Dr. Vijayalakshmy Gupta is a retired Secretary Defence Finance & Former Member-TRAI.

She did her MPhill (Gold Medalist) from University of Madras in 1999 and PhD from Barkatullah University, Bhopal in 2010.

She started her career as Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer in 1974. She has rich experience in Finance, Internal Audit, Accounts and General Administration.

She has served at various key positions during her career including:

i. Joint Secretary and Additional Financial Advisor, Ministry of Defence, Government of India,

ii. Principal Advisor/Financial Advisor, Organizing Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010,

iii. Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India,

iv. Member Finance (Telecom Commission and ex officio Secretary to the Government of India) and

v. Secretary-Defence Finance (Ministry of Defence, Government of India)

Shri Amal Sinha is a Graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant by qualification.

He is having rich experience of about 35 years in power distribution, manufacturing and service sector with expertise in Power Distribution business, Regulatory/Legal Affairs, Corporate Finance, Financial Restructuring and Fund Raising, Strategy Planning, Budgetary and Financial Controls and Audits.

Shri Sinha has worked with L & T and Escorts Group, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and Reliance Infrastructure Limited at various senior level positions. Currently, he is holding directorship in BSES Yamuna Power Limited and Utility Powertech Limited.

He is associated with the Company since 2006 managing the financial, strategic, legal and corporate affairs of the company.

Further, during his tenure as CEO, Shri Sinha confidently met all the challenges even during the peak summers of Delhi because of his experience with the company, his administrative abilities and his proactive approach. Under his able leadership, the Company has been able to satisfy all the stakeholders such as DERC, Delhi Government, DPCL, Power ministry etc.

Shri Rajeev Chowdhury, 53, is a postgraduate from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, with a B.Tech in Civil from the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar and a law graduate.

With a vast experience of 27 years, he brings a unique blend of technical expertise, regulatory acumen and strategic leadership.

His career spans more than two decades at BSES, where he held pivotal leadership roles in BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd. Throughout his tenure, he was instrumental in aligning business strategies with regulatory requirements, driving systemic reforms, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve organisational objectives. Rajeev’s leadership has been central to ensuring regulatory compliance and promoting sustainable growth in the power sector.

Before BSES, he spent 7 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he played a key role in power sector reforms across several Indian states, including Assam, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Orissa. His work focused on commercializing power sector, tariff structuring, and providing regulatory consultancy, directly contributing to transformative changes in the industry.

Shri Anjani Kumar Sharma is a Chartered Accountant with vast experience in Audit, Tax and Advisory of Corporate and NPO’s.

Shri Sharma is a partner with Bhawani Sharma & Co. Chartered Accountants (35 year old CA firm). He possesses rich hands on experience and has worked with numerous Corporates Clients in various capacities.

His clients include names like ISCKON, HHI. CASA, Water.org, Change.org. Upaya Social Venture, Samhita Social Venture, A R Rahman Foundation, EHA, EFI, Dr. Reddy Foundation, Essar Foundation, Narayan Hridualaya, Asia Heart Foundation, SITI, Khabar Lahariya, TDH Germany, Scottis Love in Action, Stop Hunger Now, Good CSR Foundation, Goonj & Compassion International.

He is also a member of the Task force for NPO Committee of ICAI. He is the National convener of FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) issues (CCONPOICAI) and has been nominated as an expert by ICAI to partner with the Ministry of Home Affairs FCRA department to help them with their outreach programs.

He is visiting faculty with ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India) and has trained more than 5000 Chartered Accountants in the last 5 years on various subjects and was adjudged the best faculty by NIRC-ICAI earlier in the year 2015.

Dr. Ajit Keshav Ranade is an economist & political analyst based out of Mumbai..

He is PhD in Economics from Brown University and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Mumbai where he was awarded as distinguished alumunus. He is also an alumnus of IIM, Ahmedabad. He has been a Professor at ICRIER, New Delhi and Assistant Professor at IGIDR, Mumbai. He was the Chief Economist of the Aditya Birla Group & ABN AMRO Bank.

