Mr. K.L. Chugh | Mr. Mahendra Agarwal | Dr. Ram S Tarneja | Mr.N.Srinivasan | Mr.T.S.Rao | Dr.P.Sudhakar Reddy | Mr. Sunil Kumar Alagh | Mr.Anoop Kishore Seth | Mr.Harry Himmat Lagad

Mr. K.L.Chugh

Mr. Chugh was the Chairman of the ITC Group from November 1991 to December 1995. On his retirement he was honored with the title of Chairman Emeritus - ITC.

Prior to joining ITC in 1971, Mr. Chugh - a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi University - worked for 10 years with India's largest engineering enterprise, the Heavy Engineering Corporation, a public sector organization based in Ranchi. Mr. Chugh achieved valuable experience in heavy industry and large projects.

Mr. Chugh set up the ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited in the tribal area of Andhra Pradesh. Leading a young team, Mr. Chugh implemented this large project in record time with no cost over-runs. The company has since received numerous awards in recognition of its excellent working and has grown to become India's largest company. Mr. Chugh has authored Clonal Plantation Technology in Bhadrachalam - this has helped spur the rapid growth of the Indian paper industry. In 1989, Mr. Chugh came back to ITC as Vice Chairman and took over as Chairman in 1991. During his stewardship, ITC became one of the India's leading private sector corporations in turnover, profit, and market capitalization, the country's largest exporter and a prestigious Super Star trading house. During Mr. Chugh's tenure of four years as Chairman, ITC grew more than two fold in turnover and almost four times in profit. For two consecutive years ITC was India's No.1 Company based on a number of criteria - growth, profit, return to shareholders and market capitalization. In the early days of economic liberalization, Mr. Chugh re-engineered ITC to grow as India's leading multinational company. He was the first Indian CEO to talk about `Creating India's Multinationals' and encouraging global competitiveness.

Mr. Chugh was appointed a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India Ltd., Tourism Finance Corporation of India and National Housing Bank of India; and Member, Board of Governors, National Council of Applied Economic Research, IIM Kolkata, Administrative Staff College of India, President AIMA. Mr. Chugh was elected the financial world's International 1994 CEO of the Year Asia and in 1993 was adjudged amongst the Top 2 Best Indian Chief Executives. He was elected one of five 'Tobacco Men of the Year' by the World Tobacco International, USA, and the Most Distinguished Alumni of the Delhi College of Engineering.

He is presently Chairman of Gati Ltd; Director of Sandhar Auto Industries, Urban Mass Transit Co., Fozal Small Hydro Power, and Spice Telecom; and Member of Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and Population Foundation of India.

Mr. Chugh's current interests are management consulting, renewable energy and education.

Mr. Mahendra Agarwal

He is 51 years of age and is an MBA from USA. He has been associated with the transport and express cargo industry for about 30 years. He has pioneered the concept of express cargo movement in the country. He is known to be a turnaround specialist, with a vision towards institutionalizing the company and creating a world-class organization.

Dr. Ram S Tarneja

Dr. Ram S Tarneja is holding Ph.D degree from Cornell University. He retired as Managing Director of Bennet Coleman & Co. LTd., (The Times of Indian Publications) in 1991and continues as a member on their Board.
Prior to joining Bennet Coleman & Company Ltd., in 1970, he was Director of Personnel of a Group Companies in Kolkotta for about 10 years. He was Director of Graduate Department of Business Administration, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Dr. Tarneja has considerable amount of pioneering work to his credit on subjects like professional management and Corporeate Governance. He is also on the Board of NESCO Ltd., Otis Elevator Company (I) Ltd., Jolly Board Ltd., Bharat Gears Ltd., Phillips Carbon Black Ltd., Housing Development Finance Corporation LTd.,Transcorp International ltd., Phoenix Township ltd., SOWIL ltd., Givo Ltd. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee of Bharat Gears ltd., Bennet Coleman & Co. LTd. and Engineering Projects (I) Ltd., a member of Otis Elevator India Co. Ltd. and Transcorp International Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Remuneration Committee of Givo Ltd., and Chairman of Investors Grievance Committee of HDFC Ltd.

