Dr. K.N. Vyas is a distinguished Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at the Department of Atomic Energy, a former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, and a former Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy. A Mechanical Engineering graduate from MS University, Vadodara, Dr Vyas completed his training with the 22nd Batch of the BARC Training School in 1979, after which he joined the Fuel Design & Development Section of the Reactor Engineering Division at BARC.

Dr. Vyas has made significant contributions to the design and analysis of nuclear reactor fuels, including the development of a novel fuel for strategic applications. His expertise extends to thermal hydraulics and stress analysis of critical reactor core components, where he played a pivotal role in executing strategic projects. Notably, Dr. Vyas was a key contributor to the design and analysis of the Test Blanket Module for the international ITER project in France.

Dr. Vyas’s significant contributions to the field have been acknowledged with several prestigious awards. These include the Indian Nuclear Society Outstanding Service Award in 2011, the Homi Bhabha Science and Technology Award in 2006, and multiple DAE Awards between 2007 and 2013. His status as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineers further underscores his expertise and dedication.

In 2016, Dr. Vyas was appointed Director of BARC, and in 2018, he ascended to the role of Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy. After an illustrious career spanning 44 years, Dr. Vyas retired on May 3, 2023.

Currently, Dr. Vyas serves on two prestigious bodies representing Tata Trusts: the Court of IISc as a Tata Trusts nominee and the Council of Management at TIFR.

Other Directorships: From March 2016 to March 2019, Dr Vyas served as a Nominee Director on the boards of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited.

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Dr Alka Mittal is a former CMD and Director (HR) of ONGC, India's National Oil Company, and the Chairperson of the ONGC Group of Companies, which includes ONGC Videsh, HPCL, MRPL, OPaL, OTPC, and others. These companies have a significant presence in refining, petrochemicals, power, and renewables, and Dr. Mittal strategically steered their business to greater heights.

Dr Mittal is the first woman ever to head ONGC, one of India's most valuable companies. She also became the first woman Functional Director of ONGC in its history when she assumed the charge of Director (HR) in 2018. After an illustrious career spanning more than 37 years, she superannuated from the services of ONGC in August 2022.

Dr Mittal holds a postgraduate degree in Economics, an MBA in HRM, and a doctorate in Commerce and Business Studies, specialising in Corporate Governance. Additionally, she has the Non-Executive Director Diploma from Pearson SRF BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional Diploma from FT, UK.

Dr Mittal is an industry veteran with a wealth of experience driving major strategic and impactful human resource programs and policies. She is also a CSR specialist who has led hundreds of impactful CSR projects nationwide, helping build sustainable communities.

Dr Mittal has served on the Boards of various institutions and professional bodies, including IIM Trichy, RGIPT Amethi and Sivasagar, the National HRD Network, and the Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council. She has also been the CEO of the Hydrocarbon Sector Skill Council. She is a member of IIM-Ahmedabad's Global Community of Practice, an opt-in group of leaders and professionals.

Since 2001, Dr Mittal has trained more than 12000 ONGC graduate Trainees on Corporate Governance and is dedicated to coaching young professionals.

She has been placed in the Fortune Global Top Ten Women CEOs list in 2023 and received prestigious awards such as the Inspiring CEO of India Award, HRWorld Thought Leaders 2022 by Economic Times, Silver Stevie Award in the Woman of the Year category at the International Business Awards 2021, Powerful Women's Trophy by Fortune India on 3rd March 2023, and many other recognitions.

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Lakshmanan Krishnakumar (LKK) is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience across diverse sectors, including consulting, engineering, hospitality, retail, and consumer industries. With over 20 years of service in the Tata Group, LKK exemplifies commitment and expertise. He holds esteemed qualifications in Chartered Accountancy, Company Secretarial, and Cost and Management Accounting, and is a member of each of these institutes.

Currently, LKK serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Tata Consulting Engineers, an engineering, project, and construction management company within the Tata Group. He also chairs several board committees and is a board member of Infinity Retail Limited, the Tata Group's electronics retail company, where he leads the Audit Committee.

