Niraj Bajaj's career spans more than 35 years and he is currently serving as the Chairman of Bajaj Auto since 1 May 2021. Born on 10 October 1954, he studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He did his B.Com., from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He acquired his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.

Niraj Bajaj is one of the Promoter - Directors of the Bajaj Group, which has over 50,000 employees, and a market capitalization of over ₹900,000 crores making it one of the largest family business houses in the country.

Niraj Bajaj is on the Board of Directors of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., and is the Chairman of Bachhraj & Company, Jamnalal Sons, and various other Bajaj Group companies. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Mukand Limited and the Vice Chairman of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (BHIL).

Niraj Bajaj was the President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, in 2007-08 when it was celebrating its centenary year. He was also the President of the Alloy Steel Producer's Association and the Indian Stainless Steel Development Association.

He has been a three-time All-India Table Tennis Champion and ranked India No.1 four times. He represented India in table tennis for seven years between 1970-77, of which last four years was as the Captain.

He is a recipient of the following awards:

• Arjuna Award, India's highest Sports honour
• Shiv Chhatrapati Award, Maharashtra's highest Sports honour
• Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar

Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick in 1991.

He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990-95), R&D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005). He has served on the board of Bajaj Auto Ltd since March 2002 and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.

His current focus is building a brand-centred strategy at Bajaj Auto with the objective of achieving its vision of being one of the world’s leading motorcycle & electric vehicle manufacturers.

Directorships

• Bajaj Auto Ltd - Managing Director
• Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
• Bajaj Finserv Limited
• Bajaj Finance Limited

Mr Pradeep Shrivastava joined Bajaj Auto in April 1986. After several successful stints in the manufacturing organisation, he took over as President – Engineering and subsequently, became the Chief Operating Officer in April 2010. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in April 2016.

After receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, Mr Shrivastava obtained a graduate diploma in Production and Finance from IIM Bangalore in 1986.

Mr Rakesh Sharma joined Bajaj Auto in October 2007 as President (International Business) and is now an Executive Director on its board . He led the International Business for over 10 years during which the business grew in scale to nearly INR ~10,000 crores representing close to 40% of Bajaj Auto’s revenues then. He was elevated to the position of Chief Commercial Officer in July 2018 with the responsibility to lead the front-end Business Units.

He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Bajaj Auto Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bajaj Auto Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Exports Council of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the President of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association.

Prior to joining Bajaj Auto, Mr. Sharma worked for over 20 years with the ICI Group in the chemicals, speciality materials and paints businesses in India and overseas. His last posting was as CEO-Southeast Asia for ICI Paints.
Mr Sharma is a Commerce graduate from Delhi University and holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.

Sanjiv Bajaj is the Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Limited, the holding group company for all the financial service businesses of the Bajaj Group, which is one of the oldest and largest conglomerates of India. Bajaj Finserv consisting of lending and insurance companies has annual revenues of over $ 9.18 billion for FY22.

Under his leadership, Bajaj Finserv has emerged as one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies with solutions across lending, life insurance, general insurance, and wealth advisory category. With a consumer-first, digital approach and a culture focused on excellence through innovative disruption, Sanjiv is known for pioneering digital consumer financing in India which helped transform the entire landscape of the financial services space.

He is the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23. Sanjiv has been engaged with CII for many years at the State, Regional and National level. He was the President-Designate of CII for 2021-22 and the Chairman of the Western Region during 2019-20. He has led CII National Committees on Insurance & Pensions and CII Taskforce on Fintech. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, USA and a Member of the Board of Indian School of Business (ISB), Member of the International Advisory Board (IAB), Allianz SE and the International Technology Advisory Panel (ITAP) of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Regional Stewardship Board for India and South Asia 2019-2020 of the World Economic Forum. He has several awards to his credit including AIMA’s Managing India Award’s Entrepreneur of the year 2019, ET’s Business Leader of the year 2018, Financial Express’ Best Banker of the year 2017-18, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the year in 2017 and Transformational Leader award at the 5th Asia Business Responsibility Summit in 2017. He is also a recipient of the Business World’s Most Valuable CEOs in India for 2015 & 2016.

Sanjiv is on the board of his group operating companies as the Chairman of Bajaj Finance Ltd., Maharashtra Scooters Ltd., Bajaj Finserv Asset Management Limited and the two insurance subsidiaries i.e. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd., and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. Since 2012, he is the Managing Director of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. He is the former Executive Director of Bajaj Auto Ltd., and presently its non-executive director.

Sanjiv has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (first class with distinction) from the University of Pune, a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering with a distinction from the University of Warwick, UK and a master’s degree in business administration (with distinction) from the Harvard Business School, USA. He lives in Pune, with his wife Shefali and their two children.

