Bansi Mehta
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: September 19, 1935
Brief résumé: Mr Bansi Mehta is a Director of the Company since April 1992. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a Member of the Investment Committee of the Board.
Mr Mehta is the Chief Mentor in Bansi S. Mehta & Co. He was the President of Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India for the year 1981-82.
Mr Mehta holds a graduate degree in Commerce and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Location: Mumbai
Dr Satguru Baijal
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: September 06, 1929
Brief résumé: Satguru Baijal was a Director of the Company from June 1984 to March 2019. He was the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a Member of the Investment Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Baijal was the Chairman and CEO of ICI India Ltd from 1983 to 1987.
Mr Baijal holds a doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry from Allahabad University.
Location: Noida
Hasmukh Shah
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: October 4, 1934
Brief résumé: Hasmukh Shah was a Director of the Company from October 1992 to March 2019. He was the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board.
Mr Shah was the Chairman of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd from 1987 to 1992.
Mr Shah holds a Postgraduate degree in Arts from Gujarat University.
Location: Vadodara
Rajendra Shah
Non-executive Director
Date of birth: July 07, 1931
Brief résumé: Mr Rajendra Shah is a Director of the Company since May 1983. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and a Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Shah is a Senior Partner of Crawford Bayley & Co., a firm of Solicitors and Advocates.
Mr Shah holds a degree in Law from the University of Mumbai and has passed Solicitor exam from the Honourable High Court at Mumbai.
Location: Mumbai
Srinivasa Rangan
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: February 13, 1960
Brief résumé: Mr Srinivasa Rangan is a Director of the Company since July 2010. He is a Member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Rangan was an Executive Director of Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC); he has been working with HDFC since 1986.
Mr Rangan holds a graduate degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi and is an Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.
Location: Mumbai
Susim Datta
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: July 01, 1936
Brief résumé: Mr Susim Datta is a Director of the Company since October 2002. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Board.
Mr Datta was the Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Ltd as well as of all Unilever Group companies in India and Nepal from 1990 to 1996.
Mr Datta holds a postgraduate degree in Science and Technology from the University of Calcutta. He is a Chartered Engineer, Honorary Fellow – All India Management Association, Fellow – Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member – Society of Chemical Industry (London) and Fellow – The Institution of Engineers (India).
Location: Mumbai
Mukund Chitale
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: November 16, 1949
Brief résumé: Mr Mukund Chitale is a Director of the Company since October 2014. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Chitale is a founder of the Chartered Accountancy firm, Mukund M Chitale & Co. He has 49 years of experience on advising companies on their business, financial and strategic matters and is acknowledged as an expert in accounting and auditing matters in India.
Mr Chitale was the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Chairman of the erstwhile National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards. He has served on various committees set up by the Central Vigilance Commission, the Government of India, the International Federation of Accountants, the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities Exchange Board of India. He is connected with various reputed social and educational organisations.
Mr Chitale holds a graduate degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Location: Mumbai
Shubhalakshmi Panse
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: January 28, 1954
Brief résumé: Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse is a Director of the Board since March 2015. She is the Chairperson of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee, the Investment Committee and, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Ms Panse has 46 years of experience in the field of banking and has worked in various positions in the Banking industry, the last being as the Chairperson and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank Ltd.
Ms Panse was the Chairperson of Quality Review Board of Indian Institute of Actuaries for a period of two years and a Member of P J Nayak Committee on Corporate Governance set up by the Reserve Bank of India.
Ms Panse holds a postgraduate degree in Science from Pune University, postgraduate degree in Business Administration from Drexel University and is a certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.
Location: Pune
Baldev Arora
Non-executive and Independent Director
Date of birth: June 03, 1944
Brief résumé: Mr Baldev Arora is a Director of the Board since April 2015. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Stakeholders Relationship Committee and a Member of the Investment Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and, the Risk Management Committee of the Board.
Mr Arora has 53 years of experience with leading multinational companies in India and abroad in Agrochemicals, Biologics, Infant Nutrition and Pharmaceuticals Businesses.
Mr Arora held several senior positions including Chairman, Cyanamid Agro Ltd, Managing Director, Cyanamid India Ltd, Chairman and Managing Director, Wyeth – Lederle Ltd, Regional President – Asia, Pfizer Nutrition, Regional President – Asia and Pacific RIM, Nestle S A, Chairman, PT Wyeth Nutrition Indonesia and Board Member, Wyeth Philippines Inc. He was also a Member of the Board of Directors of Asia Pacific Infant and Young Child Nutrition Association, Singapore, Chairman of the American Business Council, Mumbai and Vice President of Organisation of Pharmaceuticals Producers of India.
Mr Arora holds a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Punjab and has attended several programs at Asian Institute of Management, Michigan Business School, Harvard Business School and London Business School.
Location: Mumbai