Mr Ratan N Tata (Chairman)

Mr Tata has been on the Board since 1989. Mr Tata holds a B.Sc. (Architecture) degree with Structural Engineering from Cornell University, USA and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard University, USA. He is an eminent industrialist with wide business experience across a variety of industries. He joined the Tata group in 1962 and he is the Chairman of Tata Sons Ltd., the apex body of the Tata group and other major Tata Companies.

Mr Ramabadran Gopalakrishnan

Mr Gopalakrishnan is a graduate in Physics from Calcutta University and an Engineer from IIT, Kharagpur. He is the Executive Director of Tata Sons Ltd., Chairman of Rallis India Ltd., Vice Chairman of Tata Chemicals Ltd. and a Director of several other companies like Tata Motors Ltd., ICI India Ltd., Castrol India Ltd. etc. Prior to joining the Tata Group in 1998, he was with Hindustan Lever for 31 years, where he rose from being a Management Trainee to being Vice Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited.

Dr Homiar S Vachha

Dr Vachha has a post-graduate degree and a doctorate in Economics from the University of Bombay (Gold medalist in Industrial Economics). He was the General Manager of ICICI Limited in a career spanning over 25 years. He was in charge of Market Research and Industry Studies Department as also in charge of the Economics Department. He was the ICICI nominee director on the Board of several large companies. He was appointed as Nominee Director on the Board of the erstwhile The Andhra Valley Power Supply Company Limited in 1993. On ceasing to be such nominee director, he was re-appointed on the Board of that Company and continued as Director till its amalgamation with the Company in 2000. He has been subsequently appointed on the Board of the Company in 2001. He is also on the board of other companies.

Mr Adi J Engineer

Mr Engineer graduated as a B.E. (Civil) from Pune University. He is also a Chartered Engineer (India), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India). He has a career spanning 47 years occupying key positions in areas of engineering, project planning and execution of multi-disciplinary activities. He has been associated with the power sector for the last 24 years and has been with the Company since 1984, having joined as Project Manager (Civil) and subsequently promoted to the position of a Whole-time Director of the Company. In August 2000, he was appointed as the Managing Director from which position he retired on 31st August 2002. Prior to his joining Tata Electric Companies, he served in several senior positions with the well-known multinational group of Imperial Chemical Industries. He was re-appointed as Director on the Board of the Company effective 19th November 2003.

Mr Nawshir H Mirza

Mr Mirza is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and was a Senior Partner of Ernst & Young. He is an Advisor to Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. He is an independent Director on the Boards of several companies.

Mr Deepak M Satwalekar

Mr Satwalekar was the Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited since November 2000 and prior to this, he was the Managing Director of HDFC Limited from 1993 - 2000. Mr Satwalekar obtained a Bachelors Degree in Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from The American University, Washington DC. He has considerable experience in the fields of finance, infrastructure and corporate governance.

Dr Ramchandra H Patil

Dr Patil is presently the Chairman of Clearing Corporation of India and an Independent Director on the Board of Axis Bank Limited. Dr Patil has a Masters Degree in Economics and also a Doctorate in International Economics. He was the first Managing Director of National Stock Exchange of India Limited and has also worked for 7 years with Reserve Bank of India and more than 18 years with Industrial Development Bank of India (now IDBI Bank Limited).

Mr Piyush G Mankad (IAS Retired)

Mr Mankad is a retired civil servant with a distinguished career of over 40 years in the prestigious Indian Administration Service, which he joined in 1964, topping his batch. He was educated at Delhi University and later at Cambridge, UK, where he obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Studies, with distinction. Some of the important positions that he has held include Counsellor (Economic) in the Indian Embassy, Tokyo; Controller of Capital Issues, Ministry of Finance; Finance Secretary, Government of India and Executive Director for India and four other countries and Board Member, Asian Development Bank, Manila, which was his last assignment till July 2004. He is a member of the Board of several companies including Tata International Limited, Tata Elxsi Limited, Kingfisher Airlines Limited and Max India Limited.

Mr Ashok K Basu

Mr Basu is the former Secretary - Steel, Secretary - Power and Chairman of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. Mr Basu was a key member in the formulation and clearance of the Electricity Act, 2003, both as Secretary (Power) and later as Chairman (CERC), and has a very deep knowledge of the power business in India. Mr Basu is also on the Boards of two Tata Group Companies - Tata Metaliks Limited and The Tinplate Company Of India Limited and is also Member (Industry and Infrastructure) of the West Bengal Planning Commission.

Mr Thomas Mathew T

Mr Mathew is a post-graduate in Economics and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law. He also holds a post-graduate diploma in Management from the International Institute of Advanced Marketing. He is the Managing Director of LIC since March 2006. He is the Nominee Director of LIC on the Boards of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and Corporation Bank. He is also Chairman of LIC Mutual Fund Trustee Co. Pvt. Ltd., and Director on the Board of LIC (Lanka) Ltd., Colombo.

Mr Prasad R Menon

Mr Menon is a Chemical Engineer from IIT, Kharagpur with 38 years of professional experience in the industry. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Managing Director of Tata Chemicals Limited. He has also had long service with the ICI group of companies in India and with Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited in various senior positions. He is also on the Board of several Tata group companies.

Mr Sowmyan Ramakrishnan

Mr Ramakrishnan holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Madras and also has a Management Degree from IIM, Ahmedabad. He joined the Tata Administrative Services in 1972 and during his long tenure, handled a multitude of national as well as international projects. He is on the Board of several group companies.

Mr Sankaranarayanan Padmanabhan

Mr Padmanabhan is a gold medallist in Electronics and Communication Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu as well as a Glaxo gold medallist for the Marketing Stream from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Executive Director and Head Global Human Resources of Tata Consultancy Services Limited. He has rich experience in large-scale project build-up and delivery, and is highly acclaimed for global sourcing and value creation in operational efficiencies.

Mr Banmali Agrawala

Mr Agrawala is a Mechanical Engineer from Manipal Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the Company, he was the Managing Director of Wartsila India Limited. Prior to Wartsila, he was with Bajaj Auto Limited in Research and Development division. He has a deep understanding of the Indian power industry as well as the global renewables business. He has 23 years of professional experience in the industry and has held several positions in industry bodies.