Board of Directors
Mahendra Pratap Shukla (Deceased on 04.05.2021)
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Shukla the Chairman of HFCL is a qualified Electrical Engineer having immense experience in the telecommunication industry and has worked at very senior positions in various undertakings owned by the Government of India. He was the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Telecommunications Consultants of India Ltd. (TCIL) and thereafter functioned as the CMD of MTNL. Working with MTNL, he spearheaded the delivery of meaningful, efficient and reliable telecom services. Under his leadership, TCIL recorded healthy growth and was adjudged as the highest Net worth growing company among the Government undertakings. TCIL also won best Government Consulting Company award under his leadership. He has been bestowed with various awards for his outstanding contribution to the Telecom Industry including Telecom man of the year – 1992.
Mahendra Nahata
Managing Director
Mr. Nahata is the Promoter and Managing Director of HFCL. He completed his graduation in B.Com (Hons.) from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He leads the overall strategy and planning, business development and marketing activities of HFCL. Mahendra Nahata is also on the Board of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited. He is one of the pioneers in the New Age Telecom sector of India and has been associated with many esteemed forums related to the telecom industry. In the past, Mahendra Nahata had been member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He had also been the Member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad and Member of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India. Mahendra Nahata had been President of Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA), Co- Chairman of the Telecom Committee of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman –Telecom Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Mahendra Nahata was given "Telecom Man of the Millennium" award by Voice & Data in 2003.
Arvind Kharabanda
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Kharabanda is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He carries with him vast experience in industries as varied as telecommunications, broadcastings, IT, electronics, consumer durables and white goods. Arvind Kharabanda has expertise in the field of management discipline such as marketing, manufacturing, project appraisal, finance, and corporate strategy and planning.
Dr. R. M. Kastia
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Kastia conferred with the Doctorate Degree in Chemistry has vast business experience. Dr. R. M. Kastia is also a Fellow of British Institute of Management (London). It is under his advisory role , HFCL has grown to its present position as one of the leading telecom companies. Dr. Kastia has worked at senior executive positions with various organisations like Rajasthan Spinning. & Weaving Mills Ltd., Hindustan Electro-Graphites Ltd. and Shriram Chemical Industries. He was Executive Director of Modern Insulators Ltd. and Willard India Ltd.
Surendra Singh Sirohi
Independent Director
Mr. Surendra Singh Sirohi graduated from IIT, Kanpur with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Sirohi had been Member (Technology), Telecom Commission and ex-officio Secretary to Government of India in Ministry of Communication & IT. As Member (Technology) in Telecom Commission, he was instrumental in formulating several regulatory and strategic initiatives and key policies for an inclusive growth of all segments of the Telecom Sector.
During his career spanning thirty six years in Indian Telecom Service, Mr. Sirohi held numerous techno- managerial senior leadership positions in various organizations in Telecom Sector viz. Department of Telecom, Government of India, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Telecom Consultants India Ltd (TCIL), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and made a positive difference by providing dynamic and visionary leadership with pragmatic and strategic approach in his each assignment.
Mr. Sirohi has a rich experience of over 36 years in the field of telecommunication particularly in the area of National Policy, Sectoral-regulations, Planning & Development, Corporate & Business Strategy, Network Planning & Operations, Research & Development, Project Management, Management of Telecom Services Operations etc.
Mr. Sirohi has widely travelled with varied international exposure and has represented India on global fora on several occasions.
Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta
Independent Women Director
Dr. Tamali Sen Gupta completed Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Honours) from University of Delhi and LL.B from Law faculty, University of Delhi. She did her Doctorate and Masters in Law from the Stanford Law School, Stanford University, California.
Dr. Sen Gupta has 32 years’ experience in the legal field and is a specialist in transnational legal transactions in media, real estate development, insurance and infrastructure.
She is the Principal of T. SEN GUPTA & ASSOCIATES, a corporate law firm based in New Delhi, which provides advice on corporate law, entertainment law, intellectual property, insurance, project finance, corporate governance, and privatization.
Dr. Sen Gupta also has extensive experience in international joint-ventures, collaboration and licensing agreements, mergers and acquisitions. She has represented Indian companies in joint-ventures overseas and in relation to joint ventures in India with multinational corporations.
Dr. Sen Gupta has extensive experience in the structure of projects implemented under Project Finance and on foreign participation in the privatization of infrastructure. Sectors worked on include roadways, railways, ports, power and township development, both in India and overseas. She has wide experience in negotiations and drafting documents for privatization projects and has dealt with various forms of contractual agreements for project finance, including inter-alia, Concession agreements (BOT, BOOT, BOLT) as well as EPC & O&M Contracts.
She has advised on telecom Project for installing a fibre optic link throughout railway network of the Indian Railways and commercializing the service to provide basic telecom services to telecom companies.
She is a widely published author and written books on various subjects including Telecom. She is a Fellow of the Center of International Legal Studies at Salzburg.
Bharat Pal Singh
Independent Director
Mr. Bharat Pal Singh, aged 68, holds two Master Degrees – M.Sc. in Operational Research from Delhi University; and - Masters in Marketing Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He is also a Certified Financial Planner. Mr. Baharat Pal Singh was a former Dy. Managing Director of IDBI Bank. In 2010, Government of India appointed Mr. Singh as Whole-time Director on the Board of IDBI Bank.
Mr. Singh brings with him a rich experience of more than 30 years of handling a range of portfolios in the banking sector. Apart from Board experience at IDBI Bank, he was member of Boards of several large companies/ corporations as a Nominee of IDBI Bank. Mr. Singh has served on expert committees set up by the Government of India in the steel and cement sectors.
As a Whole-time member of the Board of IDBI Bank Limited, he was responsible for evaluation and approval of financial assistance to a large number of corporates covering the entire spectrum of industry/ service sectors besides all the corporate functions of the Bank.
Ramakrishna Eda
Director (Nominee-IDBI)
Mr. Ramakrishna Eda, aged 48 years, holds a Master's Degree in Science from Andhra University and MBA from Symbiosis Centre.
He started his career in Canara Bank in 2001, and later moved to IDBI Bank Limited in 2007. He has handled several key assignments in Corporate Banking in IDBI Bank Limited. He is IDBI Nominee Director on the Board and a member of the Audit Committee of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited, a listed company.