Manoj Kumar Das
Chairman
Shri Manoj Kumar Das, IAS (DIN: 06530792) is currently serving as the Chief Secretary to Government of Gujarat.
Shri Manoj Kumar Das, IAS is a Senior IAS Officer of 1990 batch. He has done B.Tech (Computer Science) from IIT- Kharagpur. He has done specialization in Revenue administration, Urban Management & Civic Issues, Law & Order and Disaster Management.
He has also served as Additional Chief Secretary to the Hon’ble Chief Minister, Gujarat. He has very rich and varied experience in different capacities viz. District Development Officer, Junagadh; District Collector, Porbandar, Palanpur & Surat; Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad; Municipal Commissioner, Surat & Vadodara; District (J&K Affairs), Home Ministry, Government of India; Principal Secretary, Industries and Mines Department, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department.
He has also served as Joint Managing Director, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPC) and also as Director on the Boards of Gujarat State Petronet Limited, GSPC LNG Limited and Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation Limited.
Shri S. J. Haider, IAS
Director
Shri S.J. Haider, IAS is a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with over 32 years of experience in administration and governance, He is presently serving as the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat in Energy and Petrochemicals Department. He has completed his M.Sc. in Physics with specialization in Electronics.
Shri S. J. Haider, IAS has earlier served in various capacities such as District Development Officer, Municipal Commissioner and Collector & District Magistrate in various Districts of Gujarat and worked in various Departments like Finance, Transport, Science and Technology, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Rural Development, Education (Higher and Technical Education) and Industries and Mines Department. He also held the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Climate Change Department.
He holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat Gas Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited – Director
- Gujarat Power Corporation Limited – Chairman
- Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited – Chairman
- Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited – Chairman
- Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited – Chairman
- Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals limited – Director
Shri Sanjeev Kumar, IAS
Director
Shri Sanjeev Kumar, IAS, (DIN: 03600655) has completed his B. Tech. (Hons.) from I.I.T., Kharagpur, and M.P.A., Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minne-sota, USA. He is a 1998 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Gujarat Ca-dre. He currently serves as the Principal Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Forests & Environment Department.
With over 27 years of extensive experience in public administration, he has been instrumen-tal in driving sustainable development across various sectors including finance, energy, pet-rochemicals, and environmental governance.
He has rich knowledge and wide experience of working in various Government Departments and Public Sector Undertaking.
He has served in various capacities in Panchayats, Rural Development, Finance, General Administration (Planning), Commercial Taxes, Energy & Petrochemicals, Forest & Environ-ment, Climate change , Urban Development and Urban Housing Department and other de-partments, and listed state PSUs has given him the exposure and in-depth understanding of various sectors and grassroots issues. The journey of nearly a quarter of a century as an IAS officer has ingrained in a growth-oriented people-centric approach which he strives to put to good use in strategic planning and governance.
He has served in leadership roles at GSPC Group, Gujarat Gas Limited, Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL), Sabarmati Gas Limited, and GSPC LNG Limited. He has also served as Director on the Boards of several prominent national and state PSUs, including GSFS Ltd, GIDC, GSEC, GMDC, GUDC, GSIL, GSRTC, GIDB, DREAM City Ltd, URDC Ltd, SWAN LNG Pvt Ltd, and Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd.
He holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Managing Director
- Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation Limited – Director
Smt. Gauri Kumar, IAS (Retd.)
Independent Director
Smt. Gauri Kumar (DIN: 01585999) is a retired member of the 1979 batch of Indian Administrative Services (IAS). She retired as Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances), Cabinet Secretariat in 2015 and served as Member/Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board from 2015-18 post her retirement. In the course of her distinguished career, she has been a former Secretary in the union Ministry of Labour and Employment as well as in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Border Management) (2013-15). She has served as Special/Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Forests (2010-13). She has also been Principal Secretary, Urban Development (2009-10); Principal Secretary, Industries & Mines (2008-09), Industries Commissioner (2007-08) and Secretary, Education Department (2000-02) in Government of Gujarat. She also held the position of Director General, National Institute of Fashion and Technology, Ministry of Textiles (2002-07).
Smt. Gauri Kumar holds a degree of BSc in Physics, Mathematics and Statistics from Allahabad University. She completed her MSc in Mathematics from Lucknow University and was awarded seven gold medals in the course of her studies for exceptional academic distinction. She also has a Master in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. As a fellow of the Edward G. Mason Program in Public Policy and Management, she was awarded the Littauer Fellowship by Harvard for commitment to excellence, academic achievement and public service.
She holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- GCAP World Softech Private Limited – Director
- TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited – Director
- TVS Supply Chain Solutions North America Inc., USA – Director
- Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
Prof. Ranjan Kumar Ghosh
Independent Director
Prof. Ranjan Kumar Ghosh, (DIN: 08551618) is a presently Assistant Professor- Centre for Management in Agriculture at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
He has distinguished academic background with Ph.D Economics from Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, SLU UPPSALA, Sweden; Visiting Scholar, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; M.Sc. Economics from Madras School of Economics, Chennai and B.A. Economics, University of Delhi. He has a rich Academic and Professional Affiliations with many Institutes/ Universities at National and International Level.
His areas of expertise includes Agriculture, Agri-food, Resource and Climate Management and Energy Conservation, etc.
Prior to joining IIM, he was Forskare (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, SLU UPPSALA, Sweden. He is recipient of Awards from International Institutes/ Business Schools. His has authored many Articles on varied subjects particularly on Agriculture, Energy etc. and the same have been published in leading International Journals/ Magazines. He has attended many renowned Conferences and Workshops at National and International Levels.
He holds Directorship in following Company:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
Shri Bhadresh Mehta
Independent Director
Shri Bhadresh Mehta, aged 61 years, (DIN: 02625115) is Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Cost Accountant by qualification. He holds professionally qualified senior managerial experience with a proven success of over 25 years in steering finance, audit and infotech functions of reputed business groups. His areas of specialization are strategic planning, financial management, auditing, information technology and risk management.
Presently, he serves on the Board of Gujarat Gas and Gujarat State Petronet Limited as an Independent Director.
He holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Financial Services Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Petronet Limited – Director
- Gujarat Gas Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Investment Limited – Director
- Prozeal Green Energy Limited – Director
Shri Ajai Bahadur Khare
Independent Director
Shri Ajai Bahadur Khare has done B.E in Chemical from Roorkee University/IIT Roorkee.
He has about more than 38 years of association with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCFL). He joined the RCFL as Management Trainee and left the Company with position of Sr. General Manager (Commercial). He served as CMD of Madras Fertilizer Limited and Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited, as Managing Director in FACT-RCF Building Products Limited (FRBL) and as board member of Fertilizer association of India and Fortune Biotech Limited.
He holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
Shri Susanta Kumar Roy
Independent Director
Shri Susanta Kumar Roy is Certified Project Director (Level A – IPMA) Professional.
Shri Susanta Kumar Roy is having 40 years plus rich and diverse experience in management of large size thermal, Hydro, RE Power Stations in premier PSU i.e. Construction management. Having exposure to International Best Practices in Operation & Maintenance as well as Construction of large Power Plants. Held Senior Leadership role at different capacity in NTPC including NTPC Board Member in Operation & Construction management of Large Power stations of Subcritical & Supercritical Technology.
His professional acumen includes key focus areas such as Digitalization, R&M & New Technology implementation.
Possess excellent interpersonal & negotiation skills with proficiency in utilizing a process-oriented approach towards the accomplishment of organizational goals.
Presently, he holds directorship in following company:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited – Director
Dr. T. Natarajan, IAS
Managing Director
Dr. T Natarajan has completed his graduation in Mining Engineering from college of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University in Tamil Nadu and M.B.A. in Finance from Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tamil Nadu. Later, he acquired additional education qualifications including Masters in International Development at Duke University in USA.
He is a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Officer from Gujarat Cadre. He held a range of key responsibilities in Gujarat Government including District Collector and District Development Officer. He has served in the departments of Finance, Revenue, Industry & Mining and Technical Education and held leadership positions in many Public Sector Undertakings.
He was entrusted with the responsibility of Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of India in the International Monetary Fund at Washington DC by the Government of India. He also served as Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. Before the current assignment as Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat, he served as Additional Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence in Government of India.
He holds Directorship in following Companies:
- Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Managing Director
- Gujarat State Investment Limited – Chairman
- Gujarat State Financial Services Limited – Managing Director
- Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited – Director
- Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Limited – Director
- Gujarat International Finance – Tech City Limited (GIFTCL) – Director
- Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited – Director
- Gujarat Gas Limited – Director
- Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited – Director
| Shri D V Parikh | Chief Financial Officer |
| Shri Rajesh Pillai | Company Secretary & Compliance Officer |