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Shri Harsh Vardhan Lodha (Chairman)
   
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An eminent Chartered Accountant who has served various committees and working groups set up by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI); Indian Chambers of Commerce, Kolkata; Department of Company Affairs, Government of India; Reserve Bank of India; apart from being a member of the Accounting Standards Board set up by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and alternate member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards set up by Government of India. He has handled professional advisory assignments in various fields and has been involved in various Trusts, Educational and Cultural Institutions.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Alfred Herbert (India) Limited
  • Universal Cables Limited
  • Birla Corporation Limited
  • Birla Cable Limited
  • Hindustan Gum and Chemicals Limited
  • J.K. Fenner (India) Limited
  • RCCPL Private Limited
  • Birla Furukawa Fibre Optics Private Limited
  • Oneworld Resources Private Limited
  • Punjab Produce Holdings Limited*
  • Baroda Agents & Trading Co. Private Limited*
  • East India Investment Co. Private Limited *
  • Gwalior Webbing Co. Private Limited *
  • The Punjab Produce & Trading Co. Private Limited *

(*) As per the disclosure given by Shri Harsh Vardhan Lodha, these companies have filed Form DIR-12 with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on the basis of an illegal direction from one of the Administrators Pendent Lite of the Estate of Priyamvada Devi Birla purportedly acting on the basis of a judgement and order dated September 18, 2020 of the Learned Single Judge of the High Court at Calcutta that he has ceased to be a director in the said companies. The wrongful act has been done without his knowledge, consent and without any compliance with the provisions of law which has been legally challenged by him. As per disclosure made by him, there has been no cessation of his directorship in any of these companies. The judgment and order dated September 18, 2020 was challenged by him in appeal being A.P.O. Nos. 92 of 2020 which has been disposed of by a judgment and order dated December 14, 2023. All these purported actions/decisions taken by the APLs without following the due process of law have been nullified by the judgment and order dated December 14, 2023. The defendants in the probate suit being T.S. No. 6 of 2004 have preferred Special Leave Petitions from the judgment and order dated December 14, 2023. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has, by an order dated March 22, 2024 declined to pass any interim order in such petitions.

Shri Dhan Raj Bansal
   
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Company executive having rich and varied experience of over 5 decades in various facets of cable and other industries including in the field of administration, production and marketing.

His strength includes strong relationship management, international alliances/tie ups and business development. He is actively associated with various cable industry forums in India & abroad and also served at the helm of all renowned power & telecommunication cables industry association(s) in India for several years.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Birla Cable Limited
  • Hindustan Gum & Chemicals Limited
  • Birla Furukawa Fibre Optics Private Limited

Shri Priya Shankar Dasgupta (Non-Executive Independent Director)
   
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Shri Priya Shankar Dasgupta has been engaged in the practice of Corporate Law since 1978. After a long stint with the India’s foremost Corporate Law Firm J.B. Dadachanji & Co. for over 15 years, he founded in 1992 his own Law Firm, New Delhi Law Offices, offering full spectrum of services in the areas of strategic investments both in and outbound, entry strategy, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, consolidation and liquidation, finance, securities and capital markets, infrastructure, technology transfer, anti-dumping and real estate. Shri Priya Shankar Dasgupta is a specialist, inter alia, in structuring and negotiation of Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations & devising entry strategies. As New Delhi Law Offices acquired a substantial global presence, it was repositioned and rechristened as Asia Law Offices (ALO) effective from November, 2020.

He is also actively associated with leading Educational Institutes serving as Promoter /Director on DPS – Dubai and Sharjah in UAE and Jodhpur in India and regularly advising several leading corporates in Nepal, UAE and Kenia.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • HEG Limited
  • Interstar Financial Services Limited
  • Snap-on Tools Private Limited
  • NDLO Business Consulting Private Limited
  • Interstar Edu-Serve Private Limited
  • NDLO Secretarial Services Private Limited
  • Dasgupta Consulting Private Limited
  • SSSA Family Private Limited
  • Sarvpratham Shiksha Foundation
  • Shugan Chandra Kothari Educational Foundation

Smt. Rashmi Dhariwal (Non-Executive Independent Director)
   
RASHMI DHARIWAL

Smt. Rashmi Dhariwal holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Lady Shriram College, University of Delhi securing second position in the University. Post that she secured the Attorney-of-law degree from the Calcutta High Court with a gold medal in the year 1978 and was thereafter enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar council of West Bengal and then Maharashtra. She was also enrolled as a member of the Bombay Incorporated Law Society. She has also practised as an Advocate-on-record in the Supreme Court.

