Trustees

Trustees

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• Mr. Shitin D. Desai

  Mr. Shitin Desai is Executive Vice Chairman of DSP Merrill Lynch Limited, and is one of its founding Directors. He has been advising various large corporate organisations in formulating, structuring and implementing financial packages for various projects across sectors and is recognised as one of the leading investment bankers in the country today. Also Mr. Desai has been actively associated with the area of international finance, and he was closely involved in launching the first two Indian offshore funds in UK and USA. Mr. Desai was a member of the Committee on Takeovers appointed by SEBI and was a Member of: RBI Capital Markets Committee, Advisory Group for Securities Market of RBI and Insider Trading Committee of SEBI. He was also a Member on the Executive Committee (Futures & Options Segment) of National Stock Exchange of India. He is a regular speaker at various platforms on finance.

• Mr. S. S. Thakur

  Mr. Thakur was the Chairman of HDFC Bank Limited, where his responsibilities included providing non-executive advisory services relating to corporate planning, internal audit, inspection, foreign exchange etc. He is currently the Chairman of Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. and serves on the Boards of Directors of various other companies.

  Mr. Thakur held the position of Controller of Foreign Exchange, RBI, from 1982 to 1987. He was also employed with the United Nations Development Programme as Senior Advisor and was deputed to Bank of Zambia (Zambia's Central Bank) at Lusaka, from 1988 to 1993, where he held the position of Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Zambia.

• Ms. Tarjani Vakil

  Ms. Tarjani Vakil retired as the Chairman and Managing Director of Export Import Bank of India in 1996, after 30 years in development banking.

  Ms. Vakil joined IDBI at its inception in 1965 and worked for 17 years in various departments. Ms. Vakil has been on the Board of Directors of IDBI, LIC, GIC, ECGC, STCI and a number of private sector companies during her long career.

• Mr. S. Doreswamy

  Mr. S. Doreswamy is a financial consultant, with an experience of about thirty five years in commercial banking, preceded by practice as a High court Advocate for about three years. Mr. Doreswamy started his banking career with Canara Bank and moved on Dena Bank, where he served for nearly 24 years, in various capacities, including as Chairman and Managing Director. His last assignment was as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Central Bank of India, one of the largest public sector banks in the country, and during his highly successful stint of four years there, he steered the bank towards registering a significant turnaround in its operations and high levels of profit.

  Mr. Doreswamy is currently the Chairman of Can Fin Homes Ltd., a housing finance company, and is on the Boards of Directors of several companies of repute such as CEAT Ltd. and Shakti Sugars Ltd.

• Mr. T. S. Krishna Murthy

  Mr. T. S. Krishna Murthy, a former Chief Election Commissioner of India, has had a long and distinguished career in the Government of India, spanning over 36 years. After an initial stint of about 2 years in Bank of India Ltd as a probationary officer, Mr. Krishna Murthy joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1963. He served the Income Tax department in various capacities and was also on deputation to Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam, International Monetary Fund etc. He was also appointed Secretary, Department of Company Affairs, Government of India, in 1997. In that capacity he took an active interest in Investor Protection & Education, apart from giving a push to computerisation & company law reforms. He joined the Election Commission of India in 2000 and was Chief Election Commissioner of India when he supervised the first Parliament elections in 2004 with electronic voting machines through out the country.