Dr. P. Anbalagan, IAS
Chairman & Managing Director
Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd. (MAHAGENCO)

Dr. P. Anbalagan took over as the Chairman & Managing Director, Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited on 30th September, 2022. He is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Maharashtra Cadre 2001 Batch. He is Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) from Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Master in Dairying from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. He is also pursuing M.Tech and Ph. D in Civil and Environmental Technology from Pune University, Maharashtra.In his illustrious career spanning over 21 years, he has held several important assignments in Government of Maharashtra, like Assistant Collector, Solapur & Karad, CEO Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar, Collector & District Magistrate, Ahmednagar, Joint CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, Member Secretary of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. Prior to current assignment, he was working as CEO, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

Dr. Hemlata Bagla
Vice Chancellor, HSNC University

Dr. Hemlata Bagla (Vice Chancellor) is an accomplished academician and a pioneer educationist in strategizing excellence in institutions of higher learning. As the Senior Dean, Science and Technology, HSNC University, Mumbai and the Director of Niranjan Hiranandani School of Real Estate (NHSRE) and the Principal of K. C. College, she is engaged in planning, organizing and executing innovative and state of the art academic and professional courses backed up with her astute administrative experience. She is a noted authority in nuclear and radiochemistry having guided students at Masters and PhD level for nearly 25 years. She obtained her Masters in Sciences having specialized in Organic Chemistry at the age of twenty and she was a top student at the Mumbai University. She obtained her Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry specializing in Radiochemistry at twenty-five years of age. She has published more than 170 research papers in national and international journals of repute, including nine publications in NASA’s Astrophysical database and has presented papers in national and international conferences and delivered a number of invited talks in various academic forums in colleges, universities and national and international conferences.

H. E. Shri Ramesh Bais
Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra

Shri Ramesh Bais was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on 18 February 2023. Shri Bais is a respected name in the politics of the erstwhile state of Madhya Pradesh and the present Chhattisgarh as well as in national politics. In 1978, he was elected as councilor in Raipur Municipal Corporation for the first time. He was an elected member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Council from 1980 to 1985. In the year 1989, Shri Bais was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Raipur. He went on to set the record of getting elected to Lok Sabha from Raipur for seven consecutive terms. Over the years Shri Ramesh Bais has served as the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel and Mines, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Union Ministry of Mines and as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. As member of 16th Lok Sabha, he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Bais has done extensive work on the issue of rights of persons with disabilities as well as transgender persons. He has been the Governor of Tripura, Jharkhand before assuming charge as the 20th Governor of Maharashtra in February 2023. Governor Shri Ramesh Bais is a dedicated social worker. He organized health camps, eye check-up camps and sports competitions in rural areas.

Prof. Dr. Sanjay B.Chordiya
Founder President & Chairman, Suryadatta Group of Institutes

Professor Dr Sanjay B. Chordiya is a globally renowned Passionate Educationist, Global Coach, Industry & Management Professional, a Visionary, & a Philanthropist with a vision to deliver quality education at affordable fees for holistic development for all strata of the society for peace & harmony in the world in an enlightening hygienic academic environment from Kindergarten to PG - Research level. He is also known as an Indian Tech Magnet leading various Industry linked and technology projects. His pursuit for higher education was epitomized in securing a Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical Engineering from India’s renowned college, College of Engineering (COEP), Pune; Master’s Degree in Marketing, Human Resource, Production & Materials Management and Finance & PhD in Environmental science. He has been awarded Honoraray D.Litt Award by Theophany University, Haiti.

Shyamala Gopinath
former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

She has experience of around 39 years in financial sector and policy formulation in different capacities at the Reserve Bank of India. As Deputy Governor for seven years and member of the Board, she had been guiding and influencing national policies in diverse areas of central banking and regulation and supervision of financial institutions. She was on deputation to the IMF during 2001-2003.
She was till January 2, 2021 Non-Executive Chairperson of HDFC bank. She has been Chairperson of the SEBI Advisory Committee on Corporate Bonds and Securitisation and the Advisory Committee on Bank Frauds. She was a RBI nominee on SBI, NHB and Eximbank and post retirement on certain public sector boards besides other companies. Currently she is an Independent Director on a few listed and unlisted company boards such as Crisil Ltd, Vastu Housing Finance, CMS Information systems and GTNW (a not for profit company). She is currently Chairing the Standing External Advisory Committee on Bank Licences.

Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani
Co-Founder & MD, Hiranandani Group

Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani is a Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hiranandani Group of Companies. He also heads a distinct Business Unit Hiranandani Communities Dr. Hiranandani, is the son of the Padmabhushan honored ENT specialist Dr. L H Hiranandani. He completed his schooling from Campion School, Mumbai and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Hons.) with a distinction of standing Second in Mumbai University. Adding to his professional qualification, he completed his C.A. and his Doctorate in Philosophy – “Housing Revolution in India Challenges and Prospects”. He is known as “Builder Extraordinaire? and as the Man responsible for changing the skyline of Mumbai with the delivery of landmark project “Hiranandani Gardens” Powai. The Hiranandani Group pioneered the concept of developing mixed-used integrated townships model with vibrant community living its reason of existence.

Dr. Brinda Jagirdar
Economist & Independent Director, IDFC First

Dr. (Mrs.) Brinda Jagirdar, is an independent consulting economist with specialization in areas relating to Banking and Economics including Agriculture Economics. She is an Independent Director on corporate boards: IDFC FIRST Bank Limited, Rane Brake Lining Limited, Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation Limited, SBI DFHI Limited and Rane Holdings Limited. She is a member of the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund, established by Reserve Bank of India. She is also a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, Mumbai. She is on the Governing Council of Treasury Elite, a knowledge sharing platform for finance and treasury professionals. She is a member of the Managing Committee of the All-India Bank Depositors Association of the Forum of Free Enterprise. She retired as General Manager and Head of Economic Research, State Bank of India, based at its Corporate Office in Mumbai. In March 2019, Dr. (Mrs.) Brinda Jagirdar was recognized as among India’s Top 100 Women in Finance by the Association of International Wealth Management of India.

Vijay Karia
Chairman & MD, Ravin Group of Companies, India

Mr. Vijay Karia, is the Chairman and MD of Ravin Group of Companies. Ravin group is a leading player in the Indian power and energy. He has been Chairman of Cable Division of IEEMA. As Chairman and Managing Director of Ravin Group, he has been instrumental in leading the electrical cable segment in many ways by launching new and improved products from time to time, and has been a pioneer and largest exporter of cables from India. His is the first Indian cable manufacturing company to set up its manufacturing facility overseas in UAE. He was recently awarded as India's Most Inspiring Entrepreneur by the Economic Times, and is considered as one among the top 50 Entrepreneurs by ET today.

Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal
Renowned Leadership and Management Expert

Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal is a renowned leadership and management expert, who is credited with the transformation of a large public sector bank into a global brand, during his stint as the Chairman & Managing Director of Bank of Baroda. Earlier, as the Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank for a brief period of one year (2004), he effectively turned around the bank and put it back from the state of decline onto a growth trajectory. He is known for his bold, visionary and transformational Leadership in the corporate world. His brand of leadership focuses on initiating long term foundational steps, what he terms as "intangibles" such as human resources, Leadership, customer centricity, technology, ethical governance, speed and brand building. He is one such rare leader who has demonstrated use of intangibles in driving tangible results. Dr Khandelwal's best-selling book "Dare to Lead" (Sage 2011) captures the story covering pains, pangs and exhilaration of transforming a complex large sized public sector corporation, with sheer grit and conviction by raising and channelizing collective passion of forty thousand employees for building a valuable brand.

Shaji K. V.
Chairman, NABARD

Shaji K. V. assumed charge as Chairman of NABARD on 7th December 2022. Prior to this, he was serving as Deputy Managing Director, NABARD since 21st May 2020 and was instrumental in implementing initiatives like software based supervisory inspection, Data-warehouse, process re-engineering and improvement in the risk management practices besides conceptualising the ambitious scheme of computerising Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS). He also steered the crucial Department of Refinance which recorded an all-time high business level in FY 2021-22 and the Finance Department of NABARD. Before joining NABARD, he worked in Canara Bank in various capacities for 26 years. He has got extensive Board level experience for about 10 years in various organisations viz., National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd. and Canara Bank Securities Ltd., besides being the Chairman of Kerala Gramin Bank, the then largest Regional Rural Bank of the country, and also of NABKISAN Finance Ltd., a subsidiary of NABARD.

