The Implementation Team

Bhaskar Chatterjee,
Director General, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee is presently the Director General and CEO of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. This Institute is an autonomous organization established by the Indian Ministry of Corporate Affairs and is intended to function as a capacity-building institution and a think-tank for knowledge development/ dissemination and for rendering policy advice to the Government of India on issues relating to Corporate Affairs. Dr. Chatterjee graduated from Hindu College, Delhi and did his Post graduation in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. Thereafter, he completed his MBA from the All India Management Association. He received his M. Phil from the Indian Institute of Public Administration in 1989-90 and his Doctorate from the Chitkara University in 2011.
He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1975 and has held many distinguished positions. In 2008-09, he was Principal Adviser in the Planning Commission. Here he was deeply involved with a number of micro and macro-economic measures. He was also a part of the team responsible for shaping India’s response to the global economic crisis of 2009.
As Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, in 2006-08, he was associated with the complete overhaul of the National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy of India. Earlier (2004-06) he functioned as Principal Secretary, Steel and Mines in the State Government of Orissa. Here he was part of the core team that negotiated the single biggest Foreign Direct Investment in India with the South Korean Steel Giant, POSCO. The POSCO steel and port complex will come up in Coastal Orissa with a projected investment of Rs. 51,000 crores or US $ 51 billion.
Before this, he made significant contributions to higher education as Member Secretary of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (2001-2004) and to the advancement of Literacy as Director General of the National Literacy Mission (1995-2000). For his outstanding work in the field of literacy, he was presented with the UNESCO NOMA Award by the President of India in 1999.
He has presented several papers and articles on education and management and has made significant contributions to the Dang Committee set up by the Steel Ministry in 2006 and the Hoda Committee on the mining sector set up by the Planning Commission in 2007.
As Secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises, he was leading reform and change among Indian State Owned Enterprises laying special emphasis on Corporate Governance, revitalization of the MOU system, Human Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Mr. Chatterjee is also a widely acclaimed management practitioner, theorist and teacher. He has written and lectured over many years on issues of motivation and team building. In 1990, he authored his first book – a path breaking work entitled Japanese Management – Maruti and the Indian Experience. Thereafter, he wrote his now famous Human Resource Management – A Contemporary Text which has gone into its fourth revised and enlarged edition in 2009.
Most recently, his widely acclaimed book, Leadership India – Leading Change, Changing Lives, was released at the World HRD Congress in February, 2011.

Mr. Rakesh Chandra,
Director & Head ICLS Academy , Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

Mr. Rakesh Chandra is presently the Director & Head ICLS Academy of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) since 1978.
Mr. Chandra joined the Indian Corporate Law Services (ICLS) with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in 1980. Having the wide experience of 34 years, he has immence knowledge and experience of Companies Act 1956, MRTP Act 1969, Competition Act 2003, SEBI Act and regulations thereto including Accountancy practices.
Mr. Chandra has held very important position in Ministry of Corporate Affairs as Regional Directors (NR), Noida and (WR) at Mumbai. He was also posted as Registrar of Companies of Delhi, U.P, Orissa and J&K. As Director of Inspection & Investigation with the Headquaters of MCA, he was looking after the policies and enforcement cell of the Ministry.
Mr. Chandra handled several special tasks other than duties discharged as Registrar of Companies, Director (Inspection & Investigation) and Regional Director in the MCA. In 2001, he was appointed as Member Secretary of the first Committee on Modernization & Computerization of the office of Registrars of Companies. He was posted as Secretariat of the Ministry to assist ‘Irani Committee’ to recodify the Companies Act, 1956. He was also duputed in the “MCA-21” project to look after the domain related issues and was the key man for converting all forms under the Companies Act, 1956 into e-forms. As a token of recognition, Mr. Chandra was awarded appreciation letter by Justice A.N. verma, Chairman, MRTP Commission and by Ms.Komal Anand , the then Secretary , MCA for his outstanding work.
He brought several significant changes in online allotment of DIN , names , online approval of DIN and DPIN, green initiatives such as service of e-notices, e-documents and e-certificates etc. as Head of the ‘Drafting Group’for the task.
In order to regulate capital market and monitoring the function of the Stock Exchange, Mr. Chandra has held several special posts as Member of Board of Governance of Delhi Stock Exchange , U.P. Stock Exchange, Listing Committee of BSE and Chairman of Regional Task Force on Vanishing Companies.
With his immence knowledge and expertize in Corporate Law, he has been the Member of Quality Review board(QRB) of The Institute of Company Sectretaries of India and presently the Member of Editorial Board of its monthly journal “The Chartered Secretary “ and a Member of Apellate Authority for disciplinary proceeding of Members of ICAI, ICSI and ICWAI.
Mr. Chandra has participated in various International Conferences by International Monetary Fund, Singapore and United Nations Organization, New York, USA on Creditor’s Right in cross border insolvency and Judicial Reforms in Insolvency Law by UNICITRAL respectively and also participated in Corporate Register Forum at Singapore on International conference of Business Registering Authorities.
Apart from these, Mr. Chandra have published several articles in the field of Corporate Laws. Amoung many, one is the ‘Inspection Manual’ with new approach towards ‘Corporate Oversight’ published in 2011 and on ‘Strengthened Oversight & Improved Disclosure’ on utilization of IPO proceeds in 2010 Published by Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Gautam Kumar
Chief Information Officer

