Leadership Team
In terms of the Articles, our Company is required to have not less than three Directors and not more than fifteen Directors. As on the date of this Draft Red Herring Prospectus, our Board comprises of eight (8) Directors, of which three (3) are Executive Directors, one (1) is a Government Nominee Director and four (4) are Non-Official Part-time (Independent) Directors. In terms of our Articles of Association, the President of India is entitled to appoint as well as remove any of the Directors. The Board of Directors is required to have at least one (1) woman director in order to be compliant with Regulation 17(1) of Chapter IV of the SEBI LODR Regulations. Our Company, vide a letter dated September 23, 2022, has sought for an exemption from SEBI in respect of this corporate governance requirement.
Shri Rajni Kant Agrawal
Shri Rajni Kant Agrawal, aged fifty-four (54) years, is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of our Company with effect from October 4, 2021. He has been associated with our Company since June 28, 1991. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan and also holds a master’s degree in water resources engineering from IIT Delhi. He also has a master’s degree in business administration from Sikkim Manipal University (formerly known as Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences). He has more than thirty-two (32) years of experience in the field of planning, design and implementation of water resources, power and infrastructure development projects in India and overseas. He also holds rich experience and expertise in project planning, contract management, construction supervision and project implementation and actively involved in business development activities of our Company. He is also the Chairman cum Managing Director (Additional Charge) and Director (Engineering) (Additional Charge) of our Subsidiary and a Director in GPCL Consulting Services Limited.
Shri Pankaj Kapoor aged fifty-four (54) years is the Director (Finance), Whole Time Director and CFO of our Company since September 29, 2015. He has been associated with our Company since March 9, 1994. He also holds the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours Course) from University of Delhi. He is also a qualified cost accountant holding a degree from the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He has twenty-eight (28) years of experience of experience handling various matters concerning corporate finance, working capital management, cost & budgetary control, institutional finance, accounts, taxation, audit, overseas projects etc. He is also on the board of director as the Director (Finance) (Additional Charge) of our Subsidiary.
Shri Pankaj Kapoor
Shri Amitabh Tripathi
Shri Amitabh Tripathi, aged fifty- seven (57) years, is the Director (Commercial & HRD) of our Company with effect from February 1, 2025. He has been associated with our Company since year 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Nagpur University. He has more than thirty years (30) years of experience in the field of planning, design and implementation of water resources, power and infrastructure development projects in India and overseas. He specialises in Hydropower and Pumped Storage projects from concept to commissioning. He has been actively involved in business development activities of our Company.
Shri Anand Mohan aged fifty-four (54) years is the Government Nominee (Part- time) Director of our Company since August 10, 2022. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Ranchi University. He is an is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1996 batch of Rajasthan Cadre. He has over twenty-six (26) years of experience as an IFS Officer. He has also worked in various capacities in various departments of Government of Rajasthan, Ministry of Urban Development, Department of Consumer Affairs, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy. He has undergone various training programmes in India as well as in foreign countries namely Singapore, United States of America and South Korea. Presently, he has also been appointed as Joint Secretary in Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti and posted in National River Conservation Directorate. He is also on the board of directors of our Subsidiary Company as a Government Nominee Director.
Shri Anand Mohan
Shri P. S. Gangadhar
Shri P. S. Gangadhar, aged forty-six (46) years is the Government Nominee (Part-time) Director of our Company since March 06, 2025. He is a career diplomat with over two decades of experience in diplomacy and academics. In his diplomatic career, his skilful negotiations have helped deliver several agreements pertaining to trade, investment, technology, development cooperation, defence and security. He has also pioneered many novel initiatives for his government in the areas of investment facilitation, manufacturing, CleanTech and emerging technologies. He belongs to the 2005 batch of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and is currently Joint Secretary (Economic Diplomacy) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi. In his current role he is driving MEA’s initiatives across the domains of energy security, trade, investment, technology and investment arbitration. He also represents the Ministry on the Boards of various export promotion councils/bodies. Prior to this, he was India’s Consul General at Cape Town, South Africa. He has also served as India’s Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative (DPR) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva during 2020-23. He was Director and Deputy Secretary at the Americas Division in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi during 2016 - 20. As First Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Berlin he headed the Economic and Commercial Wing of the Mission during 2013-16. His first assignment abroad was at the Indian Embassy, Damascus where he served as First/Second Secretary during 2008-2012. Notable achievements during his diplomatic career include: conceptualizing and implementing a first-of-its kind Investment Facilitation Programme - Make in India Mittelstand (MIIM) that has helped over 200 German MSMEs invest in India. He was also instrumental in setting up the New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies (NEST) Division at the MEA, to harness strategic and developmental dimensions of the new technologies. His publication Indo German collaboration in High-Technology Manufacturing, that provides the cooperation framework for the two countries, has been jointly released by Prime Minister Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2015. He is a post-graduate in economics with gold medal from University of Mysore. He has taught economics at University of Delhi during 2001-2004 and University of Mysore during 2000-01.