In March 2024, LKK retired from his full-time executive role at Tata Consumer Products Limited (TCPL), where he held the position of Executive Director and Group CFO. With over a decade on TCPL’s board, he contributed significantly to its subsidiaries and joint ventures, including Tata Starbucks Limited. Under his leadership, TCPL evolved from an Indian tea company into an international food and beverages corporation, with strategic acquisitions central to its growth. During this time, he also served as Group CFO in London, driving TCPL’s global transformation.

LKK’s tenure at TCPL reflected his broad expertise, covering finance, legal, company secretarial duties, strategy, M&A, internal audit, risk management, investor relations, and communications. His leadership extended to overseeing supply chain and IT functions, which he later relinquished as TCPL scaled its operations.

Prior to his work at TCPL, LKK was the CFO at Indian Hotels Company Limited (TAJ), where he played a vital role in various joint ventures and acquisitions, including Taj Lands End, Taj Asia, and TAJ-SATS.

Before joining the Tata Group, LKK served as General Manager of Finance at Larsen and Toubro, India’s largest engineering and construction company, managing business finance, tax, accounting, treasury, and M&A functions. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Consultant in the Management Consultancy Division at AF Ferguson & Co. (now part of Deloitte), overseeing numerous projects across India and the Middle East.

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With a career spanning more than 30 years Rajeev has an extensive experience in Risk Management, Consulting and Financial Services. A very meticulous individual Rajeev has a keen eye for detail - an essential trait for a Risk Manager. Rajeev’s ability to grasp the business quickly enables him to provide holistic insights to business risks.

Rajeev Tanna, based in Mumbai, India, currently serves as the Head of Risk Management and Internal Compliance at Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE). In this pivotal role, he is responsible for the comprehensive oversight of risk management practices, ensuring rigorous monitoring, reporting, and adherence to internal systems, tools, and process compliance. His duties extend to being accountable to both the Board and Executive Committee of TCE. Additionally, Rajeev plays a crucial role in developing and implementing customised risk frameworks, embedding risk management concepts into strategic planning and proactively identifying and mitigating risks across the company's spectrum of operations, with a particular emphasis on bids and projects.

Before his tenure at TCE, which began in 2018, Rajeev honed his skills at Cairn, the Oil & Gas Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of Vedanta Limited, from 2015 to 2018. There, his responsibilities encompassed developing and implementing a risk management framework across the strategic business units and projects. His rich background in risk management also includes a significant period from 2009 to 2015 at the GMR Group, where he was instrumental in developing and deploying the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework across the group's various projects and assets. This role also covered governance and the cultivation of a risk-aware culture within the organisation. Additionally, Rajeev has accumulated a wealth of experience through various risk and consulting roles at esteemed firms such as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Aon Global Insurance Services.

Rajeev's contributions to TCE have been instrumental in fostering a culture that is deeply aware of risk management. His expertise in the field has established him as a thought leader, evident through his active participation and recognition as a speaker and panel member at numerous esteemed forums on risk management, including engagements with CII, NIA, and NMIMS, among others.

Moreover, Rajeev holds the distinguished position of chair of the India Regional Group of the Institute of Risk Management, UK, further highlighting his commitment and contribution to the field of risk management on both a national and international scale.

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With more than 18 years of experience, Sridhar Radhakrishnan is the Chief Financial Officer of Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Ltd. TCE offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary design & engineering services and Project Management across several sectors.

Mr Sridhar joined TCE from Tata Chemicals, where he was heading Strategic Finance and Investor Relations and was business controller for their India Operations. He worked in Tata Sons as a part of the Group Chairman & Group CFO office between 2014 and 2019. In this role, he has worked on various M&A, Corporate finance activities across industry verticals. Before Tata Sons, he worked in Tata Teleservices for over eight years, where he was involved in large-scale fundraising both on debt and equity in both domestic and international markets, financial planning & analysis, business partnering and areas of strategic planning.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Osmania University in 2003 and passed his Chartered Accountancy examinations from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2004. He completed his articleship from a member firm of Deloitte.

