In line with the Adani Group’s goal to make sure NDTV’s independence and professionalism, U.Ok. Sinha and Dipali Goenka have been appointed Independent Directors of NDTV for a interval of two years efficient March 27, 2023, based mostly on the suggestions of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and topic to the approval of shareholders and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. U.Ok. Sinha has additionally been designated as Non-Executive Chairperson of NDTV.Â
U.Ok. Sinha served because the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) between 2011 and 2017. Under his stewardship, SEBI is credited with having introduced in important regulatory amendments in areas similar to Takeover Code, Foreign Portfolio Investors and Alternate Investment Funds. Prior to this, he was the Chairman and Managing Director at UTI Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd for six years. He was additionally Joint Secretary within the Ministry of Finance and sorted Banking and Capital Markets Divisions. For his contribution as Chairman of SEBI, he was conferred with many awards viz. CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) – Outstanding Contribution to Indian Business Award, 2014 and the Economic Times – Business Reformer of the Year Award, 2014 to call a number of. Mr. Sinha joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1976. He holds a M.Sc. and LLB diploma.
Dipali Goenka is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Welspun India Limited. She is an completed world enterprise chief identified for her dynamism, entrepreneurial spirit and fervour for safeguarding the atmosphere. She has a robust deal with ladies’s empowerment and has undertaken important initiatives to advertise inclusive progress. She has been acknowledged as one of the highly effective ladies in Asia and India by Forbes. She was co-chair at India Economic Summit, 2017 organized by World Economic Forum. She has been an Inspire collection speaker at Harvard India convention. She was additionally recognised by Businessworld and HTT, US as one of the influential ladies enterprise leaders. She joined different world leaders on the latest historic first United Nations Biodiversity summit for pressing motion on Sustainable growth. She was the chairperson of ASSOCHAM Women’s council and is presently on board of Consumption platform at World financial discussion board. She is a graduate in Psychology and a Harvard alumnus.
Sanjay Pugalia, Director, NDTV, mentioned, “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Mr. U.K. Sinha and Ms. Dipali Goenka to our Board. They are highly respected leaders in their fields and NDTV will immensely benefit from their deep knowledge and rich experience in business and corporate governance.”