Abhinav Bindra (born on 28 September, 1982) is India’s first individual Olympic Gold medalist, at the Beijing Olympics 2008 for the 10-m air rifle shooting event. With over 150 medals in his 22-year career, he is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, and one of the top influencers of Sport Policy in the country.
He is the founder of Abhinav Bindra Foundation and Vice-Chairman of Abhinav Futuristic Private Limited.

The Foundation’s mission is to build an ecosystem of excellence in the Indian sporting ecosystem and bring athletes, players at the grassroots, their stakeholders, and the general public together.

A N Roy (born on 15 May, 1950) is a distinguished former civil servant, having served in the Indian Police Service in Maharashtra and Govt of India for over 38 years. He held a wide variety of assignments both in Maharashtra and under the Central government including Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad, Pune and Mumbai. He retired as Director General of Police, Maharashtra.

While in service, he headed the operations of the elite Special Protection Group, looking after the proximate security of the Prime Minister, former PMs and their families. Known popularly as the ‘People's Commissioner’, he set up many citizen-friendly schemes and systems to resolve and fulfil people's problems and expectations like Citizen Facilitation Centres, Mumbai Police Infoline, Elderline, Slum Police Panchayat etc.

He was appointed Advisor to the Governor of Andhra Pradesh when the state was under President's rule in 2014. In that capacity, he discharged the responsibilities as a Minister of many departments of the state like Home, Industry and Commerce, Housing, PWD, Health, Medical Education, Social Welfare. He also dealt with the separation of Andhra Pradesh into two states, AP and Telangana, and supervised the General Elections of 2014 in both states.

Post-retirement, Roy is engaged in the social/non-profit sector. He runs a not-for-profit company, Vandana Foundation, to support the livelihoods of the poorest of poor in urban and rural areas.

He is on the Board of Directors of GSK India, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Bajaj Housing Finance and Finolex Industries. He is on the India advisory boards of Encore Capital Group of USA and TrueNorth Private Equity Fund.

Dr Naushad Forbes (born on May 13, 1960) is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading steam engineering and control instrumentation firm. He chairs the steam engineering companies within the group.

Dr Forbes was an occasional Lecturer and Consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004, where he developed courses on Technology in Newly Industrializing Countries. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Dr Forbes is on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies.
Dr Forbes has long been an active member of CII and has chaired the National Committees on Higher Education, Innovation, Technology and International Business.
Dr Forbes was President of CII in 2016-17.

Directorships

• Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Solar Pvt. Ltd.
• J N Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall Steam Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Krohne Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall (Hyd) Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbesvyncke Pvt. Ltd.

Shri Pradip Panalal Shah is a gold-medallist Chartered Accountant, Management Accountant and MBA from Harvard University, USA, who helped establish Housing Development Finance Corporation, the first retail housing finance company in India; CRISIL, the first and largest credit rating agency in India; the Indocean Fund, a pioneer private equity fund, in partnership with affiliates of Soros Fund Management and Chase Capital Partners; the AMP-IndAsia India Fund, in joint venture with AMP of Australia; Universal Trustees; and Grow-Trees.com, a social enterprise. He has served on several expert committees and is currently Chairman of Pfizer India, Kansai Nerolac Paints, Sonata Software, BASF India and sits on the governing boards of some non-profit organizations and chambers of commerce.

Ms. Vinita Bali is a business leader with extensive experience in successfully leading large Companies both in India and overseas. Ms. Bali has a degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Bombay. She also pursued post graduate studies in International Business from Michigan State University.She started her career as a Management Trainee with Voltas Ltd. (A Tata Group Company), in the year 1977 after completing her MBA. In the year 1980, she joined Cadbury India as Brand Manager and rose rapidly to become the youngest General Manager of the Company. She headed the Sales & Marketing function in South Africa in the year 1993-94, during the period of the most profound transition in the history of the country.In the year 1994 she joined The Coca-Cola Company as its Worldwide Marketing Director for Coca- Cola and played an instrumental role in doubling the brand’s historical growth rate during the next 3 years. In the year 1997, she became Vice-President of Marketing for Latin America and in the year 1999 relocated to Chile as President of the Andean Division. In the year 2001, she was made a Corporate Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and appointed Vice-President and Head of Global Business Strategy. She also represented The Coca-Cola Company on the Boards of The American Foundation for the Blind, New York, as well as the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC.In July 2003, she joined The Zyman Group, as Managing Principal and Head of the Business Strategy practice in the USA. As a member of the Company's Board of Managers, Ms. Bali shared responsibility for developing and managing Zyman Group's consulting business.In the year 2005, following 16 years of overseas assignments, Ms. Bali returned to India as MD & CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd. where she significantly diversified the geographic and product portfolio, steered the Company towards the Health and Nutrition course, developed a successful Dairy business and more than quadrupled revenue. In the year 2009, she created Britannia Nutrition Foundation and has since then pioneered the cause of addressing malnutrition in India. Presently, she is serving on the Global Boards of Cognizant Technology Solutions, SATS Ltd. and Board of Trustees of the Shell Foundation, U.K. In India, she currently serves as a Non-executive Director on the Boards of CRISIL Ltd. and Syngene International Ltd. and Chairs the CII National Committee on Nutrition.She has been recognized in various forums nationally and internationally and won several Awards for her various contributions to business and society.