He started his career in the Tata Group through the Group CA program. He has around 18 years post qualification experience in areas of Treasury & investor relations, business controllership, financial planning and analysis, business finance, and M&A in diverse industry verticals. Outside the Tata Group, he had a brief stint with Whirlpool of India looking at procurement finance.

With more than 30 years of experience in engineering, Atul is the Chief Technology Officer at Tata Consulting Engineers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. Atul is a process engineer with experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical and chemical processes. He is a renowned thought leader in energy transition and a trusted technology advisor in new energy markets including hydrogen, natural gas and low-carbon fuels.

Atul joined TCE in 2017 and currently leads a team of domain experts to create innovative solutions and prepare the organisation for adopting new and futuristic technologies. He is also responsible for knowledge management, developing value addition and innovation culture, academia and other strategic technological partnerships and is actively involved in technology roadmap studies, evaluation and selection.

Before joining TCE, Atul served Aker Solutions for more than two decades and was involved in engineering several complex megaprojects. His specialised experience includes basic/detailed engineering of several petroleum refining processes, process flowsheet synthesis and simulations. He has also worked on petrochemical and gas processing technologies. With his vast experience in process engineering, Atul has chaired several HAZOP sessions and actively contributes towards process safety management studies.

Atul has contributed several technical papers addressing various issues related to process design engineering both in national and international journals. He is an active contributor and a thought leader participating in several industry forums, conferences and technical panels.

Atul is actively involved with academia by developing curricula and mentoring undergraduate chemical engineers in various colleges. His areas of interest include process simulations, new emerging energy markets, green hydrogen, green chemicals and sustainable industrial energy transition technologies.

As a gold medalist and 1st rank holder in chemical engineering graduation, he is passionate about emerging technologies. He has significantly contributed towards creating solutions for ‘Energy Transition’ related technologies at TCE.

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Parthasarathy is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Tata Consulting Engineers Limited and a Director on the Board of Ecofirst. He brings over 34 years of experience in the industry, with expertise spanning strategy, business partnerships, business acquisition, operations, technology, and people management. His leadership has been instrumental in shaping the growth and direction of the organisation.

Throughout his career, he has made significant contributions to TCE, particularly in strategic planning, operational excellence, talent development, and technology integration. His ability to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and enhance business performance has played a key role in the company’s success.

Parthasarathy has successfully led and delivered numerous large-scale and complex projects in infrastructure and plant engineering, both in India and internationally. He has overseen these projects from the initial concept stage through to full commissioning, ensuring their seamless execution.

As COO, he is responsible for managing TCE’s overall business operations, financial performance, and growth strategy. His role involves overseeing key functions, ensuring the smooth execution of projects, and driving sustainable business growth.

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Parthasarathy is a Director on the Board of Ecofirst, where he contributes to the company’s strategic direction and growth. He has also participated in multiple leadership programmes conducted by the Tata Management Training Institute and serves as a senior assessor for the Tata Business Excellence Model, reinforcing his commitment to excellence and continuous improvement within the Tata Group.

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An Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai alumni, Pravinchandra Shahu is a transformational leader and a remarkably formidable Information Technology professional. With a career spanning over 28 years across various global and regional enterprises, Shahu has an exemplary track record of leading teams in times of change, designing and driving the creation of technology solutions that generate a competitive edge and accelerate the growth of the business.

As Head of Digital, Shahu is responsible for lending strategic vision and direction in key areas such as Digital Asset Management, Asset Digitisation, Asset Condition Monitoring and Asset Performance Management using the Industry 4.0 solution stack. As CIO, he is responsible for providing strategic leadership and technical expertise to ensure the smooth running of IT services, systems and applications for all Business Units. He also holds the responsibility to collaborate with the business to explore developmental ideas & current processes while positioning the company for long-term sustainable success and identifying and managing technology risks across the organisation. He is also part of the Executive leadership team providing strategic leadership for business growth.

