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Board
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Dr. J N Singh, IAS
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Dr. J N Singh, IAS is Chief Secretary, Government of Gujarat. He has very rich and varied experience of 33 years holding various positions in Government of Gujarat and Government of India.
He has served largely in Infrastructure & Finance sector including Industrial Infrastructure, Power, Telecom, Information Technology, Highways, Water, etc.
He was Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Government of Gujarat from 05.11.2014 to 31.07.2016, Jt. Managing Director of GIDC, Member of Gujarat Electricity Board and Managing Director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited.
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Shri D.C. Anjaria
Director |
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Mr. D. C. Anjaria took his M. B. A. from
IIM, Ahmedabad in 1968. He joined Citibank in Bombay, spent 7 years in India,
and 13 years as an International Staff in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
He was Associate Director of Citibank International Training Centre in Athens,
and Chief of Staff at Citicorp Investment Bank at Paris, France.
Back in India in 1989, he founded and headed UTI Institute of Capital Markets,
where he has taught courses in capital markets and financial risk management.
He has developed a Global Balance Sheet Management System as a vehicle for
corporate financial control and risk management. Mr. Anjaria has served as a
consultant to Citibank in France and Switzerland and Eco Bank in Africa.
Mr. Anjaria has advised the Govt. of Indonesia and has served on Govt. of
India/SEBI committees on Mutual Funds and Derivatives. He has been Chairman of
two SEBI Committees - Short Sales and Brokers' fees. He is a member of the
Executive Committee of the Derivatives and Capital Markets Segments of the
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Mr. Anjaria advised the Forward Markets
Commission of the Govt. of India, as a World Bank consultant, on Commodity
Markets.
His consulting firm International Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has advised the
Govt. of Gujarat on development of the Financial Sector in Gujarat, having
conceptualised the establishment of Gujarat International Finance Tec-city.
He was a member of UTI Debt Asset Management Committee. He is also on the Board of Ratnamani Metals and Tubes Ltd, International Financial Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Indian Institute of Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, Gujarat Tech Markets Pvt. Ltd.
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Dr. Vasant P. Gandhi
Director |
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Dr. Vasant Gandhi is Ph.D., M.S. and
M.A. from Stanford, and PGP from Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
Ahmedabad. He is currently Professor at IIM, Ahmedabad specializing in
economics, marketing and agribusiness. He has been Chairman of the
Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management, and of the Centre for
Management in Agriculture at IIM, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Gandhi has worked with the World Bank and the International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington for 8 years. He has been visiting
professor at the University of Sydney, and the James Cook University in
Australia, and has taught at ICRISAT's Centre in Zimbabwe, and the Munich
Centre for Advanced Training in Applied Statistics, Germany.
Dr. Gandhi has been a consultant to numerous organizations including the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the World Food Program, the World
Bank, Government of India, Government of Gujarat, Government of Madhya Pradesh,
Agriculture Insurance Company of India, McKinsey & Company, Dow, and
ITC-Zeneca.
Dr. Gandhi has been a member of the international Biotechnology Advisory
Council of the US multinational Monsanto, and on the Board of Directors of
various organizations including the seed multinational Advanta, Nuvo
Fertilizers, and the State Bank of Saurashtra (SBI group).
Dr. Gandhi has written, published and presented extensively, and is on the
Editorial Boards of several national and international journals. He represents
India on the Council of the International Association of Agricultural
Economists (IAAE). His contributions on Gujarat include Gujarat Agricultural
Development for Growth and Poverty Reduction report of the World Bank, and
Cotton Revolution in Gujarat: The Impact of Bt Technology of IIM, Ahmedabad.
His work has been recently referred and used in the World Development Report
2008 of the World Bank.
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Shri Ajay N. Shah
Director |
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Ajay Shah studied at IIT, Bombay and USC,
Los Angeles. He has held positions at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
(Bombay), Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (Bombay) and the
Ministry of Finance, and now works at NIPFP. His research interests include
policy issues on Indian economic growth, open economy macroeconomics, public
finance, financial economics and pensions. In the past decade, he was
extensively involved in the policy process in the reforms of the equity market
and the New Pension System.
