vistaar Technologies' software development operations in India. Shekhar Iyer spent 12 years at the Bombay headquarters of Chase Manhattan Bank. At Chase, Shekhar held various positions in the Corporate Finance and Global Services divisions and was responsible for origination, marketing and execution of products, including derivates, project advisory, syndicated loans and capital market bonds to top tier corporate clients in the private and public sector. In Global Services, he managed a team, consisting of 10 sales professionals, responsible for marketing cash management services and structured trade products to clients in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Mauritius. In 1996, Shekhar was the recipient of the "Ambassador Award" given to the most successful salesperson in Asia Pacific region. At the time of leaving the bank, he was the head of the Capital Market Fiduciary Services division in India.
 
Prior to Chase, Shekhar worked in Bank of India for 11 years. Among his various assignments in the bank, he was part of a team that created computerized credit information and monitoring system for the bank's credit portfolio - a system that was later adopted as an industry standard.
 
Shekhar holds a degree in Commerce and a Masters in Administrative Management from Bombay University.

Shekhar's considerable business & financial acumen is the force behind every key decision that Staarship takes.

Rajkumar holds a degree in Commerce from Bombay University and a Post-graduate diploma in Systems Analysis & Design from the National Institute of Information Technology (India).

Rajkumar was formerly handling regional finance at the NSCSA-Dubai office for their Asia & Middle East operations.

At Staarship, Rajkumar was associated with setting up of Vistaar & Staarship operations in Mumbai and presently handles the day-to-day operations including product design & finance. He has also been involved in evolving the Staarship Beacon Finance module and has played a key role in conceptualization, design and implementation.