M. P. Vijay Kumar
Executive Director & Group CFO, Sify Technologies

M. P. Vijay Kumar is the Executive Director and Group CFO of Sify Technologies. He is also an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee on the Board of The Life Insurance Corporation of India and an Independent Director on the Boards of Geojit Financial Services Limited and Heritage Foods Limited. He also serves as a Member of the IFRS Interpretation committee of International Accounting Standards Board and IFRS Advisory Council of the IFRS Foundation, London. He served as Council Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2016-2022), was Chairman of Accounting Standards Board and Ex Officio Member of National Financial Reporting Authority for the period 2019-2022. He was part of the CFO Forum, the National Committee on Financial Reporting and the Accounting Standards Board of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). His was also a Partner at chartered accountants’ firm, Yoganandh & Ram. Prior to them, he headed the Investment Banking portfolio in addition to being Company Secretary of Sundaram Finance Services Ltd., Chennai, and the Investment Banking arm of Sundaram Finance Limited.

Hon’ble Justice U. U. Lalit
Former Chief Justice of India

Justice Uday.U. Lalit enrolled as an advocate in June 1983. He specialised in criminal law and practiced at the Bombay HC from 1983 to 1985. Following his stint at the Bombay HC, he worked in the chambers of then Attorney General of India, Soli Sorabjee, from 1986 to 1992. Justice Lalit was designated as Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court in April, 2004. He aided the Court as amicus curiae in many important matters pertaining to forests, vehicular pollution and pollution of the Yamuna river. Justice Lalit was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court directly from the Bar on August 13th, 2014. He was the sixth Judge elevated directly to the SC without having served as a Judge in a lower court or High Court. As an SC Judge, he was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on May 14th, 2021. Justice Lalit took over as the 49th Chief Justice of India on August 27th, 2022, becoming the only second CJI to be elevated to directly from the bar.

Atul Temurnikar
Chairman & Co-Founder, Global Schools Foundation, Singapore

Mr. Atul Temurnikar is a prominent member of the education industry in South East Asia, Middle East and India and serves as a founding Trustee and Executive Chairman of Singapore based Global Schools Foundation (GSF), a not-for-profit organisation. He is a philantrophist and born leader. Recently he contributed 200000 Singapore Dollar to PM Care Fund for Covid19. An engineer by qualification, he has completed his Masters in Management from the University of East London. His career saw him venturing into the education sector after a 14-year stint in information technology (IT) firms like HCL Technologies Ltd and IBM (1997-2002). Mr. Temurnikar is recipient of many awards / accolades incl Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal from Walter L. Hurd Foundation, USA and the Asia Pacific Quality Organization.

Hon’ble Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Chief Justice High Court of Bombay

Born on 16th June 1965 at Muskarai, District Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. Had his college education in Colvin Taluqdars’ College, Lucknow. Graduated in laws (LL.B.) in the year 1991 from Lucknow University. Enrolled as an Advocate on 11th May, 1991 and joined chambers of his father – Shri R.A. Upadhyaya – practicing at Board of Revenue for last sixty years, Shri Mohd Arif Khan, Senior Advocate and Shri S.K. Kalia, Senior Advocate. Mainly practised in Civil and Constitutional sides at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, at Lucknow. Was appointed as the Chief Standing Counsel, State of U.P. in May 2007 and continued to hold that office till elevation as Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. Appointed as a puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad on 21st November 2011 and took oath as the permanent Judge of High Court of Judicature at Allahabad on 6th August 2013. Became Senior Judge of the Lucknow Bench on 28th March 2023. Appointed and took oath as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay on 29th July 2023.

Murali Vaidyanathan
Senior President and Country Head – Branch Banking - Liabilities, Products & Wealth Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited

Mr. Murali Vaidyanathan is Senior President and Country Head – Branch Banking - Liabilities, Products & Wealth at Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited. Mr. Murali Vaidyanathan is strategic Banking Leader with over 20 years of success in setting up branches, business verticals, and driving product innovations and profitability. He has delivered consistent results in expanding branches, balance sheet and realizing top-line revenue goals through product re-structuring, digital solutions, rationalizing product prices and enhancing productivity at people level.