Dr. Sangita Reddy is a distinguished Global Healthcare Leader, a pioneering Indian Entrepreneur, and a compassionate Humanitarian. She currently holds the position of Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited - an esteemed healthcare group renowned as the largest and most trusted of its kind in Asia. Furthermore, in the year of India's G20 Presidency, she was appointed as the Chairperson of G20 Empower India and continues to lead G20 EMPOWER for India. She was also the former President of The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Additionally, she is the Chairperson of BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, India.

As a founding team member of Apollo Hospital, Dr Sangita Reddy has been a driving force behind numerous groundbreaking initiatives and has been fervently determined to revolutionize the healthcare system by utilizing cutting-edge technology, thus enabling universal access to healthcare. Dr. Reddy has been appointed to the Board of Joint Commission Resources, Inc. (JCR), a renowned authority for healthcare organizations. Bringing her global expertise to the table, Dr. Reddy aims to elevate healthcare safety and excellence not only in the United States but also across various nations.

A firm believer in the potential of leveraging technology in a holistic manner, Dr. Sangita Reddy is focused on setting benchmarks in futuristic health care projects enabling IOT, AI, Data analytics, Drone technology and Block chain. A driving force behind the adoption of innovation and foundational technological building blocks like PHR, the Telemedicine platforms which have successfully evolved into Apollo 24/7 a patient centric digital healthcare platform. It is under her leadership that Apollo Hospitals has received three consecutive HiMSS-Elsevier ICT achievement awards and four hospitals have achieved the HiMSS Level-6 certification. Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad has emerged as Asia’s first Health City.

As a preeminent policy influencer and reformist, Dr. Sangita Reddy has been actively engaged in collaboration with governments and industry bodies on a spectrum of public health and policy development matters. She was appointed to the CSIR overarching committee, where she works in close proximity to the Indian scientific and research community in order to hasten the application of science for the benefit of the nation in various ways, ranging from economic prosperity to social wellbeing and healthcare. Dr. Reddy has been successful in advocating and promulgating policy reforms, and her insights have been sought after on various international healthcare forums, including the World Health Congress. Additionally, as a member of the Rockefeller Working Group, she has contributed significantly to the advancement of the private sector's role in the global healthcare industry.

Committed to the establishment of a more comprehensive public and private healthcare system in the nation, one of Dr. Sangita Reddy's initiatives has been Apollo Clinics, which aspires to create a series of tech-driven primary care clinics throughout urban and rural India. She is also Chairman at Apollo Knowledge, an educational venture devoted to the formation of healthcare human capital for the future, as well as the head of Apollo Philanthropy, an umbrella association embracing the 'Save a Child's Heart Initiative', SAHI, CURE, and the Billion Hearts Beating Foundation, Total Health - an exceptional amalgamated rural health model, with a concentration in public and private sectors. To commemorate her unwavering efforts and resolute dedication to the transformation of healthcare, the development of Health IT, and her vigorous promotion of multiple initiatives in both India and overseas, Dr. Sangita Reddy has been granted an Honorary Doctorate by Macquarie University Australia. In addition, she has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of Brazil in Hyderabad by the Government of India, and was previously a member of the World Economic Forum. Dr. Sangita Reddy has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for business and leadership, and is ranked by Business Today as most powerful women in business 2022.

Niraj Bajaj's career spans more than 35 years and he is currently serving as the Chairman of Bajaj Auto since 1 May 2021. Born on 10 October 1954, he studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He did his B.Com., from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He acquired his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.

Niraj Bajaj is one of the Promoter - Directors of the Bajaj Group, which has over 50,000 employees, and a market capitalization of over ₹900,000 crores making it one of the largest family business houses in the country.

Niraj Bajaj is on the Board of Directors of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., and is the Chairman of Bachhraj & Company, Jamnalal Sons, and various other Bajaj Group companies. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Mukand Limited and the Vice Chairman of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (BHIL).

Niraj Bajaj was the President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, in 2007-08 when it was celebrating its centenary year. He was also the President of the Alloy Steel Producer's Association and the Indian Stainless Steel Development Association.

He has been a three-time All-India Table Tennis Champion and ranked India No.1 four times. He represented India in table tennis for seven years between 1970-77, of which last four years was as the Captain.

He is a recipient of the following awards:

• Arjuna Award, India's highest Sports honour
• Shiv Chhatrapati Award, Maharashtra's highest Sports honour
• Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar

Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick in 1991.

He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990-95), R&D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005). He has served on the board of Bajaj Auto Ltd since March 2002 and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.

