Board of Directors
Anil Baijal - Non-Executive Director
Anil Baijal (66) joined the ITC Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director on January 22, 2010. Prior to this, he represented the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India on the ITC Board from July 2007 to August 2009. Baijal joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1969 from the Union Territories Cadre. In a career spanning over 37 years, he held various important responsibilities including that of the Union Home Secretary, Chairman & Managing Director - Indian Airlines, Chief Executive Officer - Prasar Bharti Corporation, Vice-Chairman - Delhi Development Authority, Development Commissioner, Goa, and Counsellor in-charge of the Indian Aid Programme in Nepal. He retired in October 2006 as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He piloted the flagship programme - Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission - for improving infrastructure and basic services in the country.
Currently, he is a Senior Advisor to the Infrastructure Development & Finance Company Limited.
He is also on the Boards of DLF Pramerica Life Insurance Company Limited and International Travel House Limited.
Shilabhadra Banerjee - Non-Executive Director
Shilabhadra Banerjee (64) joined the ITC Board as a representative of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India on February 4, 2010. Banerjee, a Masters in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, began his career in the Indian Administrative Service in 1971 from the Andhra Pradesh Cadre. In a career spanning over 37 years, he has held several eminent positions including that of Joint Secretary in the Ministries of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Urban Development. Banerjee was Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence and retired as Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in October 2008. Banerjee spearheaded the infrastructure upgradation at important tourist destinations in India and played a key role in articulating India's response to climate change issues relating to the tourism sector.
He received a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration from the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi in 1992 and an M. Phil degree in Social Sciences from the University of Panjab the same year. Banerjee has been a Visiting Fellow at the Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, UK and the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi.
A V Girija Kumar - Non-Executive Director
A V Girija Kumar (52) joined the ITC Board as a representative of the General Insurers' (Public Sector) Association of India on March 19, 2010. He holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.
In a career spanning over 31 years, Girija Kumar was with The New India Assurance Company Limited (New India). In New India, he worked at many centres across India, holding various positions including that of Divisional Manager, Senior Divisional Manager and Regional Chief before moving to the Corporate Office in Mumbai as Deputy General Manager overseeing Techno-marketing, foreign business development and investments.
On secondment, he was posted as General Manager (Non-Life) - Saudi Indian Company for Cooperative Insurance in Saudi Arabia. His responsibilities included facilitating an IPO to raise capital and completing the legal formation of the company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He joined National Insurance Company Limited (NIC) as a General Manager in 2009 and is currently a Director of NIC.
S H Khan - Non-Executive Director
S. H. Khan (74) joined the ITC Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director on October 30, 2006. Khan is a former Chairman and Managing Director of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). He holds a Masters degree in Commerce and is a University gold medalist.
The professional career of Khan, spanning over 35 years, includes initial 5 years as an Officer in RBI in the Department of Banking Operations and Development. He thereafter joined IDBI soon after its formation. He served IDBI in various capacities for over three decades and retired after a five-year tenure as its Chairman and Managing Director in 1998. During his tenure, IDBI witnessed unprecedented growth in its operations. He was instrumental in setting up IDBI Bank as commercial bank, which later got merged with IDBI. He was instrumental in setting up three important capital market entities viz. NSE, NSDL and CARE and guided their initial operations as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has served as a member of a number of Committees set up by Government / RBI on matters connected with Indian industry and finance. He also served on the Boards of several important institutions including LIC, UTI, GIC, Exim Bank, Air India and Indian Airlines. Currently he serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of several companies including Bajaj Auto Ltd and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd.
