About Us

Manish Goenka is a Whole-time Director designated as the Executive Chairman of our Company and one of our Promoters. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta. He was first appointed as a Non-executive Director on our Board on March 28, 2013. Subsequently, he was appointed by our Board as a Whole-time Director and designated as the Executive Chairman of our Company with effect from May 14, 2018. He has previously held the office of the president of the Merchant Chamber of Commerce. He was awarded the Globoil Man of the Year Award, 2011.

Aditya Vardhan Agarwal is a Non-executive Director on our Board and one of our Promoters. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta. He was appointed as a Non-executive Director on our Board on March 28, 2013. He is the executive chairman of Emami Paper Mills. He was the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata and currently holds the position of the honorary consul of Ethiopia in Kolkata. He is also a member of the Young President’s Organization, which is a global network of young chief executives with members from various countries. He was awarded the Globoil Man of the Year Award, 2011, and the ET Now Leap of Faith Award, FMCG, 2011.

Charan Das Arha is an Independent Director on our Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in history from the University of Delhi. Previously, he has worked as an officer with the Indian Administrative Services, and has served as an additional secretary and special secretary to the Ministry of Coal, India. He has also held the position of secretary to the Ministry of Mines and chief information commissioner to the Andhra Pradesh Information Commission, Hyderabad.

Ram Krishna Agarwal is a Non-executive Director of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Calcutta and is a qualified chartered accountant. He has secured the first rank on an all India basis in the intermediate and final examinations conducted by the ICAI in 1973 and 1974, respectively. Previously, he was a partner of S.R. Batliboi & Co and a director of Ernst and Young India Private Limited. He was a member of the Central Council of the ICAI from the Eastern Region.

Vivek Chawla is a Whole-time Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Ravishankar University, Raipur and a diploma in management from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also completed a Senior Leadership Program from International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland and Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. He joined our Company on September 29, 2016 as our Chief Executive Officer and was appointed as a Whole-time Director with effect from January 12, 2017. Prior to joining our Company, he was the regional chief executive officer, West & Central Africa, Dangote Cement Plc. and president and location head of Hindalco, Hirakud and the chief executive officer of ACC Limited, eastern region. He has over 30 years of experience in the cement industry.

Mamta Binani is an Independent Director on our Board. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta. She is a practicing company secretary. She has also held the position of chairperson of the Eastern India Regional Council of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, and the president of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She was conferred with a certificate of doctor of excellence in the field of management at the 3rd Intelligentsia Summit in 2017 and the Bharat Nirman Award in 2010. She has also cleared the limited insolvency examination conducted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. She is the vice president of the National Company Law Tribunal Kolkata Bar Association, and the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Corporate Law and Governance, Merchant Chamber of Commerce.

Anand Rathi is an Independent Director on our Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Jodhpur. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was awarded the G.P. Kapadia (First President) Gold Medal by the ICAI. He has experience in corporate management, financial and capital markets, corporate and management consultancy. Previously, he has worked with Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited as its senior president and has held the office of the president of BSE and a director of CDSL.

Sundaram Balasubramanian is an Independent Director on our Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Delhi and has completed a post graduate course in management accountancy from ICAI. He is an associate member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the ICAI. Previously, he has held the office of the chairman of the company law board and is a member of the Bar Council of Delhi. Further, he was appointed as a consultant by the Universal Postal Union under the aegis of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, to coordinate international postal policies and promote international collaboration in this area. He is the general editor of Ramaiya’s guide to Companies Act, 2013, 18th Edition.

Rajiv Mundhra is an Independent Director on our Board. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Calcutta. He is the executive chairman of Simplex Infrastructure Limited. Previously, he has held the office of the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Vinit Kumar Tiwari is the Chief Marketing Officer of our Company, He joined our Company with effect from March 31, 2016. He is presently involved in the sales, marketing and logistics functions of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar and a master’s degree in business administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar. Prior to joining our Company, he held the position of senior vice president, at UltraTech Cement Limited and country head – sales and marketing (ply and board division), at Greenply Industries Limited.

Rajiv Ranjan Thakur is the Chief Financial Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (honours) from the University of Ranchi. He was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer with effect from December 13, 2016. He is a qualified cost and works accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has over 21 years of experience in finance related functions in various companies in the cement industry. He has previously been associated with ACC Limited across their regional offices in India, in various management roles, including as the vice president - regional finance-south and west of ACC Limited and the head - regional finance, ACC Kymore Cement Works. He has formerly worked at the erstwhile JK Corp. Limited and J.K. White Cement Works, a division of the erstwhile J.K. Synthetics Limited.

Samar Banerjee is the Vice President, Human Resources of our Company. He joined our Company with effect from November 2, 2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Utkal University and a postgraduate diploma in personnel management from the Xavier Institute of Social Services, Ranchi. Prior to joining our Company, he was associated with Eicher Limited, ICI India Limited, ACC Limited, Bennett Coleman and Company Limited in various management roles. He was also the general manager (human resources), Kolkata, at Ambuja Cement Limited.