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Sub.: Change in Directorship: Appointment of Part-time Director (Government Nominee)
This is to inform that Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India vide letter no. C-31033/1/2016-CA/FTS: 42979 dated 08.01.2020 has nominated Shri Rajiv Bansal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India as Part-time Director (Government Nominee Director (DIN 00245460) on the Board of the Company. Further Board of Directors of GAIL (India) Limited have approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Bansal as Government Nominee Director w.e.f. 08.01.2020.
The information pertaining to Shri Rajiv Bansal is as under:
1. Brief profile
Shri Rajiv Bansal, IAS is Additional Secretary in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India.
He was earlier Joint Secretary in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) where he was looking after Digital Payments, IT Act, Aadhaar, and Internet Governance. During his career spanning almost 30 years, Shri Bansal has worked as Secretary, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries, Government of India and Director, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. He has earlier been on the Board BHEL, NACIL, AYCL, Alliance Air, HMT and GITA. He has also held important assignments in the State Government.
He is a Civil Engineer by profession having graduated from IIT, Delhi in 1986 and has a Diploma in Finance from ICFAI, Hyderabad and an Executive Masters in International Business from IIFT, New Delhi.
2. Disclosure of relationships between Directors
Shri Rajiv Bansal does not have any relation inter-se with other Director(s) of the Company
3. Further with respect to SEBI Instructions dated 14.06.2018, it is affirmed that Shri Rajiv Bansal is not debarred from holding the office of Director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.
This is in compliance of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
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