Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Mr. Ambani is the non executive Chairman of the Company. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Science from the University of Bombay and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. Ambani is also the Chairman of Reliance Communications Limited, Reliance Capital Limited, Reliance Energy Limited and Reliance Natural Resources Limited. Till recently, Mr. Ambani also held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited. Mr. Ambani joined Reliance Industries Limited in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA, the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, and the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and the Indian Institute of technology, Kanpur (IIT), and Executive Board, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
Mr. Ambani has received numerous awards and recognitions, including:
Voted the 'Businessman of the Year' in a poll conducted by the Times of India - TNS, December 2006.
Voted the 'Best Role Model' among business leaders in the biannual Mood of the Nation poll conducted by India Today magazine, August 2006.
Conferred 'the CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platts Global Energy Awards.
Rated as one of 'India's Most Admired CEOs' for the sixth consecutive year in the Business Barons - TNS Mode opinion poll, 2004.
Shri S. L. Rao
Mr. Rao is currently Chairman, Board of Governors of the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore; Distinguished Visiting Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI); a widely read newspaper columnist, writer and speaker on management, consumer markets, the economy and energy issues. He is an economist by training and a professional manager with 29 years of experience in companies including in top management positions in marketing and general management, and a further 5 years in management consultancy. He taught marketing in management schools in India as visiting faculty. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Indian Ocean Centre, Australia (1996-98). In 1990, he was appointed Director General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER, which during his tenure, was known for its data on Indian markets, human development indicators, social infrastructure and economic forecasting). He was the first Chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in 1998. He was formerly the President of the Madras Management Association (1983-84) and All India Management Association (1985-86), (1985-86), a founder and former Vice President of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in Tamil Nadu (1981-84). He was Founder Chairman of the Forum of Indian Regulators.
Shri J. L. Bajaj
Mr. Bajaj is former Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC). He retired from the Indian Administrative Service as Chairman of Administrative Reforms and Decentralisation Commission, Government of Uttar Pradesh. He served in Government of India as Adviser (Industry) Planning Commission, Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs and Joint Secretary, Plan Finance, Ministry of Finance. He also held the positions of Secretary (Planning) and Secretary (Finance) in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. V. K. Chaturvedi
Dr. Chaturvedi is a former Chairman & Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. He has also been a Member of the Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India and Chairman of World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), Tokyo Centre and also a Governor in the International WANO Board, London for 2 years. Dr. Chaturvedi is a gold medalist in mechanical engineering (1965 batch) from Vikram University and later he did his post-graduation in nuclear engineering from BARC training school, Mumbai. He has over 40 years of experience in relation to design, construction, commissioning and operation of nuclear power plants. He was conferred the 'Padma Shri' in the year 2001, one of India's highest civilian awards. He is also a recipient of number of other prizes and awards.
Mr. K.H. Mankad
Mr. K.H. Mankad, aged 65 years, and Indian national, is the Whole-time Director and CEO of the Company. Mr.Mankad is a Bachelor of Commerce and Laws. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He has over 32 years of experience in corporate finance, taxation, accounts, management and laws. He has been working with REL since 1995 and was its Director (Finance).
Dr. Yogendra Narain
Dr. Narain is a former Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha - the Upper House of the Parliament of India. Dr. Yogendra Narain retired from the Indian Administrative Services after serving for over 42 years. He has worked in various capacities in the administration in the State of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He served as the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Uttar Pradesh; as Secretary, Ministry of Surface Transport, Government of India; Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Defence Secretary to the Government of India. He is also the founder-Chairman of the Greater NOIDA Industrial Development Authority and the founder-Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India. Dr. Narain holds degrees. B.Sc., M.A. (Political Science), Diploma in Development Economics, M. Phil and Ph.D.