In addition to our Chairman cum Managing Director, Director (Finance)/Whole time Director and CFO and Director (Commercial & HRD)/Whole time Director, the details of other Key Managerial Personnel of our Company are as follows:
Shri Praveen Kumar, Chief Executive Director (Projects)
Shri Praveen Kumar is the Chief Executive Director (Projects) of our Company with effect from May 20, 2022. He has been associated with our Company since July 23, 1990. He has done his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from the IIT, Delhi. He has also done Master of Business Administration from Sikkim Manipal University. He has over thirty-two (32) years of experience of being associated in different capacities in our Company having experience in Geographical Information Systems based analysis, Water Supply & Sewerage Network design, Flood modelling, Irrigation & drainage systems, Technical Software Development, Database development, also having knowledge of Satellite Remote Sensing Analysis, AI & Optimization etc.
Shri Shambu Azad is the Chief Executive Director (Water Resource Development) of our Company with effect from September 30, 2018. He has been associated with our Company since June 18, 1990. He holds a degree of Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from IIT, Kanpur. Further, he holds a degree of Master of Technology in Water Resources Engineering and was awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy both from IIT, Delhi. He has more than thirty-two (32) years of experience in different capacities in our Company having experience primarily in projects related to various aspects of the water resource sector.
Shri Shambu Azad, Chief Executive Director (Water Resource Development)
Dr. Aman Sharma, Chief Executive Director (Environment Construction Management and Administration)
Dr. Aman Sharma is the Chief Executive Director (Environment Construction Management and Administration) of our Company with effect from September 20, 2018. He has been associated with our Company since September 3, 1990. He holds a bachelor’s degree and master's degree in Civil Engineering both from University of Delhi. He was awarded Doctor of Philosophy from IIT, Delhi. He has more than thirty-two (32) years of experience of being associated in different capacities with our Company in conducting environmental studies for hydropower, irrigation, ports & harbour, mines and construction projects, design of sewage treatment plants, sewerage networks, effluent treatment plants, solid waste management, etc.
Dr. R. P. Dubey is the Chief Executive Director (Ports, Harbours & Inland Waterways) of our Company with effect from September 30, 2020. He has been associated with our Company since July 30, 1991. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Gorakhpur. He was awarded Doctorate of Marine Science from California South University. He also holds a diploma in Port Development and Management from the Institute of Rail Transport, India. He has also done bachelor of Laws from University of Lucknow. He was also awarded Doctorate in Civil Engineering from KIIT University. He is a fellow member of professional body of ASCE and IMarEST. He has also done Master of Business Administration and also holds a post graduate diploma in Finance Management both from Sikkim Manipal University. He has also been inducted into the leading professionals of the world -2012 in the arena of Ocean Engineering by the Officers of the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. He has thirty-two (32) years of experience of being associated in different capacities with our Company in the fields of port planning, harbour engineering, water resources, roads, water supply and drainage etc. comprising, pre-investment reports, feasibility reports, detailed engineering, tender documents, design, supervision and execution of civil works and management of multi-disciplinary projects.
Dr. R. P. Dubey, Chief Executive Director (Ports, Harbours & Inland Waterways)
Shri Shailendra Vishwakarma
Shailendra Vishwakarma is Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of our Company with effect from June 20, 2023. He is a commerce graduate from University of Allahabad and an Associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He has over 8.5 years of experience in Power Sector, Capital Market, Trusteeship Industry and NBFC specifically in the area of Statutory Compliance, Liaoning, Legal Matters and Investor Grievance redressal. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with NTPC Limited, Catalyst Trusteeship Limited and Kwality Limited.