Dr. Arindam Bhattacharya is an Independent Director of our Company. He has more than 30 years of expertise in the business world, specialising in consulting for the industrial sector. Dr. Bhattacharya retired as the Managing Director and Senior Partner of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), India.

Dr. Bhattacharya formerly served on the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry and co-chaired its National Manufacturing Council. He is on the international advisory boards of the Munjal School for Global Manufacturing at the Indian School of Business, the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. The largest public health NGO in India, WISH Foundation, and Lemon Tree Hotels both have him on their boards.

He began his career as a graduate engineer trainee with the Eicher Group in India. He also led the BCG’s growing engagement with Central and State Governments on both economic and social sector topics such as education and health and has consulted with organisations such as World Food Programme, Save the Children, Gates Foundation, and World Bank.

Dr. Bhattacharya was educated at IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad. He completed his MSc in Manufacturing Systems and received his Engineering Doctorate from Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, UK.

His directorships and other full-time positions in bodies corporates are as follows:

1. Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited
2. Info Edge (India) Limited
3. Bajaj Housing Finance Limited
4. Arindam Advisory Services Private Limited