Mr.N.Srinivasan

Mr. N. Srinivasan is a commerce graduate and has been a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1955. He was the Chairman of Fraser & Ross, Chartered Accountants, with head Office in Chennai and branches at Bangalore, Coimbatore, Cochin and Hyderabad. Messrs. Fraser & Ross is a member firm of Messrs Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, New York - one of the big four multi-national firms of chartered accountants. Mr. N. Srinivasan is closely associated with the development of the profession of accounting and auditing in India. He has been the Chairman of the Southern India Regional Council and a Central Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is the past President of Madras Chamber of commerce and Industry, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, Management Association and is on the committee of associated chamber of Commerce and industry. He is on the Board of several reputed companies.

Mr.T.S.Rao

Mr.T.S.Rao, IPS (Retd) was topped Andhra University in Mathematics and recipient of a Gold Medal and had also scored the highest percentage of marks in the annuals of the University. He taught in the University for two years before joining the IPS. He retired as the Director-General of Andhra Pradesh Police, after holding all the top posts in the Dept. He was awarded the prestigious President of India Medal for distinguished services. He was also the recipient of Unity Award for maintaining Communal Harmony and effectively maintaining Law & Order in the twin cities as Commissioner of police and also the outstanding Civil Servant Award while serving as the DGP of Andhra Pradesh.
He was the President of Andhra Pradesh Shuttle Badminton Association for eight years and also Chairman of Roots Education Society, Hyderabad. He was Chairman of Sulakshana Circuits, a Hi-Tech Electronic Industry, Director Arsin Systems Ltd, A Software Company and also advisor to ITC Agro-Tech Limited for two years. He is a Director on the Board of Gati Skyways Ltd. He is also on the Advisory Board of Alpha Foundation.

Dr.P.Sudhakar Reddy

Dr. P. Sudhakar Reddy is a well-known cardiologist, humanitarian, social activist and is recognized as the Creator of the Mediciti Hospital in Hyderabad. He is recognized as one of the most distinguished sons of Hyderabad. He did his MRCP from Edinburgh, U.K. Dr. Reddy was a full time faculty member of University of Pittsburgh and Director of Cardiac Angie Laboratories.

Mr.Anoop Kishore Seth

Mr.Anoop holds a Masters of Management Studies, Finance from the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani. Mr.Anoop is presently the Director of AMP Capital Investors. Apart from this, he is also Director in Bhartiya Sammruddhi Finance Ltd, Bhartiya Sammruddhi Investment and Consulting Services Ltd & Indian Gramees Services.

Mr. Anoop's experience of nearly 27 years in the finance field covers major organisations like Infrastructure Development Finance Company, Bechtel Enterprises Inc., Reliance Industries Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank (India & UAE), Middle East Bank (UAE) and Bank of America (India).

Mr.Harry Himmat Lagad

Mr. Harry Himmat Lagad is currently serving as President, Integrated Supply Chain Solutions, a Business Unit of Brightstar Corporation, based out of Miami, Florida, USA. As President, Brightstar Corp, Harry is charged with developing and growing a US $400 million vertical globally, which is recognized in designing and providing some of the most complex supply chain solutions to global market leaders in the Converged Technology sector
With a career spanning over 25 years in Business Management, Harry Himmat Lagad, is an astute business Leader, who has successfully headed Supply Chain functions, Manufacturing, Sales, Business Development and General Management portfolios across a variety of industry verticals, from Plastics, Photographic Goods, Engineering, Sporting Goods, Footwear and Clothing, Consumer Electronics, Telecom and Timber. His work has carried him across almost all continents, with various stints in Russia, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and currently USA. He has worked with such astute organizations as Nokia, Intercraft USA (Kodak Australia ), Pacific Brands ( Pacific Dunlop Australia ), Tech Pacific ( Ingram Micro Austra-Asia ), TNT Logistics etc. Harry has also served in the Electronic Engineering area of the Indian Navy.
Harry is well recognized within the Supply Chain industry globally and was recently chosen as the Top 100 Supply Chain Professionals in Asia Pacific. He travels and lectures extensively on Supply Chain and Leadership. He is a Executive Council Member on the Advisory Board of Supply Chain Asia, a member of Logistics Management Institute of Australia and has been a past secretary of Lions Club, International, Rajkot Chapter