Adani group-owned media firm NDTV Limited announced the appointment of Dinesh Kumar Mittal as an Additional Director on the company’s Board, with effect from June 27, 2023.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “The Board of Directors of the Company vide circular resolution dated June 27, 2023 has approved the appointment of Mr. Dinesh Kumar Mittal (DIN: 00040000) as an Additional Director in the capacity of Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company, subject to the approval of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.”
Dinesh Kumar Mittal is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1977 batch (UP cadre) and has served the Government of India in various capacities. Mittal was Secretary, Department of Financial Services, where he was responsible for overseeing banking, Insurance and Pension policies of India. During his tenure he worked very closely with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and was on the Board of the RBI, Exim Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India, State Bank of India, IIFCL and IIFCL (UK). He has also worked as Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs and as an Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce.
Mittal was also the Chief Negotiator of India for WTO negotiations. He also supervised all multilateral Preferential Tariff negotiations, development and operation of SEZs in India and FDI and Overseas Investment from India. As Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, he had oversight of International Trade and Special Economic Zones. He formulated SEZ policy in March 2000 for the first time in India. He worked as Managing Director of ILFS and worked in the area of financial structuring and financing infra projects of India and Nepal.
Mittal has hands on experience in Infrastructure, International Trade, Urban Development, Renewable Energy, Agriculture Development and Micro- Credit, Corporate Governance, Banking, Insurance, Pension and Finance. He also holds a Master’s degree in physics with specialization in Electronics from University of Allahabad, India.
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