Shri S Seth is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and a law graduate. He has vast experience in general management. Shri Seth was appointed to the Board on November 24, 2000. Currently, he is the Vice Chairman on the Board of the Company.
Shri Punit Garg, aged 55 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 34 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.
Dr. Thomas Mathew - Independent Director+
Dr. Thomas Mathew holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from the University of Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in law from Campus Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law. He also holds a master’s degree in arts, a degree of master of philosophy, and a degree of doctor of philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
He has experience of working with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence amongst other. He has represented India as the leader of the delegation in several conferences and meetings. He has addressed/presented papers in several fora including those in the United States Department of Defence and Stanford University, USA. He also spearheaded several new reforms in the Ministry of Defence
He has published scores of articles, Opeds, etc. in leading newspapers like the Times of India, Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Hindu, etc. He has also edited book on India-US Strategic Ties contributing it lead chapter. As the Additional Secretary to the 13th President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, he authored two books, “The Winged Wonders of Rashtrapati Bhavan” and “Abode Under the Dome”. These books were regularly presented by the Indian President to the visiting Heads of States and other world leaders who called on him.
Smt. Manjari Kacker - Independent Director+
Smt. Manjari Kacker, 65 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. Chhaya Virani - Independent Director+
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.
Shri Virendra Singh Verma has merited a degree in Bachelor of Science from Agra University followed by BE Mechanical (Hons) and ME Mechanical (Hons) in Applied Thermal Sciences from IIT Roorkee. He has also been trained under UNDP, with CEGB, UK and Gilbert Commonwealth of USA
Shri Verma started his career in the Central Power Engineering Service in Central Electricity Authority (CEA). In his longstanding career of over 46 years in the power sector, Shri Verma acquired wide and valuable experience in the field of Planning, thermal and Hydro power plant engineering, project monitoring, construction, supervision, operation monitoring, human resource development, grid operations, conservation and efficiency, low carbon growth strategy and other environmental issues.
Shri Verma has been associated extensively in the policy formulation by the Government, specially after the enactment of Electricity Act 2003. Shri Verma has also served as a Member Secretary of the Eastern Regional Electricity Board, Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Member and Chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) etc. Shri Verma has also been on Governing Council/Board of Directors of various institutions like CPRI, NPTI, CWet, DVC etc.
Shri Verma has travelled extensively overseas and has to his credit more than 50 technical papers published and presented in the national and international forums.
Shri Verma received Life Time Achievement Award from CBIP and from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. He was also awarded Leading Energy Personality Award 2014 in November 2014 from Council of Power Utilities. He was also awarded Distinguished Alumni Award of IIT Roorkee. He has been a professor Adjunct for IIT Kanpur.
Shri Verma has been advising Govt of Rajasthan for improving their Distribution System of electricity in general including generation and transmission as a member of the task force appointed by the Govt of Rajasthan for five years. Shri Verma Co authored a book namely ‘Solar Energy made simple for a sustainable future’, published by Springer Nature Singapore.