Shri Gautam Kumar has joined at IICA in May 2011 as CIO, IICA. He is B.E.(Electronics & Communication) from Delhi University and MBA (Strategy & Marketing) from Management Development Institute.He has worked in Department of Telecommunication (1992-2000) in the field of Transmission/Carrier Systems, Optical Fiber ,DWDM and Satellite Communication systems etc. He has served as Telecom District Manager in BSNL (2000-2004) responsible for planing, development,upgradation and managing revenue generation of district/cluster. He has served as head of CDMA Project Management Group of BSNL Maharashtra (2004-2007) and successfully commissioned a 100K lines CDMA based Mobile Communication System (OSS & BSS ) for State of Maharashtra. He has worked as DGM (Core Network) for procurement of Trans equipments and prepared RFP/tender for AFNET Project of Indian Air Force. As Sr. V.P. (Broadband Operation) at BSNL Corporate Office New Delhi and formulated policy for Operation & Maintenance of Broadband Services in BSNL network. As Director (Cyber Security) in Department of Telecommunications, he coordinated with Law Enforcement Agencies and Telecom Service Providers and formulated the standard operating procedures for lawful interception of communications and worked on Encryption Policy. Presently, he is responsible for preparing strategies and executing the IT initiatives of IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and also associated with e-Governance Cell for exit management of MCA21 project, hiring of Knowledge Management Partner for data mining and project of e-Court and e-Auction.

Mr. Lekhan N. Thakkar
Chief Finance Officer, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Mr. Thakkar holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from South Gujarat University and a master’s in economics from the same. He is also a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a cost and work accountant. He is a Civil Servant of 1996 batch.
Mr. Thakkar comes with extensive experience in urban and rural development. He has also worked in various capacities in steel and textiles Ministry in Government of India.
Prior to joining IICA, Mr. Lekhan N. Thakkar has worked with Government of Gujarat. As Vice President (Corporate Affairs) GUDC, he was responsible for financial structuring and Management of various projects including Energy Efficiency program, CDM projects, Urban Infrastructure program, etc. He was responsible for sanctioning, implementation and monitoring of urban projects under the JNNURM. As project director of World Bank funded Gujarat Urban Development Project, he was involved in the planning of urban infrastructure investment, capacity building and reforms at both city and state levels.

N. S. Oberoi
Consultant Adviser, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

He has 30 years of experience with various ministries like Agriculture, Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises and then Ministry of Corporate Affairs from where he retired on 30th April 2006. He was on deputation to International Centre for Promotion of Enterprises, Slovenia as their Resident Representative in India. At IICA, he is a Consultant and Program Coordinator dealing with program organization and Logistics.

B. S. Chopra
Consultant Adviser , Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

He has 40 years of experience with various departments/Ministries of Government of India in administration and vigilance matters. He retired as Asst. Director General from the Department of Post. He is currently on assignment as Consultant and helps oversee matters relating to personnel and general administration at IICA and registration arrangements in connection with the conduct of various training courses etc. being conducted in IICA.

M. R. Arora
Consultant & Logistics Coordinator, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

He is a professional in Public Dealing and Business Development with over 33 years of cross functional experience in Hospitality Services, Public Relations, Customer Relations etc. He retired as an Executive Manager at ITDC Cafeteria, IGI Airport, New Delhi.

Anand Jeewan Sharma
Accounts Officer, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

He has 19 years of experience in corporate sector, before joining IICA shri Anand Jeewan Sharma served with Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi under Ministry of HRD as Consultant (A&F) In the IICA, he is responsible for work relating to Accounts & taxation of IICA.

