Reliance Communications
Board of Directors
 
From Annual Report – FY 2009
 
bullet Shri Anil D. Ambani - Chairman
  Promoter, non-executive and non-independent Director
 
bullet Prof. J Ramachandran
  Independent Director
 
bullet Shri S.P. Talwar
  Independent Director
 
bullet Shri Deepak Shourie
  Independent Director
 
bullet Shri A.K.Purwar
  Independent Director
 

Shri Anil D. Ambani

Regarded as one of the foremost corporate leaders of contemporary India,
Shri Anil D. Ambani (50), the Chairman of all listed companies of the Reliance Group, namely, Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Natural Resources and Reliance Power. He is also the President of the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. An MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Shri Ambani is credited with pioneering several pathbreaking financial innovations in the Indian capital markets. He spearheaded the country’s first forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depositary receipts, convertibles and bonds. Under his Chairmanship, the constituent companies of the Reliance Group have raised nearly US$ 7 billion from global financial markets in a period of less than 3 years.

Shri Ambani has been associated with a number of prestigious academic institutions in India and abroad. He is currently a
member of:

bullet Wharton Board of Overseers, The Wharton School, USA
bullet Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
bullet Executive Board, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

In June 2004, Shri Ambani was elected as an Independent member of the Rajya Sabha – Upper House, Parliament of India, a position he chose to resign voluntarily on 29th March, 2006.

Select Awards and Achievements

bullet Awarded by Light Readings as the Person of the Year – 2008 for outstanding achievements in the communication industry.
bullet Voted ‘the Businessman of the Year’ in a poll conducted by The Times of India – TNS, December, 2006.
bullet Voted the ‘Best role model’ among business leaders in the biannual Mood of the Nation poll conducted by India Today magazine, August 2006.
bullet Conferred ‘the CEO of the Year 2004’ in the Platts Global Energy Awards.
bullet Conferred ‘The Entrepreneur of the Decade Award’ by the Bombay Management Association, October 2002.
bullet Awarded the First Wharton Indian Alumni Award by the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) in recognition of his contribution to the establishment of Reliance as a global leader in many of its business areas, December, 2001.
 

Prof. J. Ramachandran

Prof. J. Ramachandran, Director (52) is the Chair Professor of Business Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant and has obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a director of Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Redington (India) Limited, Bhoruka Power Corporation Limited, Indofil Organic Industries Limited, Tejas Networks Limited and Infotech Enterprises Limited.

 

Shri S. P. Talwar

Shri S. P. Talwar, Director (70) was a former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. He was also former Chairman-cum- Managing Director of Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce. He is graduate in Arts and Law. He is also qualified as CAIIB. He has vast experience in financial services
sector in the country.

He is also director of Crompton Greaves Limited, Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited, Reliance General Insurance Company Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited, Videocon Industries Limited, Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited, Wall Street Finance Limited, AB Hotels Limited, Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited and Asian Oilfield Services Limited.

Shri S. P. Talwar is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company, Videocon Industries Limited, Crompton Greaves Limited, Housing Development an Infrastructure Limited, Reliance Infratel Limited. He is member of Audit Committee of Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited, Reliance General Insurance Company
Limited and Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited. He is also member of the Investors Grievances Committee of the Company.

 

Shri Deepak Shourie

Shri Deepak Shourie, Director (60) is Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Honours and has more than 39 years’ exposure with an emphasis on media, consumer goods, and corporate affairs. He is on the Board of Indian Broadcasting Foundation. He was
the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Discovery Communications of India.

 

Shri A. K. Purwar

Shri A. K. Purwar, Director (63) was the former Chairman and Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI). He was also former Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala. He is graduated in Commerce and Diploma in Business Administration. Under his leadership, the State Bank of India had taken giant strides in technological innovations, all the 13800+ branches of the SBI were fully computerized by 2004.

He is also Director of Vardhman Textiles Limited, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Deccan Infrastructure and Land Holdings Limited, Apollo Tyres Limited, Engineers India Limited, IL&FS Renewable Energy Limited and India Infoline Limited. Shri Purwar has been associated with a number of prestigious academic institutions, committees set up by various State and Central Governments and international institutions.

 
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