Our Team
Nihit Srivastava
Managing Director & CEO – India / Malaysia / Canada
A hotel management graduate from Lucknow, with 24 years of hardcore Hotel / F & B operations and business development experience. He embarked upon his hotel career with The Oberoi Group of Hotels in 1998 and associated with the Pre-opening of The Amarvilas Agra. On his way to success, he worked on deputations with The Trident in Agra, Jaipur & Udaipur, The Cecil in Shimla, Hyatt Regency in New Delhi and then started working with Clarks Group / RKHS Group & Clarks Inn Group of Hotels.
In June 2015, he joined Ramee Group India as a CEO – India, wherein he took the portfolio of the brand from 6 Owned properties to 12 hotel properties on management contract pan India. His strong background and expertise in Food and Beverage not only brought revenue to the company but also changed the aura of existing opérations in Ramee India properties.
All the above outlets are making noise of its own of being not only the traditional indian, multi-cuisine and global indian food delivering outlets but also has changed the very definition of nightlife in Western Region.
Vision towards PANDORA’s future prospective i.e, branding, developing, and expanding hotels & resorts shall be key strategy applied in Malaysia & India on which Mr. Nihit Srivastava is completely focused on!
Gopalan Mariappan
Managing Director – Malaysia
Gopalan Mariappan is a Marketing and Finance graduate from University of Kentucky, United States of America. Previously he worked in banking industry (Public Bank Berhad) for 7 Years. He ventured on his own and started Bary Tours Sdn. Bhd. He has 18 years of experience in Tourism Industry. Apart from running the travel business, he also contributing to the Tourism Industry by actively involve in MATTA (Malaysian Tour and Travel Association). He has been elected 2 terms as a Selangor State Chapter Chairman. He also involves in organising Sales Mission to various countries through the Association to promote Malaysia as a Tourist Destination.
