Public Representatives joins BSE

The Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE) is pleased to announce the induction of that Shri S. Jambunathan, Shri Jagadish Capoor, (both re-elected) and Shri R. Gopalakrishnan, Shri Vijay Mukhi, Shri Pradeep Shah & Prof. Ravi Chandran as Public Representative Directors on the Board of BSE.

Welcoming their appointment Dr. Manoj Vaish, Executive Director & C.E.O. of BSE said, "We are quite thankful to these eminent professionals to have come on board. Their vast experience and expertise in their respective fields would be beneficial to BSE in more ways than one."

Brief Profiles :

Shri S. Jambunathan an ex I..A.S. officer of Maharashtra Cadre, has rich and varied experience, both in Govt. of India and State Government. He retired as Chairman cum Managing Director of Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC), Govt. of India. Prior to that, he was Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Maharashtra for nearly three years and also served as Director of EXIM Bank. After retirement he was Chairman of the State Bank of Mauritius (Local Advisory Board), Secretary General of CFBP, and Honorary Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Gandhi Institute of Computer Education) and also, visiting Faculty in Management in Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Bombay University.

Shri Jagadish Capoor is the present Chairman of HDFC Bank. He retired as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. He also served as a Director on the boards of several commercial banks including Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India and other financial institutions viz. Exim Bank, National Housing Bank, National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development and Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Currently he is the Chairman of Bhartiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of RBI) and Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd. He is also on the Board of Directors of The Indian Hotels, on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management Indore and on the Academic Advisory Board of Asian Business School.

Shri R. Gopalakrishnan is the Executive Director of Tata Sons Limited, Chairman of Tata Honeywell and Rallis India, Vice Chairman of Tata Chemicals, and a Director of several Tata Companies like Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tata Teleservices. He also serves on the Board of two non-Tata companies, ICI and Castrol India. He has been elected as President of All India Management Association in September 2003. After 31 years in Levers, he joined Tata Sons in August 1998.

Shri Vijay Mukhi is an expert and pioneer in the field of IT and IT education. He evangelised the concept of WEB in India. He has been the Past President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and Chairman of The IT Committee at FICCI and Indian Merchant Chambers. He chairs the Special Interest Group Security NASSCOM and is currently the chairman of Education Tourism Committee of FICCI-Maharashtra State Council.

Shri Pradip P Shah is a well-known name in the corporate finance and private equity advisory business. He was the founder Managing Director of The Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited (CRISIL), India's first and largest credit rating agency. He also helped establish the Indocean Fund in 1994 in association with affiliates of Chase Capital Partners and Soros Fund Management. Mr. Shah assisted in founding Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) in 1977. Before joining HDFC, Mr. Shah was a Project Officer at ICICI Limited. Mr. Shah has also served as a consultant to USAID, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

Shri N. Ravichandran, is a faculty member at IIM, Ahmedabad in Production and Quantitative Methods Area. He is an acknowledged expert in the areas of operations management, information technology, logistics and supply chain management, and strategic management. His expertise also extends to executive Programs for top corporates in India. His current research and teaching interest include management of hospitals in India, perspectives on competitive strategy, and manufacturing competitiveness of Indian organizations.