His current focus is building a brand-centred strategy at Bajaj Auto with the objective of achieving its vision of being one of the world’s leading motorcycle & electric vehicle manufacturers.

Directorships

• Bajaj Auto Ltd - Managing Director
• Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
• Bajaj Finserv Limited
• Bajaj Finance Limited

Mr Pradeep Shrivastava joined Bajaj Auto in April 1986. After several successful stints in the manufacturing organisation, he took over as President – Engineering and subsequently, became the Chief Operating Officer in April 2010. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in April 2016.

After receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, Mr Shrivastava obtained a graduate diploma in Production and Finance from IIM Bangalore in 1986.

Mr Rakesh Sharma joined Bajaj Auto in October 2007 as President (International Business) and is now an Executive Director on its board . He led the International Business for over 10 years during which the business grew in scale to nearly INR ~10,000 crores representing close to 40% of Bajaj Auto’s revenues then. He was elevated to the position of Chief Commercial Officer in July 2018 with the responsibility to lead the front-end Business Units.

He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Bajaj Auto Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bajaj Auto Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Exports Council of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the President of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association.

Prior to joining Bajaj Auto, Mr. Sharma worked for over 20 years with the ICI Group in the chemicals, speciality materials and paints businesses in India and overseas. His last posting was as CEO-Southeast Asia for ICI Paints.
Mr Sharma is a Commerce graduate from Delhi University and holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. Ramtilak Ananthan, before being appointed as the Chief Technology Officer, headed the Test & Validation at R&D department of Bajaj Auto Limited. He started his career at Bajaj Auto Limited in April 1994. He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa, USA and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Mr. Ramtilak started off in the CAE team developing programs for 1D simulations for Engine performance. In the initial phase of his career at Bajaj Auto Limited, he worked on design and development of M804S Engine platform, 3D Combustion simulations, Combustion measurement & analysis. In 2006, he took over as Senior Manager – CAE R&D and led Structural, Vibration, Thermal fluid Simulations and NVH domains. He led the intensive R&D efforts on improvement of sound quality of our products to achieve a different sound character. From 2009‐2012, along with CAE, he started leading Power Train & calibration, Vehicle Testing, 2Wh Indoor Testing, 2W Vehicle dynamics. During this time, he made significant contributions towards fuel economy of Bajaj 2 Wheelers, with notable achievements like the DISCOVER M Program for 95 km mileage and Platina program for 100+ km mileage. In 2013, he was promoted to the position of Vice President – R&D and started leading Commercial Vehicle CAE & Vehicle Testing along with 2Wh CAE & testing. As Vice President – R&D, he successfully led the transition of all Bajaj Auto Limited’s products to BS4 norms. In 2019, Mr. Ramtilak was promoted to the position of Head – R&D to lead the complete Test & Validation function. Over the last 3 years, he has led the transition of all Bajaj products to BS6 and OBD2A norms.

Dinesh Thapar is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, a Gold Medalist Cost and Management Accountant and has a Diploma from ACCA. He obtained his Chartered Accountancy from ICAI in 1998 and graduated from St. Xavier’s, Kolkata in 1997 in Commerce.

He was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Retail for the past 3 years. Prior to that, he spent two decades with Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), where he held a range of leadership roles across Corporate Finance, Business Finance, Investor Relations, Supply Chain, and managing JVs. In his last role as Vice President, he was the Finance Leader for the Beauty & Personal Care Division in India and the South Asia cluster.

While leading the Finance functional agenda, he has experience in the areas of business partnering, performance management, governance, strategic initiatives, engaging with the Board, and external communication. Across both the companies that he has worked for, he has been a part of the senior leadership team and on the Board of various group companies.

Mr Sumeet Narang is heading Bajaj Auto’s Central Marketing Unit as President since November 2024. He joined Bajaj Auto Ltd in 2014 as Vice President (Marketing-Motorcycle Business) and later moved to President (Probiking Business) in 2019.

He is a 1993 batch MBA from IMT Ghaziabad and 1991 batch commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi. In a career spanning 3 decades, Mr. Narang has worked in leading companies like Gillette, Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola and Samsung.

Mr. Kevin D’sa began his career with Bajaj in September 1978 and is presently the President (Retail Finance). After acquiring a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, he completed his CA in 1978 and ICWA in 1981.

Mr. Eric Vas joined Bajaj in March 2009 as President (New Projects) and is currently President (Urbanite Business). He is a Mechanical Engineer from College of Engg., Pune, & PGDM from IIM, Calcutta.

Mr. Sarang Kanade joined Bajaj in February 2019 as President (Motorcycle Business). He is a Mechanical Engineer from SPCE, 1992 and MMS (Marketing) from NMIMS, 1996. He has 23 years of experience in leading businesses across industries.

Manik Nangia joined Bajaj Auto in 2021 as the head of Digital Transformation and Analytics. Over 3 years he has led the crafting of a new sales management system, Digital marketing practice and data & analytics work streams across business units. Starting Nov 24, he leads the Probiking unit. Passionate about performance motorcycling, he is a strong believer in collective power of a driven team.