He was Government of India's nominee as Independent Director of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., from September 22, 2007 to April 1, 2010. He has served on various committees of the Reserve Bank of India, including the Committee on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility and the committee to review FEMA for Individuals. He is a member of the National Executive Committee of FICCI and Economic Policy Council of CII. He chairs the Research Advisory Panel of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance. He is a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Mumbai.

He is columnist with Mumbai Mirror. He also writes at First Post, Business Standard, IBN Live and The Economic Times. He has authored several books, namely Life Insurance in India: Emerging Issues, Three Questions about Insurance Liberalisation, Maharashtra's EGS: Regional Patterns, Scope for Reforms and Replication. He is a co-founder and trustee of Association for Democratic Reforms which is an Indian civil society group vying for transparency in the politics of India.

Mitesh Kumar Shah, 52, is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary by profession.

He is having a rich experience of 27 years in Power distribution, Manufacturing and Retail sector.

Shri Shah has worked in various organizations like Rahimfrooz Batteries, Lanco Anpara Power, Reliance Retail and Birla Yamaha Ltd. He has been associated with the BSES Discoms for more than 15 years, 12 years of association with BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd & more than 3 years of association with BSES Yamuna Power Limited as Chief Financial Officer. He has rich experience of analysis of financial statements, funds management, budgeting, taxation, formulation of annual operating plans, cost optimization and control. He has taken various initiatives for strengthening of internal controls, improvement in systems and processes across functions. He has demonstrated good leadership qualities, team building capabilities and problem-solving skills.

Shri Amarjeet Singh, 55, is a Graduate from Kurukshetra University and a Chartered Accountant by qualification.

He is having rich experience of about 28 years in Power Distribution, Exports, Contracting, and Manufacturing. Shri Singh has worked in various organizations like Jindal Steel & Power, Jai Mata Glass, Atlas Transport Contracting & Mechanical Services Co., SHARA Exports, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and BSES Yamuna Power limited.

He has 20 years of association with BSES Discoms, including 6 years in the capacity of CFO in BSES Rajdhani Power Limited and 3 years in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer in BSES Yamuna Power Limited.

He has exhibited very good leadership qualities, built a high degree of acceptability across the organisation, and with key stakeholders such as auditors, lenders, power suppliers etc.

He has demonstrated high skills in bringing financial discipline and accountability, introduced internal controls, optimization across functions, improved company reporting standards and has very good understanding of critical issues of the business of the company like power suppliers challenges, Regulatory Assets, lenders concerns etc.

Shri Verma started his career in the Central Power Engineering Service. In his long standing career of over 46 years in the power sector, Shri Verma acquired wide and valuable experience in the field of Planning, thermal and hydro power plant engineering, project monitoring, construction, supervision, operation monitoring, human resource development, grid operations, conservation and efficiency, low carbon growth strategy and other environmental issues.

Shri Verma has been associated extensively in the policy formulation by the Government, specially after the enactment of Electricity Act, 2003. Shri Verma has also served as a Member Secretary of the Eastern Regional Electricity Board, Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Member and Chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) etc. Shri Verma has also been on Governing Council/Board of Directors of various institutions like CPRI, NPTI, CWet, DVC etc.

Shri Verma has travelled extensively overseas and has to his credit more than 50 technical papers published and presented in the national and international forums.

Shri Verma received Life Time Achievement Award from CBIP and from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. He was awarded Leading Energy Personality Award 2014 in November 2014 from Council of Power Utilities. He was also awarded Distinguished Alumni Award of IIT Roorkee. He has been an Adjunct professor for IIT Kanpur.

Shri Verma has been advising Govt of Rajasthan for improving their Distribution System of electricity in general including generation and transmission as a member of the task force appointed by the Govt of Rajasthan for five years. He co-authored a book namely ‘Solar Energy made simple for a sustainable future’, published by Springer Nature Singapore.