Mrs. Rajashree Birla

Non-Executive Director

Mrs. Rajashree Birla is a Director on the Board of all major Aditya Birla Group companies. She also serves as the Chairperson of The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development at Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd.

Ms. Anita Ramachandran

Independent Director

Ms. Anita Ramachandran holds a Master's Degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management. She has deep knowledge and experience of about 40 years as a management consultant. She is also one of the first generation of women professionals to become an entrepreneur. Ms. Ramachandran began her career with AF Ferguson & Co. [AFF] (the KPMG network Company in India then) in 1976 as the first woman consultant of the firm.

Ms. Ramachandran founded Cerebrus Consultants in 1995 to focus on HR advisory services, including organisation transformation. Her reputation and innovative work helped her build Cerebrus into a firm with national presence and the firm has worked with over 1000 companies in South Asia. Ms. Ramachandran is known as an authority in reward management in the country. Her wide general management consulting experience have enabled her to be a strategic advisor to many family groups. She also works with several PE firms and start-ups to mentor them through their growth journey.

Mrs Alka Bharucha

Independent Director

Mrs. Alka Bharucha began her career with Mulla&Mulla&Craigie Blunt & Caroe, and joined Amarchand & Mangaldas as partner in 1992. In 2008, she co-founded Bharucha & Partners which, since inception, has been ranked by RSG Consulting, London among the top fifteen firms in India. For years, Alka has been ranked by Chambers Global, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal amongst India’s leading lawyers. Alka chairs the transactions practice at Bharucha & Partners. Her core areas of expertise are mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, banking and finance. Alka has particular experience acting for financial services clients as well as those in the power and logistics sector. She is also actively engaged in representing trans-national corporations for investments in retail, defence and manufacturing space.

Mr Sunil Duggal

Independent Director

Mr. Duggal is a Bachelor of Technology Hons. (Electrical Engineering) from BITS, Pilani and holds a post graduate diploma in Business Management (Marketing) from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Mr. Duggal joined Dabur India Limited in 1994 and served as CEO of the FMCG major for 17 years from 2002 till 2019, becoming the longest serving CEO of the FMCG major. Mr. Duggal has chaired and co-chaired numerous committees such as Indo-Turkish JBC and FICCI Committee on Food processing. Awarded numerous accolades such as being recognised as FMCG CEO of the year thrice and amongst India's top wealth creators several times. He was also honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 2019 for achievement in the business and social fields.

Mr. K. C. Jhanwar

Managing Director,

UltraTech Cement Limited.

 

Mr. K. C. Jhanwar, managing director of UltraTech Cement Limited, is a veteran of the Aditya Birla Group with a career spanning more than 38 years in the Group. A chartered accountant by profession, Mr Jhanwar joined the Cement business of Aditya Birla Group as a management trainee in 1981.

Within the Group, he has worked across finance, operations and general management roles in the cement and chemical sectors, and has expertise in project management and commercial skills. He also has significant experience in acquisitions and integration. He has been exceptional in his networking and relationship building skills with customers and other stakeholders and has built a strong franchise for the business. He has been a capable team builder and has strong people skills.

Mr. Anjani Kumar Agrawal

Independent Director

Mr. Anjani Kumar Agrawal is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor (Institute of Internal Auditors, USA), Advance Business Strategy (INSEAD), Business Sustainability Management (CISL, Cambridge UK).

Starting as Audit Partner with EY, he handled transactions and valuations, before setting up EY’s Advisory practice in India. With more than 40 years’ experience, of which 26 years as partner at EY, he has worked across most industry verticals.

Mr. Agrawal has been National committee member and speaker at National Industry Associations like CII, FICCI, FIMI, ICC, IIA, IMC etc. He has worked with the Central Government, NiTI Aayog on Policy making and strategy, PM Trophy etc. He is also involved with the social entrepreneurship development space and Impact Investing in India.

Dr. Vikas Balia

Independent Director

Dr. Vikas Balia is a Senior Advocate and a rank holding Chartered Accountant, with a Master’s degree in Mercantile Laws as well as a doctoral research (Ph. D) on Securitization Laws. 

He founded Legalsphere, a full-service law and consulting law firm. 

His expertise extends to handling transactions, conducting due diligences, and providing advisory services, demonstrating a well-rounded approach to legal practice that integrates strategic and practical insights. 

With a background in finance, accounting and law, Dr. Balia possesses a deep understanding of complex financial matters, regulatory requirements, and auditing standards. 

He is director on the boards of several companies, viz. Hindalco Industries Limited; ideaForge Technology Limited; Hasti Petrochemical and Shipping Limited, among others. 

He also mentors a few start-ups.

Mr. Vivek Agrawal

Wholetime Director and Chief Marketing Officer

Mr. Vivek Agrawal is Wholetime Director and Chief Marketing Officer at UltraTech Cement. Mr. Agrawal has spent a major part of his professional career at UltraTech’s Cement Business, holding a number of critical positions. He joined the Group in 1993 as a Zonal Manager in the Cement Marketing Division and went on to hold important positions such as Zonal Head – Grey Cement South; Head, Marketing – Birla White; and Head – RMC Business.

Mr. Agrawal took over as the CEO of the acquired entity Star Cement in 2010 and in October 2013, took on the role of Chief Marketing Officer of the Cement Business. Mr. Agrawal was named an Aditya Birla Fellow in 2017, and was a recipient of the Chairman’s Outstanding Leader Award in 2019. He is a B.E.(Hons.) from NIT Allahabad and MBA from FMS, Delhi. He has done his Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Wharton Business School

Mr. K. K. Maheshwari

Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Mr. Maheshwari has been a long serving member of the Aditya Birla Group, and brings in multi business, multi-geography and multi-cultural exposure, and has held a variety of roles across the Group. A Chartered Accountant by qualification, with around 38 years of experience, of which over 3 decades have been with the Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Maheshwari has built extensive profit and cost centre experience in more than one Business. He scripted the growth of the Group’s VSF Business towards a more competitive and sustainable model, guiding greenfield and brownfield expansions in India and overseas. He has brought in strong execution rigor to his work, and has considerably strengthened both innovation and new products development.