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Shri Vijai Kapoor
Director |
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Shri Vijai Kapoor served in Indian
Administrative Service and has later served as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for
6½ years. He has had rich administrative experience of varied nature.
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Smt. Geeta Goradia
Director |
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Smt. Geeta Goradia is the immediate Past President of Federation of Gujarat Industries (FGI).
She is the first lady to hold this position in the FGI ever since it's inception in 1918.
She is also a successful entrepreneur and is presently the Managing Director of Jewel Consumer Care Pvt. Ltd.
She has done her MA Honors in Industrial Economics and Law from M.S.University, Vadodara.
She has varied experience including being the Lecturer in Business Economics in M.S. University before settling down as a full time entrepreneur.
From modest beginning in 1986, the industry she is heading, has grown exponentially. It's the major exporter of Oral Care & House Cleaning Products
to more than 50 countries and under her able leadership her company is winning The Top Exporters award from Plastic Export Promotion Council since 2007
consistently.
She has to her credit many awards and accolades and to name a few are "Best Women Entrepreneur Award 2008-'09" constituted by Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Best Women Entrepreneur Award from Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Government of Gujarat, Gauravvanta Gujarati Award - 2011 by International creative Art Society (ICAS) so on and so forth.
Apart from being past president of FGI, She is the Senate and Syndicate member of Maharaja Sayajirao University (2012 - 2017), Member - Gujarat State Social Security Board of Labour and Employment Department, Govt. of Gujarat and Council Member of Gujarat Technology University (GTU).
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Shri Raj Gopal, IAS
Director |
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Shri Raj Gopal has done his Masters in Arts (German Language) from Banaras Hindu University, M.B.A. from University of Hull, U.K. and Graduated in Law from Gujarat University. He is a 1987 batch IAS Officer and has rich and varied experience of over 30 years of holding key positions in vital Departments of Govt. of Gujarat viz. Revenue, Agriculture & Co-operation, Home, Tourism, Urban Development, Sales Tax, Rural Department, Geology & Mining, Road Transport and Energy. He was Managing Director of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL), and was also a Director on the Board Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited, Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited, Gujarat Power Corporation Limited, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, Gujarat State Energy Generation Limited, Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited, Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited, Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited, Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Limited, Gujarat Green Revolution Company Limited, Gujarat Fibre Grid Network Limited.
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Shri Arvind Agarwal, IAS
Director |
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Shri Arvind Agarwal, IAS, aged 58 years, is a very Senior IAS Officer of Government of Gujarat
He has done Post Graduation in Commerce. He has very rich and varied experience of around 33 years and has held distinguished positions in Government of Gujarat like District Development Officer and Collector - Bharuch, Labour Commissioner, Industries Commissioner, Additional Chief Secretary, Education, Industries & Mines Departments, GoG.
He was Managing Director, Gujarat State Financial Corporation Ltd., Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC).
He has rich experience in the field of Finance, Management and Administration. He has authored a Book in Gujarati viz. "Panchayat Parichay". He was awarded as "Best Collector" during his posting in Bharuch. Presently, he is Additional Chief Secretary, Forest & Environment Department and holding the charge of Finance Department, Government of Gujarat.
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Shri Sujit Gulati, IAS
Managing Director |
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Shri Sujit Gulati, IAS, is an Additional Chief Secretary rank IAS Officer and presently Managing Director, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Vadodara. Shri Gulati is having varied and rich experience and has served as in Ministries of Coal, Mines, Sports & Youth Affairs and Textiles of Government of India. He held key positions in various Departments of Government of Gujarat like Industry, Finance, Energy & Petrochemicals, Geology and Mining, Rural Development, Panchayat, Transport, Information Technology, Labour, etc. besides serving as Director on Boards ofvarious companies.
Shri Gulati is a Mechanical Engineer and an Indian Administrative Officer of Gujarat Cadre since 1985.
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