Board of Directors

Dr. Pradhan has an M Phil & Ph.D. from the University of Pune, and a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Columbia University Business School, New York. He has been Professor of Finance and Economics at XLRI Jamshedpur, one of India’s top business schools, where he also served as the member of the Board of Governors & Chaired the Doctoral Programme.

He also served as a member of the RBI Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on Financial Markets, and an Independent Director of the State Bank of India Mutual Fund, Mumbai.

A Master’s in Economics and an MBA with Academic Excellence from University of Illinois, U.S.A.. Mr. Mittal is also an Executive Director of Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

Mr. Ajit Kumar Mittal has varied experience by virtue of his close involvement with the growth and evolution of India’s financial sector. Mr. Mittal worked for more than twenty years at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in middle and senior management positions and has been at the forefront of macroeconomic and financial sector issues.

Ms. Chitra Shringare is a top performing leader in an investment-related operations role with significant knowledge of securitized credit, equities, fixed income, private debt, derivative instruments and general asset classes and strong understanding of private and public fund structures / vehicles. She is a merit list holder in B.sc Chemistry from Mumbai University. She has also done Senior Management Program from IIM Ahmedabad and has a membership of Harvard Square Leaders Excellence Forum and is qualified with IICA’s Independent Directors Databank. Her core competencies includes Strategic Planning & Implementation, Global Markets, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Fund Administration , Treasury , Exchange Operations, Risk Mgmt, Asset & Wealth Mgmt, Product Management, Client Services, Business Development, Account Mgmt, Clearing & Settlement, Commodities Operations, Corporate Actions and Global Finance Operations. Her past experience includes senior level positions in various investment banks which inter alia includes J P Morgan services group, Deutsche Bank Group, SBI-SG global Securities Services.

Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma is an Ex-Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India. He joined Life Insurance Corporation of India as Direct Recruit Officer in 1981 and since then he grew up with the corporation and got superannuated as Chairman in the year 2018. He also served as Chairman (In charge) and Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India and as a Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL). Mr. Sharma, is a post-graduate from Patna University and has vast national and international, operational and Board level experience of Financial Sector including Banking, Housing Finance, Pension & Group Insurance Business, Cards, Mutual Funds & Pension Fund.

Mr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal was an Ex- member of U. P. Electricity Regulatory Commission. He is a qualified professional in the field of accountancy, finance, corporate affairs and law.

He has worked in social sector, civil engineering organisations and for the last 15 years in power sector. He has good understanding of regulatory issues, operational environment of electricity utilities, the emerging industry structure and performance improvement issues in the Sector. He holds an academic degree of B. Com and professional degrees of LL. B, Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.