Before joining Bajaj Auto, Manik worked in financial services with the ICICI group, Max Life Insurance and the Bharti group in various roles over 22 years. His experience over the last 15 years includes leadership positions in product management, marketing, digital transformation and operations.

Manik is an MBA from IMT Ghaziabad.

Mr K S Grihapathy joined Bajaj Auto in April 2004 as General Manager (Marketing- Two-Wheeler) and is now the President (Exports Business). He is an engineering graduate from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore with Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prior to joining Bajaj Auto Mr. Grihapathy worked with companies like Bharat Electronics, Wipro Infotech, Standard Chartered Bank and ICI India Limited in Sales and Marketing.

Samardeep joined Bajaj Auto in May 2019. He brings with him 20 years of rich experience across Brand Management, Product Development, Sales & Distribution, and Customer Management. He has held leadership positions in Unilever, Marico, Flipkart, and most recently in D-Mart. Samar holds a B.E degree in Mechanical Engineering, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Calcutta.

Mr. C.P. Tripathi joined Bajaj in January 1996 as the Vice President (Waluj Plant ), took over as Vice President (Operations) in April 2001, Vice President (Corporate) in July 2007 and Vice President (Corporate Social Responsibility) in October 2009. Currently he holds the position as Advisor (Corporate Social Responsibility). A Science Graduate from Agra University, Mr. Tripathi also holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

A N Roy (born on 15 May, 1950) is a distinguished former civil servant, having served in the Indian Police Service in Maharashtra and Govt of India for over 38 years. He held a wide variety of assignments both in Maharashtra and under the Central government including Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad, Pune and Mumbai. He retired as Director General of Police, Maharashtra.

While in service, he headed the operations of the elite Special Protection Group, looking after the proximate security of the Prime Minister, former PMs and their families. Known popularly as the ‘People's Commissioner’, he set up many citizen-friendly schemes and systems to resolve and fulfil people's problems and expectations like Citizen Facilitation Centres, Mumbai Police Infoline, Elderline, Slum Police Panchayat etc.

He was appointed Advisor to the Governor of Andhra Pradesh when the state was under President's rule in 2014. In that capacity, he discharged the responsibilities as a Minister of many departments of the state like Home, Industry and Commerce, Housing, PWD, Health, Medical Education, Social Welfare. He also dealt with the separation of Andhra Pradesh into two states, AP and Telangana, and supervised the General Elections of 2014 in both states.

Post-retirement, Roy is engaged in the social/non-profit sector. He runs a not-for-profit company, Vandana Foundation, to support the livelihoods of the poorest of poor in urban and rural areas.

He is on the Board of Directors of GSK India, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Bajaj Housing Finance and Finolex Industries. He is on the India advisory boards of Encore Capital Group of USA and TrueNorth Private Equity Fund.

Dr Naushad Forbes (born on May 13, 1960) is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading steam engineering and control instrumentation firm. He chairs the steam engineering companies within the group.

Dr Forbes was an occasional Lecturer and Consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004, where he developed courses on Technology in Newly Industrializing Countries. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Dr Forbes is on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies.
Dr Forbes has long been an active member of CII and has chaired the National Committees on Higher Education, Innovation, Technology and International Business.
Dr Forbes was President of CII in 2016-17.

Directorships

• Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Solar Pvt. Ltd.
• J N Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall Steam Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Krohne Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall (Hyd) Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbesvyncke Pvt. Ltd.

Pradip Shah (born on 07 January 1953), holds an MBA degree from Havard University and was ranked first in the Chartered Accountants’ examinations.

He was the founder Managing Director of CRISIL (India’s first and largest credit rating agency). He assisted in the formation of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and also provided technical assistance and training to Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad and MAALOT. He has also served as a consultant to USAID, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. He holds many key positions both in India and abroad.

He is serving as a Chairman of Kansai Nerolac Paints, Sonata Software and Grindwell Norton. His major directorships include Pfizer, BASF (India), Godrej & Boyce and Tata Investment Corporation.