Shahu’s first stint at TCE was as a young engineer from 1992 to 2000. Shahu worked with Wockhardt Ltd. from 2000 to 2008 and returned to his alma mater TCE, in 2008. He was responsible for developing various software packages, designing the Local Area Network of various TCE offices, providing consultancy services for external clients, etc.

Throughout his association with TCE, Shahu has spearheaded momentous technological transformation journeys like conceptualising ‘Digital PMO’ and designing and developing various processes, namely, Employee self-service portal, Project Lifecycle Management, Invoicing and cost control, Project forecasting and governance etc. He has also developed and designed in-house HR applications for Talent Acquisition, Talent Management & Succession Planning, Performance Management, LMS, EES Intranet Portal etc.

Through his rich portfolio, Shahu brings a wealth of experience fostering technology partnerships while linking strategy to execution. His vast body of work is preceded by his passion for championing a culture where people are engaged and are provided opportunities to take risks, experiment and share ideas. He believes in constantly adding demonstrable value not just as Business Technology Leader but also as an overall strategic visionary and change agent.

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Rajat is the Global Sales & Business Development Head at Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), leading international sales, marketing, and business expansion across the US, Europe, APAC, the Middle East, and Africa. He plays a key role in driving TCE’s global growth strategy and strengthening customer relationships and market presence. Rajat is also a Board Member at CDI Engineering, a TCE subsidiary specialising in hydrocarbons and chemicals design & engineering services in the US.

TCE provides multi-disciplinary design, engineering, and project management services across various sectors worldwide. As the Head of the International Marketing Group (IMG), Rajat oversees sales and marketing operations across key global markets, focusing on go-to-market strategy, customer relationships, and sales operations.

As part of TCE’s Executive Leadership Team, Rajat has played a vital role in the company’s growth strategy, helping expand its global presence and position it as a leader in engineering and consulting.

Throughout his career at TCE, Rajat has held multiple leadership roles, including incubating the Advanced Technologies & Digital business unit and managing its profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. He later spearheaded TCE’s international business expansion, which now accounts for over 50% of the company’s footprint.

Before joining TCE, Rajat worked in Infosys' Engineering division, where he played a key role in project delivery before moving into a leadership role for Europe sales and engagement. Under his leadership, Infosys’ engineering business in Europe doubled in size.

Rajat began his career in 1999 at IPCL (Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, now part of Reliance).

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With more than 21 years of experience in Human Resource, Nidhi Mehandiratta is the CHRO & Head of Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. TCE offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary design & engineering services and Project Management across several sectors.

As CHRO, Nidhi is responsible for designing and deploying HR strategy, overseeing end-to-end HR systems, handling employee relations, ensuring compliance with regulations, assessing staffing needs, cascading organisation values & ethics, crafting talent development strategies, managing workforce budgets and creating a high-performance culture.

In her CSR portfolio, Nidhi is responsible for defining and developing the strategies for bridging community and business goals to drive impact through TCE’s CSR initiatives and transforming opportunities for significant shared value creation in the global community.

Nidhi’s sparkling career spanning nearly two decades, her strategic mind, and innovative thinking around talent and leadership gives her the impervious foundation to lead the Human Resources function at TCE. Her strengths lie in areas such as HR Strategy, Performance Management, Competency Frameworks, employee engagement, Talent Management, understanding the needs of local communities and the corporate’s social responsibility.

Before joining TCE, Nidhi has shouldered various managerial and leadership responsibilities across industries such as Pharmaceuticals, consulting and technology. Ever since the beginning of her journey with TCE in 2008, Nidhi has incubated, implemented and validated many of the latest trends in people management. She has engendered and driven many forward-thinking HR initiatives that have set the chinning bar for Human Capital in the EPC landscape.

