New Delhi Television Limited announced the appointment of Upendra Kumar Sinha as Non-Executive Independent Director and Dipali Goenka as Non-Executive Independent Woman Director on the company’s Board, with effect from March 27, 2023.
Upendra Kumar Sinha served as the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period over six years between 2011 and 2017. During his stewardship SEBI is credited with having brought in significant regulatory amendments in areas such as Takeover Code, Foreign Portfolio Investors, Alternate Investment Funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Infrastructure Investment Trusts(InvITs) etc. SEBI reforms in mutual funds made this industry a household name and India’s ranking in shareholder protection rose substantially because of SEBI’s action onvstrengthening corporate governance.
Prior to this he was the Chairman and Managing Director at UTI Asset Management Company Pvt Ltd for six years. Preceding this, he was the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and looked after Banking and Capital Markets Divisions.
Sinha was selected for the Indian Administrative Service in 1976. He holds a M.Sc. and LLB degree.
Dipali Goenka is the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Welspun India Limited. She is an accomplished global business leader known for her dynamism, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for people & environment. She has been instrumental in driving the growth of Welspun’s home textile business to $1 billion global leadership with focus on Innovation, Brands & Sustainability.
By developing internationally recognized brands like Christy and Hygrocotton and leading domestic brands Spaces & Welspun, she has been seminal in her forward looking customer centric approach. She has a strong focus on women empowerment and has undertaken significant initiatives to promote inclusive growth. She is a firm believer that business can be an agent of change, the statement said.
She has been recognized as one of most powerful woman 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 series speaker at Harvard India conference. She was also recognised by Businessworld and HTT, US as one of the most influential woman business leader. She joined other world leaders at the recent historic 1st United Nations Biodiversity summit for urgent action on Sustainable development.
She was the chairperson of ASSOCHAM Women’s council and is currently on board of Consumption platform at World economic forum. She is a graduate in Psychology and a Harvard alumnus.
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