Ms. Vinita Bali is a business leader with extensive experience in successfully leading large Companies both in India and overseas. Ms. Bali has a degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Bombay. She also pursued post graduate studies in International Business from Michigan State University.She started her career as a Management Trainee with Voltas Ltd. (A Tata Group Company), in the year 1977 after completing her MBA. In the year 1980, she joined Cadbury India as Brand Manager and rose rapidly to become the youngest General Manager of the Company. She headed the Sales & Marketing function in South Africa in the year 1993-94, during the period of the most profound transition in the history of the country.In the year 1994 she joined The Coca-Cola Company as its Worldwide Marketing Director for Coca- Cola and played an instrumental role in doubling the brand’s historical growth rate during the next 3 years. In the year 1997, she became Vice-President of Marketing for Latin America and in the year 1999 relocated to Chile as President of the Andean Division. In the year 2001, she was made a Corporate Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and appointed Vice-President and Head of Global Business Strategy. She also represented The Coca-Cola Company on the Boards of The American Foundation for the Blind, New York, as well as the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC.In July 2003, she joined The Zyman Group, as Managing Principal and Head of the Business Strategy practice in the USA. As a member of the Company's Board of Managers, Ms. Bali shared responsibility for developing and managing Zyman Group's consulting business.In the year 2005, following 16 years of overseas assignments, Ms. Bali returned to India as MD & CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd. where she significantly diversified the geographic and product portfolio, steered the Company towards the Health and Nutrition course, developed a successful Dairy business and more than quadrupled revenue. In the year 2009, she created Britannia Nutrition Foundation and has since then pioneered the cause of addressing malnutrition in India. Presently, she is serving on the Global Boards of Cognizant Technology Solutions, SATS Ltd. and Board of Trustees of the Shell Foundation, U.K. In India, she currently serves as a Non-executive Director on the Boards of CRISIL Ltd. and Syngene International Ltd. and Chairs the CII National Committee on Nutrition.She has been recognized in various forums nationally and internationally and won several Awards for her various contributions to business and society.

Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick in 1991.

He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990-95), R&D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005). He has served on the board of Bajaj Auto Ltd since March 2002 and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.

His current focus is building a brand-centred strategy at Bajaj Auto with the objective of achieving its vision of being one of the world’s leading motorcycle & electric vehicle manufacturers.

Directorships

• Bajaj Auto Ltd - Managing Director
• Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
• Bajaj Finserv Limited
• Bajaj Finance Limited

Mr Pradeep Shrivastava joined Bajaj Auto in April 1986. After several successful stints in the manufacturing organisation, he took over as President – Engineering and subsequently, became the Chief Operating Officer in April 2010. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in April 2016.

After receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, Mr Shrivastava obtained a graduate diploma in Production and Finance from IIM Bangalore in 1986.

Dr Naushad Forbes (born on May 13, 1960) is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading steam engineering and control instrumentation firm. He chairs the steam engineering companies within the group.

Dr Forbes was an occasional Lecturer and Consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004, where he developed courses on Technology in Newly Industrializing Countries. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Dr Forbes is on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies.
Dr Forbes has long been an active member of CII and has chaired the National Committees on Higher Education, Innovation, Technology and International Business.
Dr Forbes was President of CII in 2016-17.

Directorships

• Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Solar Pvt. Ltd.
• J N Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall Steam Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Krohne Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall (Hyd) Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbesvyncke Pvt. Ltd.

Abhinav Bindra (born on 28 September, 1982) is India’s first individual Olympic Gold medalist, at the Beijing Olympics 2008 for the 10-m air rifle shooting event. With over 150 medals in his 22-year career, he is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, and one of the top influencers of Sport Policy in the country.
He is the founder of Abhinav Bindra Foundation and Vice-Chairman of Abhinav Futuristic Private Limited.

The Foundation’s mission is to build an ecosystem of excellence in the Indian sporting ecosystem and bring athletes, players at the grassroots, their stakeholders, and the general public together.

Ms. Vinita Bali is a business leader with extensive experience in successfully leading large Companies both in India and overseas. Ms. Bali has a degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a Masters in Management from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Bombay. She also pursued post graduate studies in International Business from Michigan State University.She started her career as a Management Trainee with Voltas Ltd. (A Tata Group Company), in the year 1977 after completing her MBA. In the year 1980, she joined Cadbury India as Brand Manager and rose rapidly to become the youngest General Manager of the Company. She headed the Sales & Marketing function in South Africa in the year 1993-94, during the period of the most profound transition in the history of the country.In the year 1994 she joined The Coca-Cola Company as its Worldwide Marketing Director for Coca- Cola and played an instrumental role in doubling the brand’s historical growth rate during the next 3 years. In the year 1997, she became Vice-President of Marketing for Latin America and in the year 1999 relocated to Chile as President of the Andean Division. In the year 2001, she was made a Corporate Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and appointed Vice-President and Head of Global Business Strategy. She also represented The Coca-Cola Company on the Boards of The American Foundation for the Blind, New York, as well as the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC.In July 2003, she joined The Zyman Group, as Managing Principal and Head of the Business Strategy practice in the USA. As a member of the Company's Board of Managers, Ms. Bali shared responsibility for developing and managing Zyman Group's consulting business.In the year 2005, following 16 years of overseas assignments, Ms. Bali returned to India as MD & CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd. where she significantly diversified the geographic and product portfolio, steered the Company towards the Health and Nutrition course, developed a successful Dairy business and more than quadrupled revenue. In the year 2009, she created Britannia Nutrition Foundation and has since then pioneered the cause of addressing malnutrition in India. Presently, she is serving on the Global Boards of Cognizant Technology Solutions, SATS Ltd. and Board of Trustees of the Shell Foundation, U.K. In India, she currently serves as a Non-executive Director on the Boards of CRISIL Ltd. and Syngene International Ltd. and Chairs the CII National Committee on Nutrition.She has been recognized in various forums nationally and internationally and won several Awards for her various contributions to business and society.

Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Warwick in 1991.

He has since worked at Bajaj Auto in the areas of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (1990-95), R&D and Engineering (1995-2000), and Marketing and Sales (2000-2005). He has served on the board of Bajaj Auto Ltd since March 2002 and has been its Managing Director since April 2005.

His current focus is building a brand-centred strategy at Bajaj Auto with the objective of achieving its vision of being one of the world’s leading motorcycle & electric vehicle manufacturers.

Directorships

• Bajaj Auto Ltd - Managing Director
• Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
• Bajaj Finserv Limited
• Bajaj Finance Limited

Mr Pradeep Shrivastava joined Bajaj Auto in April 1986. After several successful stints in the manufacturing organisation, he took over as President – Engineering and subsequently, became the Chief Operating Officer in April 2010. He was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in April 2016.

After receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, Mr Shrivastava obtained a graduate diploma in Production and Finance from IIM Bangalore in 1986.

Mr Rakesh Sharma joined Bajaj Auto in October 2007 as President (International Business) and is now an Executive Director on its board . He led the International Business for over 10 years during which the business grew in scale to nearly INR ~10,000 crores representing close to 40% of Bajaj Auto’s revenues then. He was elevated to the position of Chief Commercial Officer in July 2018 with the responsibility to lead the front-end Business Units.

He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Bajaj Auto Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bajaj Auto Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Exports Council of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and the President of the International Motorcycle Manufacturers’ Association.

Prior to joining Bajaj Auto, Mr. Sharma worked for over 20 years with the ICI Group in the chemicals, speciality materials and paints businesses in India and overseas. His last posting was as CEO-Southeast Asia for ICI Paints.
Mr Sharma is a Commerce graduate from Delhi University and holds a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.

Dr Naushad Forbes (born on May 13, 1960) is the Co-Chairman of Forbes Marshall, India's leading steam engineering and control instrumentation firm. He chairs the steam engineering companies within the group.

Dr Forbes was an occasional Lecturer and Consulting Professor at Stanford University from 1987 to 2004, where he developed courses on Technology in Newly Industrializing Countries. He received his Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees from Stanford University.

Dr Forbes is on the boards of several educational institutions and public companies.
Dr Forbes has long been an active member of CII and has chaired the National Committees on Higher Education, Innovation, Technology and International Business.
Dr Forbes was President of CII in 2016-17.

Directorships

• Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Solar Pvt. Ltd.
• J N Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall Steam Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Krohne Marshall Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbes Marshall (Hyd) Pvt. Ltd.
• Forbesvyncke Pvt. Ltd.

Niraj Bajaj's career spans more than 35 years and he is currently serving as the Chairman of Bajaj Auto since 1 May 2021. Born on 10 October 1954, he studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He did his B.Com., from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He acquired his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.

Niraj Bajaj is one of the Promoter - Directors of the Bajaj Group, which has over 50,000 employees, and a market capitalization of over ₹900,000 crores making it one of the largest family business houses in the country.

Niraj Bajaj is on the Board of Directors of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., and is the Chairman of Bachhraj & Company, Jamnalal Sons, and various other Bajaj Group companies. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Mukand Limited and the Vice Chairman of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (BHIL).

Niraj Bajaj was the President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, in 2007-08 when it was celebrating its centenary year. He was also the President of the Alloy Steel Producer's Association and the Indian Stainless Steel Development Association.

He has been a three-time All-India Table Tennis Champion and ranked India No.1 four times. He represented India in table tennis for seven years between 1970-77, of which last four years was as the Captain.

He is a recipient of the following awards:

• Arjuna Award, India's highest Sports honour
• Shiv Chhatrapati Award, Maharashtra's highest Sports honour
• Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar

Abhinav Bindra (born on 28 September, 1982) is India’s first individual Olympic Gold medalist, at the Beijing Olympics 2008 for the 10-m air rifle shooting event. With over 150 medals in his 22-year career, he is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, and one of the top influencers of Sport Policy in the country.
He is the founder of Abhinav Bindra Foundation and Vice-Chairman of Abhinav Futuristic Private Limited.

The Foundation’s mission is to build an ecosystem of excellence in the Indian sporting ecosystem and bring athletes, players at the grassroots, their stakeholders, and the general public together.

A N Roy (born on 15 May, 1950) is a distinguished former civil servant, having served in the Indian Police Service in Maharashtra and Govt of India for over 38 years. He held a wide variety of assignments both in Maharashtra and under the Central government including Commissioner of Police, Aurangabad, Pune and Mumbai. He retired as Director General of Police, Maharashtra.