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With a career spanning over 16 years, Sachin has gained extensive experience in legal affairs, company secretarial work, contract management, commercial recoveries, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and matters involving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

With a career spanning over 16 years, Sachin has gained extensive experience in legal affairs, company secretarial work, contract management, commercial recoveries, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and matters involving the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Sachin has played a key role in creating and implementing several important organisational policies. These include the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Policy, which ensures ethical practices and prevents corruption; the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Policy, safeguarding against financial crimes; the Data Privacy Policy (GDPR), protecting personal and sensitive data in line with global standards; and the POSH Policy, which prevents and addresses sexual harassment in the workplace.

He also manages advocacy and account recovery processes and represents the organisation in various legal forums. Sachin appears before courts, tribunals, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), appellate bodies, and international legal authorities on diverse legal matters.

Before joining Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), Sachin served at Tata Petrodyne Limited from 2009 to 2014, where he held various responsibilities. He worked as a Company Secretary, managed contracts and procurement, handled FEMA-related matters, and contributed to several international projects.

Associations and Forums

- Member, National Legal Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

- Member, Technical Committee on Companies Act and IPR, Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry

- Member, Corporate Governance Expert Group, ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance (Ministry of Corporate Affairs)

Awards and Recognition

- Governance Professional of the Year – Ministry of Corporate Affairs & ICSI (2021, 2023)

- General Counsel of the Year – 7th Edition India Legal Summit & Awards (2021, 2022)

- Top General Counsel – Forbes India "Legal Powerlist" (2022, 2023)

- India Legal Achievers Award 2023 – Best In-House Legal Team

- IP General Counsel of the Year 2023 – Legal Era

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Amit Sharma is the MD & CEO of Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE), India’s largest Indian private sector engineering and project consultancy providing concept to commissioning services – from planning & consulting, design & detailed engineering to project management & safety.

Before becoming the MD, Amit was the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of TCE from July '12 onward and on the EcoFirst Services Private Limited board from March '13 onwards.

Amit's experience spans Design and Engineering Consulting with a focus on Product Development, Project and Plant Engineering and Design & Asset Lifecycle Management across Process, Discrete and Infrastructure sectors. He has championed the creation and implementation of enabling governance, business models, change management, program management and solutions.

Amit strongly believes in leveraging people, process and computer-aided design & engineering digital toolsets to promote transformation and collaboration. He is a promoter of the next generation of lean thinking, innovation, agility and optimization across the engineering and design value chain.

Prior to Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), Amit served as the Resident Director of Atkins India Pvt Limited, part of the global engineering and design firm WS Atkins PLC. In this role, he was responsible for the Global design centre of excellence and Atkins India business spanning Energy, AEC, Rail, Transportation, Aerospace, Water & Environment and Infrastructure related engineering consulting.

Before joining Atkins in London, UK, Amit was with Infosys based in London. He spent close to a decade spearheading the Engineering & Design, Product Lifecycle Management and Embedded Systems offerings across the globe. At Infosys, Amit managed clients worldwide, spanning sectors ranging from Automotive, Aerospace, Retail, Energy to Heavy Engineering, Agro-Chemical, Pharmaceuticals and Hi-Tech.

He started his professional career at Tata Motors before moving to the US. He did his higher studies and worked with Sapient Technologies in their Collaborative technologies practice, and led the creation of the Product Lifecycle Management offering.

At TCE, Amit works closely with the team to charter TCE's growth, scale, and evolution into an innovative and leading Design & Engineering Consultancy across selected sectors and International markets, leveraging its glorious 60 years of proven excellent track record . Amit is also leading industry trends like energy transition, sustainability. industry 5.0 etc.

He also is a Central Governing Council Member of the Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) and Chairs the Design, Engineering and Construction sector.

As the General Council member of Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI), he champions the cause of the Indian Consulting Engineers fraternity.

AWARDS

- CEO of the Year Awarded by Indian Achievers Forum

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