Dinesh Waghmare, IAS
Principal Secretary, Medical Education and Drugs Department, Govt. of Maharashtra

Mr.Dinesh Waghmare, belongs to 1994 Batch of IAS. Shri. Dinesh Waghmare is B.E. (Electronics) from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, (VNIT), Nagpur and also possess the degree in M. Tech from IIT Kharagpur in Computer Science. He has also done M.Sc. in Development & Project Planning, Bradford University, England, UK. He possesses more than 26 years of experience in responsible roles in spheres of Management and Administration.

Sanil C. Namboodiripad
Managing Director, North East Transmission Company Ltd.

Mr. Sanil C. Namboodiripad holds BTech. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with MBA in Finance. He has over 30 years of rich experience in O&M of Gas based combined cycle power plants, Coal fired power plants and EHV Transmission Systems. He started his career with NTPC where he worked for 17 yrs in large gas turbine power plants. Later he worked with Reliance Power with main focus on establishing O&M strategies, Systems and Processes and M&D systems for the power stations being setup by Reliance. He has also worked with Sterlite Power as Head – Asset Mgmt of the pan India EHV transmission assets of Sterlite. Prior to joining OTPC, he was associated with Adani Transmission where he was managing the portfolio of 25 EHV substations and more than 11000 circuit kms of EHV Transmission lines.

Vikas Chandra Rastogi, IAS
Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra

Mr. Vikas Rastogi has completed B.Tech and M.Tech from IIT Delhi, LLB from Mumbai University and Masters in International Development Policy from Duke University, North Carolina, USA. He has served as Officer Trainee, LSBNAA, Mussoorie from September 04, 1995 till August 01, 1997; Assistant Collector, Arvi Wardha from August 08, 1997 upto March 23, 1999; Chief Executive Officer, Aurangabad from March 26, 1999 upto October 14, 1999; Chief Executive Officer, Ahmednagar from October 15, 1999 to December 31, 2000; Chief Executive Officer, Parbhani from January 02, 2000 upto October 14, 2003; Joint Commissioner Sales Tax, Mumbai from October 16, 2003 upto June 06, 2006; Collector, Ratnagiri from June 08, 2006 upto January 29, 2009; Joint Secretary to Honorable Governor of Maharashtra from January 30, 2009 to March 22, 2011; Secretary to Honorable Governor of Maharashtra from March 23, 2011 to upto July 31, 2015; Project Director, Maharashtra Project on Climate Resilient Agriculture from August 18, 2016 upto September 03, 2020 and Principal Secretary (Information Technology and Chairman (MahaIT) and State IT Corporation from September 04, 2020 upto November 28, 2020.

Umesh Govind Revankar
Executive Vice Chairman, Shriram Finance

Mr. Umesh Govind Revankar holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Mangalore University and a master of business administration (MBA) in finance. He attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Revankar started his career with the Shriram group as an executive trainee in 1987. He has been associated with the Shriram group for the last 35 years and has extensive experience in the financial services industry. During his stint with the Shriram Group, he has shouldered various responsibilities and worked in several key roles of business operations.

Sailesh, IAS
Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), Former Secretary, Dept. of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Govt. of India

Mr. Sailesh is a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the Meghalaya-Assam Cadre. He was appointed as a member of Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for tenure of 5 years. Prior to being appointed to PESB, Mr. Sailesh was serving as Secretary Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah
Chairman, Institute of Directors
former Chief Justice of India
former Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
& National Commission for Constitution of India Reforms

Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, National Chairman of Executive Council of Institute of Directors, was a former Chief Justice of India. He was Chairman of the Human Rights Commission. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Science and in Law from the University of Mysore. He commenced general practice of law in the year 1951, and was appointed Permanent Judge of the High Court of Karnataka w.e.f. 6.11.1975 and Judge of the Supreme Court of India w.e.f. 5.10.1987. Subsequently, he was appointed Chief Justice of India w.e.f. 12.2.1993 and retired on 24.10.1994. He was 25th Chief Justice of India .Even after his retirement; he has continued to work on anti-corruption and human rights issues, including support for the launch of the Initiatives of Change Centre for Governance.