While in service, he headed the operations of the elite Special Protection Group, looking after the proximate security of the Prime Minister, former PMs and their families. Known popularly as the ‘People's Commissioner’, he set up many citizen-friendly schemes and systems to resolve and fulfil people's problems and expectations like Citizen Facilitation Centres, Mumbai Police Infoline, Elderline, Slum Police Panchayat etc.

He was appointed Advisor to the Governor of Andhra Pradesh when the state was under President's rule in 2014. In that capacity, he discharged the responsibilities as a Minister of many departments of the state like Home, Industry and Commerce, Housing, PWD, Health, Medical Education, Social Welfare. He also dealt with the separation of Andhra Pradesh into two states, AP and Telangana, and supervised the General Elections of 2014 in both states.

Post-retirement, Roy is engaged in the social/non-profit sector. He runs a not-for-profit company, Vandana Foundation, to support the livelihoods of the poorest of poor in urban and rural areas.

He is on the Board of Directors of GSK India, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Bajaj Housing Finance and Finolex Industries. He is on the India advisory boards of Encore Capital Group of USA and TrueNorth Private Equity Fund.

Pradip Shah (born on 07 January 1953), holds an MBA degree from Havard University and was ranked first in the Chartered Accountants’ examinations.

He was the founder Managing Director of CRISIL (India’s first and largest credit rating agency). He assisted in the formation of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and also provided technical assistance and training to Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad and MAALOT. He has also served as a consultant to USAID, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. He holds many key positions both in India and abroad.

He is serving as a Chairman of Kansai Nerolac Paints, Sonata Software and Grindwell Norton. His major directorships include Pfizer, BASF (India), Godrej & Boyce and Tata Investment Corporation.

Dinesh Thapar is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, a Gold Medalist Cost and Management Accountant and has a Diploma from ACCA. He obtained his Chartered Accountancy from ICAI in 1998 and graduated from St. Xavier’s, Kolkata in 1997 in Commerce.

He was the Group Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Retail for the past 3 years. Prior to that, he spent two decades with Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), where he held a range of leadership roles across Corporate Finance, Business Finance, Investor Relations, Supply Chain, and managing JVs. In his last role as Vice President, he was the Finance Leader for the Beauty & Personal Care Division in India and the South Asia cluster.

While leading the Finance functional agenda, he has experience in the areas of business partnering, performance management, governance, strategic initiatives, engaging with the Board, and external communication. Across both the companies that he has worked for, he has been a part of the senior leadership team and on the Board of various group companies.

Pradip Shah (born on 07 January 1953), holds an MBA degree from Havard University and was ranked first in the Chartered Accountants’ examinations.

He was the founder Managing Director of CRISIL (India’s first and largest credit rating agency). He assisted in the formation of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and also provided technical assistance and training to Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad and MAALOT. He has also served as a consultant to USAID, World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. He holds many key positions both in India and abroad.

He is serving as a Chairman of Kansai Nerolac Paints, Sonata Software and Grindwell Norton. His major directorships include Pfizer, BASF (India), Godrej & Boyce and Tata Investment Corporation.

Niraj Bajaj's career spans more than 35 years and he is currently serving as the Chairman of Bajaj Auto since 1 May 2021. Born on 10 October 1954, he studied at the Cathedral and John Connon School. He did his B.Com., from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. He acquired his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, Boston, U.S.A.

Niraj Bajaj is one of the Promoter - Directors of the Bajaj Group, which has over 50,000 employees, and a market capitalization of over ₹900,000 crores making it one of the largest family business houses in the country.

Niraj Bajaj is on the Board of Directors of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., and is the Chairman of Bachhraj & Company, Jamnalal Sons, and various other Bajaj Group companies. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Mukand Limited and the Vice Chairman of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited (BHIL).

Niraj Bajaj was the President of the Indian Merchants' Chamber, in 2007-08 when it was celebrating its centenary year. He was also the President of the Alloy Steel Producer's Association and the Indian Stainless Steel Development Association.

He has been a three-time All-India Table Tennis Champion and ranked India No.1 four times. He represented India in table tennis for seven years between 1970-77, of which last four years was as the Captain.

He is a recipient of the following awards:

• Arjuna Award, India's highest Sports honour
• Shiv Chhatrapati Award, Maharashtra's highest Sports honour
• Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar

Abhinav Bindra (born on 28 September, 1982) is India’s first individual Olympic Gold medalist, at the Beijing Olympics 2008 for the 10-m air rifle shooting event. With over 150 medals in his 22-year career, he is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, and one of the top influencers of Sport Policy in the country.
He is the founder of Abhinav Bindra Foundation and Vice-Chairman of Abhinav Futuristic Private Limited.

The Foundation’s mission is to build an ecosystem of excellence in the Indian sporting ecosystem and bring athletes, players at the grassroots, their stakeholders, and the general public together.