Mr. Gopi Arora (74) Non-executive Chairman (Independent Director)

Mr. Arora holds a Masters degree in History from Allahabad University and a Master’s Diploma in Public Administration from Harvard University, Boston. His career in the Indian Administrative Services stretches over 35 years in a wide range of fields. He was Finance Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India for the years 1989-90 and Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India in 1988. He has also acted as Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund representing India/Bangladesh/Bhutan/ Sri Lanka for 3 years and has been the Economic Minister, Embassy of India, and Moscow during 1975-78. Further, he has also held the posts of Joint Secretary (1983), Additional Secretary (1984-87) and Special Secretary (1987) in the Office of the Prime Minister, Government of India.

Mr. Raj Kumar Bhargava (72) Non-executive Director (Independent Director) 

Mr. R.K. Bhargava, holds an M.A. and is a Retired IAS officer. He has around 35 years experience, holding positions in the Government Administration and the industry. He was Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh and Home Secretary, Government of India. During his career he has served in the Department of Industry, Petroleum, Power and Finance. He has also served as Secretary to Government of India in various departments including Urban Development.


Mr. Piyush G Mankad (66) Non-executive Director (Independent Director)

Mr. Piyush Mankad, is a retired IAS officer with a distinguished career of nearly 40 years in the Civil Services. He graduated with a Masters Degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies from Cambridge University, U.K. He has held a number of important official positions including Counsellor (Economic) in the Indian Embassy, Tokyo; Controller of Capital Issues, Ministry of Finance and Finance Secretary, Government of India. He was the Executive Director for India (and four other countries), and Board Member for the Asian Development Bank, Manila, until July 2004. His areas of experience and expertise include public finance and policy, capital market regulation and development, promotion of industry, FDI and infrastructure and public administration.

Dr. Sanat Kaul (60) Non- executive Director (Independent Director)

Dr Kaul Sanat, aged 60, retired from the Indian Administrative Services as a Chairman and Managing Director of Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corporation Limited. He has been the Representative of India on the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal, Canada. He has held several important positions through his carrier including Joint Secretary- Ministry of Civil Aviation, Commissioner-  Sales Tax Department, Government of NCT of Delhi and Secretary- Delhi Finance Commission. Dr Kaul has a PH.D in Economics from the University of London and has specialized in Aerospace Law from the Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.


Mr. Mohinder Singh (55) Non- executive Director (NOIDA Nominee)

Mr. Mohinder Singh Chief Executive Officer of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), was inducted on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from February 20, 2008, as a non executive director in his ex-officio capacity. NOIDA is an authority set up by the UP Government under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Act and is the Concession grantor for the Noida Toll Bridge project. Mr. Singh has been with the Indian Administrative Services since 1978. He belongs to the Uttar Pradesh Cadre of the IAS (joined in 1978) and was previously Principal Secretary to the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Mr. Karunakaran Ramchand (53) Non-executive Director (ITNL Nominee)

Mr. Ramchand holds a Post Graduate Degree in Development Planning and is a Civil Engineer. He has over 25 years of work experience in the Urban & Transport Sector and has been actively engaged in creating and developing frameworks to enable commercialisation of the Transport and Urban Infrastructure sector in India. In the recent past he has been involved in large number of private infrastructure initiatives including the successful commissioning, on time and to budget, of various Toll Road projects in Gujarat and for the NHAI. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. (ITNL), a company set up by IL&FS. Prior to joining IL&FS, Mr. Ramchand has also worked on consulting projects with ORG, Dalal Consultants, MMRDA and CIDCO.


Mr. Arun Kumar Saha (54) Non-executive Director (ITNL Nominee)

Mr. Saha holds a Masters degree in Commerce (M.Com) and is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. He has over two decades of experience in the financial sector in the areas of financial services, infrastructure and asset management. He has been associated with IL&FS for approximately 15 years and is currently working as the Joint Managing Director of IL&FS and is in charge of finance, operations, compliance and risk management portfolios for the IL&FS group. His responsibilities at IL&FS include contribution to the strategic growth and development of the institution, building expertise in the area of corporate law in respect of infrastructure projects, managing relationships with the domestic and international shareholders of IL&FS, management of multilateral agencies and various government agencies and enabling and facilitating cost effective resource management, mobilisation and deployment. Prior to joining IL&FS he worked for 4 years at WIMCO Limited, where he handled finance, accounts, budgets, MIS and dealt with Banks and Financial Institutions.

Mr. Deepak Premnarayen (62) Non-executive Director (Independent Director)

Mr. Deepak Premnarayen aged 60 years has more than 3 decades of experience in the Corporate and Banking industry. He is Co-founder, Chairman and Managing Director of ICS Group. Mr. Premnarayen is an advisor to the First Rand Group, one of Africa’s leading financial institutions. He is the Chairman of Pioneer Property Zone, a joint venture between Old mutual properties and ICS for realty. He pioneered various initiatives to promote International Trade Co-operations with countries like South Africa, United Kingdom and other European Countries. He has also been an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Infrastructure Committee.