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Justice A K Patnaik was elevated as Judge of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in 2009 and retired in 2014.
He joined the legal profession in 1974 and worked as the Senior Counsel for the Commercial Tax Department of the State of Orissa between 1990 to 1994. He was appointed as the permanent Judge of Guwahati High Court in 1995 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court in 2005.
He was later transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court as Chief Justice and was praised by the former CJI and Mentor of TIOL Jury Panel, late Justice R C Lahoti for efficient running of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
Justice R V Easwar commenced his journey with the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in 1991. He was promoted as ITAT President in 2010. Within a year, he was elevated to the Delhi High Court from where he retired in the year 2014.
Post-retirement, Justice Easwar was appointed as the Chairman of the 10-Member Committee, set up by the Government of India, in the year 2015, to simplify the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Many recommendations of the Committee were later accepted by the Union Government.
Shri Sumit Bose, an IAS officer of 1976 Batch, held several key positions, including Revenue, in the State and Central Governments. He retired as the Union Finance Secretary in the year 2014.
Educated at the Doon School, Dehradun (class of 1970), St. Stephen_’s College, Delhi, and the London School of Economics, Mr Bose had joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1976.
Mr C.K. Mishra, IAS, retired after 37 yrs of distinguished public service, in 2020 as Union Health Secretary to Government of India. He also held the charge of Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. He led the Indian negotiations at forums including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties. He is recognized for his significant contributions to improving the Indian public health landscape. Through the National Health Mission, he drove implementation of ‘Mission Indradhanush’ – the largest ever focused campaign to immunize children. Mishra holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Delhi University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Media Law from NALSAR, Hyderabad, India.
Dr Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, MS & MCH in Cardiac surgery, is the MD & CEO of M/s Fortis Healthcare Ltd. Prior to his new role, he was associated with the Bombay Hospital, Apollo Hospitals, Vijaya Heart Foundation and Manipal Heart Foundation. He played a pivotal role in establishing Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Services in Kolkata. He also served as Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Narayana Health.
Mr. Manish Sabharwal, an MBA from the Wharton School, USA, is Executive Vice Chairman of TeamLease Services. He is a member of the advisory board of the CAG and a governing board member of NCAER. He has served as Independent Director on the Board of RBI. He also served as CEO of Hewitt Outsourcing (Asia) based in Singapore.
Justice Shiva Kirti Singh was elevated to the Supreme Court of India in 2013 and retired in 2016. He was appointed as the Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal where his tenure was extended twice. Before coming to the Apex Court, he was the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. He was first appointed as permanent judge of Patna High Court in 1998; appointed Acting Chief Justice of Patna HC in 2009 twice and for the third time in 2010. He was transferred to Allahabad HC in 2012 where he took oath as Chief Justice in February 2013 and then moved to Supreme Court in September 2013.
Mr. Ajay Narayan Jha is a 1982 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Manipur cadre. He was the Finance Secretary of India. He was appointed as the member of Fifteenth Finance Commission of India in place of Shaktikanta Das who was appointed as RBI Governor.
Ambassador Ajit Kumar served as Consul General of India in Atlanta (USA). He was also Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Consul General of India in Frankfurt, Consul General of India Durban, South Africa.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1979 and held posts in Damascus, Mexico City, Islamabad and New Delhi. As the deputy leader of the Indian delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, he participated in multilateral negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in the 1990s.
Mr Rajiv Ranjan, IAS officer of 1985 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre, retired as Chief Secretary. Prior to that, he was Special Secretary in the GST Council. During his tenure, he was instrumental in introduction of e-invoicing by the GSTN and also sharing of data and data analytics to prevent tax evasion. He holds a degree in Physics (H) and is an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. He also obtained a PG degree in public policy from London School of Economics.
Ms Vanaja Sarna, IRS of 1980, batch served as Chairperson of CBIC, Ministry of Finance prior to joining as Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission. On deputation, she also worked with Ministry of Law and Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
Mr J B Mohapatra, IRS of 1985 Batch, retired as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He is a prolific writer and writes a weekly column for TIOL titled – The Policy Lab.
Dr Harsha Vardhan Singh, M.Phil & D.Phil in Economics from University of Oxford, worked as Deputy Director-General at the WTO, Geneva. He earlier served in the GATT/WTO Secretariat in the areas of trade policy review, rules and trade & environment. He also served as Secretary at TRAI. He also served as Chair of WTO Dispute Settlement Panels.
Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti is a renowned Chartered and Cost Accountant, and a Certified Internal Auditor, Financial Planner, and Fraud Examiner, with over five decades of experience. Mr Haribhakti is the Chairman of Shailesh Haribhakti & Associates Chartered Accountants, and the Vice Chairman of GOvEVA Consulting Pvt Ltd. Besides being an economic thinker, he is a well known green evangelist.
Mr. Pramod Kumar is former Vice President of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). He is a chartered accountant with over twenty-two years of experience as a member. He was director of the International Association of Tax Judges, established by the Tax Court of Canada. Mr. Pramod Kumar has also worked on the UNDP initiative on South-South Sharing of Successful Tax Practises. He is well known both in India and beyond for his groundbreaking work in the areas of international taxation and transfer pricing.
Mr. Sandeep Mohan Bhatnagar, IRS of 1984 batch, retired as Member of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. During his stint, he piloted many important reforms in the indirect tax domain.
He is a celebrated author of a popular fiction titled ‘Offspring’.
Mr. Anup Vikal is a seasoned business leader with progressive experience of over 28 years in managing various aspects of strategy, operations, turnarounds, fundraising, governance and stakeholders, across sectors. Apart from CSR initiatives, he is credited with fundraising in the excess of over USD 25 billion in form of debt, equity, mezzanine funding, structured finance, among others. He has successfully turned around multi-billion USD non-performing businesses to profitability. Previously, he was the Group CFO of Nayara Energy. He also was Group CFO and General Counsel at Jasper Infotech. Prior to that, he held senior group positions with InterGlobe Enterprises, COLT Technology Services and Bharti Airtel.
Dr. Nalin Shinghal, an IITian & post graduate from IIM-Calcutta, retired as CMD of BHEL. He has a doctorate in Transport Economics from UK. He has worked with various PSUs and the Indian Railways.
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