Lata Suresh
Librarian, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Lata Suresh is presently the Librarian at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. Lata Suresh graduated from Kanoria College, Jaipur and did the Post graduation in Sociology from Rajasthan University. Thereafter, she completed her Bachelor’s in Library Science from the IGNOU and then Master’s in Library Science from Madurai Kamraj University, Tamilnadu. She received her M. Phil from the Vinayaka Missions University and now pursuing her Doctorate from the University of Pune. With a professional experience of 18 years in her port-folio, Ms. Lata Suresh worked as Manager, Library at the Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India before joining Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. She is the recipient of Holy Maa Maya National Best Librarian Award instituted by Indore Divisional Library Association in the year 2011.
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Mrs. Lata Suresh has been awarded A.N. Marrapan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award Instituted by Society for the Advancement for Library and Information Science in the year 2008 and also won the Best Librarian award from Rajasthan Pathak Manch and Rajasthan Patrika a prominent news paper in the year 2006 and 2007 respectively. Her brief profile has been published in a monthly Magazine Uthkantha in their special issue published in October 2009 on “Talents of Rajasthan”. Apart from the institutional and social obligations Mrs. Lata Suresh has been carrying out various professional responsibilities. She was Assistant Editor of Journal of Health Management published by Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. She is the Vice President of Society for Advancement in Library and Information Science (SALIS- National Body) and Vice Chairman of SALIS –Delhi NCR Chapter. She is also an Associate Editor of the Journal published by the Society. She is one of the National Editorial Advisory Board members of the Journal “Journal of Library Management” published by MANLIBNET and also Editorial Advisory board member of the Biannual online International Journal “International Research Journal of Library and Information Science”. She was the Country Representative for Special Library Association (SLA)-Asian Chapter. She is an executive member of the various other societies /associations and also holding posts and offices in National and International professional bodies. She has been invited by AIR and Doordarshan as a subject expert in their various programmes. She has also delivered lectures in many professional forums. Mrs. Lata Suresh has a number of publications to her credit in reputed national and international journals and has also published book reviews and abstracts published in various journals and news letters. She has also published/ edited three books titled “Manual for Knowledge Custodians: A Must for Library Professionals and Academicians” and “Handbook for Library Professionals”, published by Shruti Publications, Jaipur and Knowledge Dissemination through Libraries and Information Centres: Sharing Vision for the Future published by KBD Publication, New Delhi. These books have been very well received by the professional community. She has also attended several National and International conferences and seminars where she presented her research, academic papers and case studies. She has also delivered special lectures at various institutes, training programmes and conferences. She has also acted as organizer of several seminars, conferences workshops and training programmes. Mrs. Lata Suresh has implemented many new and innovative techniques to the libraries she worked with. Her experience in managing and coordinating libraries competently led to her being a known library expert and consultant.

Mohit Baijal
Advisor (Finance), Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)

A Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, having over 10 years of post qualification experience, Mr. Baijal is looking after the School of Finance at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). He has been working on Financial Reporting and Disclosure aspects of corporates and handling the work of convergence of Indian accounting standards with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). He is also handling the work of the Quality Review Board set-up by the Government of India under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. He is from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Earlier, at the ICAI, he was Secretary, Committee on Trade Laws and WTO and was instrumental in providing policy advice to the Government of India on issues of international trade and WTO, domestic regulations and for taking positions at bilateral and multi-lateral fora on issues relating to/ affecting the Indian accountancy sector.

Gayatri Subramaniam
Program Coordinator – SMEs, Corporate Social Responsibility & Corporate Governance , Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

As a corporate trainer and a lecturer in Business Communication and Personality Development, Gayatri has a 22 years experience in the field of education, training and development. She is the programme coordinator and is responsible for arranging trainings and workshops for SMEs, Corporate Social Responsibility & Corporate Governance at IICA.

S. K. Sharma
Program Coordinator – Corporate Law, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

He is an officer of Indian Corporate Law Services and retired from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, New Delhi. He was associated with the work related to amendment of Companies Act, 1956.

Sapna Shankar
Company Secretary and Analyst, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

Sapna is an Associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She has experience of working with Government as well as Private sector. She is a young professional, who carries out the Company Secretarial functions of IICA and also the research and analysis of Corporate and other allied Laws. She is also involved in the preparation of study materials/ presentations for different corporate training programmes, workshops, forums etc. She is a part of the School of Corporate Laws of IICA.

Gauri Raina, MBA (Finance & HR),
Research Analyst, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

Gauri is an MBA from IILM, Greater Noida. She is taking care of research work for Small and Medium Enterprises and related activities at Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. She is also involved in preparation of the background papers of training programmes on Competition Commission of India (CCI). Prior joining IICA, she was working with Wipro as a Financial Analyst.

Vineet Aggarwal (IT Professional)
Research Analyst, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).

He is a young IT professional who is looking after the IT cell as well as the website (www.iica.in) of IICA.

Lunita Hijam
Research Analyst – Competition Law, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

A Post graduate (LL.M) in Business Laws from University of Pune. She is presently attached to the IICA - School of Competition Law and is working on issues relating to Competition Law & Policy; Bringing together competition and sectoral regulators, Etc.

Sunita Khanna
Executive Assistant, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

She has worked with many organizations of repute like Escorts Limited, Avery India and National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, a Government organization under Ministry of Agriculture. She has experience in supporting the senior management in performing secretarial functions.