She has worked in leading firms in India including, Khaitan & Co., both in Calcutta and Delhi, Mulla and Mulla, Mumbai and also in the Philippines.

She has varied experience in the field of Conveyancing, Contracts and litigation. She was also on the panel for the State of Gujarat. She is currently Chairman of a hospitality focused company running restaurants in India. She is also an Independent Director with RJ Corp Limited, Varun Beverages Ltd. and Devyani International Limited. She is also a trustee of a registered charitable trust, Prayatn.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Devyani International Limited
  • Varun Beverages Limited
  • RJ Corp Limited
  • Devyani Food Industries Limited
  • Parkview City Limited
  • Ascenti Tourista Private Limited
  • Pass Code Hospitality Private Limited
  • Inspired Emporio Salon Private Limited
  • Varun Beverages (Zimbabwe) (Private) Limited, Zimbabwe
  • RV Enterprises Pte. Ltd., Singapore
  • Devyani International DMCC, Dubai
  • Restaurants Development Co. Ltd., Thailand

Dr. Aravind Srinivasan (Non-Executive Independent Director)
   
RASHMI DHARIWAL

Dr. Aravind Srinivasan serves as the Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief Medical Officer of Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu run by the Govel Trust – non-profit Public Charitable Trust. He also serves as a Trustee of Govel Trust and Secretary of Aurolab Trust that manufactures a wide range of high quality ophthalmic consumables such as intraocular lenses, surgical sutures, pharmaceutical products, surgical blades and Equipment.

Having worked in the medical field, he had a passion for management. In the year 2000, he did his MBA with specialization in strategy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Dr. Srinivasan is a high-volume cataract surgeon. In a non-clinical capacity, he is involved in innovations and execution at Aravind Eye Hospital. He is building Aravind’s new projects and ensuring growth in service care delivery. Dr. Srinivasan is one of the resource persons at Indian Institute of Management and Indian School of Business and also a mentor for MBA students of B School students from the USA and Netherlands through projects at AECS.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Ramco Systems Limited
  • Aurowell Health Systems Private Limited
  • Southern Hitech Seed and Horticulture Farm Private Limited
  • RCCPL Private Limited
  • Ahma Health Care Venturer Private Limited
  • Aurolab Foundation
  • Punarjeevan Foundation for Elderly Care & Neuro Rehabilitation

Shri Bachh Raj Nahar (Non-Executive Independent Director)
   
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Shri Bachh Raj Nahar holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from University of Rajasthan. He is an eminent Chartered Accountant and has served in diverse fields at senior positions in large corporate houses. He in his last assignment served as the Managing Director of Birla Corporation Limited, the flagship Company of the MP Birla Group. He was holding senior positions in many large bodies’ corporates for four decades. Business world magazine had identified him as the most valuable CEO among India’s mid-size Cement Companies at its issue dated November 29, 2010. He was an Executive President of Vikram Ispat, a unit of Grasim Industries Limited. He was also an Executive Director of the Essar group, Mumbai, one of the largest diversified business houses in India.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Universal Cables Limited
  • Birla Cable Limited
  • August Agents Limited
  • Insilco Agents Limited
  • Laneseda Agents Limited
  • Mili Capital Management Private Limited
  • Mili Consultants and Investment Private Limited
  • BRN Commodities and Trading Company Private Limited

Shri Yashwant Singh Lodha (Managing Director & CEO)
   
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Fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and also an Associate member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India having vast knowledge and rich & varied Corporate experience of more than 35 years in the various cable companies all belonging to M.P. Birla Group. He is a seasoned executive in Cable Industry. His strength lies in his ability to generate and communicate a vision and understand technology trends, take advantage of market timings to drive innovation and deliver contemporary solution to Company's domestic and global customers' base.

Directorship in other Bodies Corporate-

  • Universal Cables Limited
  • Birla Furukawa Fibre Optics Private Limited