Board of Directors - Reliance Power

Fellow Chartered Accountant and a law graduate

65 years, is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a Law Graduate. He has vast experience in general management. Shri Sateesh Seth is also on the Board of Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Defence and Aerospace Private Limited, Reliance Defence Technologies Private Limited, Reliance Defence Systems Private Limited and Reliance Defence Limited.

Non - Executive Director

Shri K Raja Gopal, ME, MBA having over thirty-five years of industry and leadership experience in both public and private domains. A well acknowledged leader in power industry circles of the country known for deep insight, vision, team building capability, fostering strong relationships and a proven track record of execution and operation of large IPPs.

Most recently chaired the 'Association of Power Producers' (APP) and also was a member of National Committee on Power at CII and FICCI at New Delhi. In the past he has remained to be the member of Board & CEO of Lanco Group, CEO of LVS Power Limited, General Manager & Head - Project, Best Power Limited and also worked with Hindustan Cables Limited.

Smt. Manjari Kacker, 70 years, holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and a diploma in Business Administration. She has more than 40 years of experience in taxation, finance, administration and vigilance. She was in the Indian Revenue Service batch of 1974. She held various assignments during her tenure in the tax department and was also a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. She has also served as the Functional Director (Vigilance and Security) in Air India and has also represented India in international conferences. Smt. Manjari Kacker is also a Director in Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Hindustan Gum and Chemicals Limited and DFL Technologies Private Limited.

Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma superannuated as Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India on 31st December, 2018. Prior to his taking over as Chairman on 16th December 2016, he served as Chairman (In charge) from 16th September, 2016 and Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India from 1st November, 2013. From December 2010 to November 2013, he served as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL), a premiere housing finance company in the country.

Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma, born on 19th December, 1958 is a post-graduate from Patna University. Shri Sharma joined Life Insurance Corporation of India as Direct Recruit Officer in 1981 and grew up with the Corporation since then. He held various challenging assignments pan India and in all operational streams including in-charge positions at different levels. Working across length and breadth of the country has added immensely to his experience and honed his understanding of demographics of the country, socio-economic needs of different regions and multi-cultural challenges in implementation of Corporate’s objectives. Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma has served the Corporation for over 37 years. During his tenure, he has worked in all core areas of Life Insurance. He has vast national and international, operational and Board level experience of Financial Sector including Banking, Housing Finance, Pension & Group Insurance Business,Cards, Mutual Funds & Pension Fund. Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma has been Board member of ACC Ltd., and presently the Board member of Tata Steel Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and Ambika Cement Foundation. He is Chairperson of the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee of the Board of Tata Steel Limited. He is a Member of the Safety Health and Environment Committee of the Board of Tata Steel Ltd. He is also presently the Chairman of ICEX

Smt. Chhaya Virani graduated from Mumbai University with a bachelors’ degree in Arts. She also acquired a bachelors’ degree in legislative laws from the Government Law College in 1976. She is a partner in M/s. ALMT Legal Advocates and Solicitors.

She is also on the board of Reliance Capital Limited, Reliance General Insurance Company Limited, Reliance Home Finance Limited, Reliance Capital Pension Fund Limited and Reliance Corporate Advisory Services Limited.

Shri R Ashok, aged 72 years is a former Civil Servant with over 40 years experience in the areas of Financial Control and Management, General Administration, Vigilance Inquiry and administration, procurement, regulation and information technology.

His sector experience is in railways, telecom, anti corruption and telecom regulation. Shri R Ashok retired as a Secretary level official from Govt. of India and subsequently was appointed as Member, TRAI – a statutory appointment.

He holds Masters Degree in Science, Management and Public Administration and in the early part of his career was intimately involved in application of information technology to computer aided management information system design and implementation.

Most positions held by him required deep comprehension in the subject and knowledge on allied areas and tested analytical and inferential skills.

He is also on the Board of Mumbai Metro One Private Limited Reliance Home Finance Limited.

Shri Punit Garg, aged 58 years, a qualified Engineer, is part of senior management team of Reliance Group since 2001 and is involved in taking a number of strategic decisions. Shri Garg was previously served as an Executive Director on the Board of Reliance Communications Limited. With rich experience of over 37 years, Shri Garg has created and led billion dollar businesses. As a visionary, strategist and team builder he has driven profitable growth through innovation and operational excellence.