Tata Communications Limited announced the appointment of Ashok Sinha as an Additional Director of the company, effective October 8, 2021.
According to the exchange filing, “we inform you that, on recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company has, today, approved the appointment of Mr. Ashok Sinha (DIN: 00070477) as Additional Director (Independent) on the Board of the Company for a term of five years from October 8, 2021 to October 7, 2026 (both days inclusive), subject to approval of the shareholders of the Company.”
Ashok Sinha is Chairman, 4 I Advisors, a proprietary consulting firm that provides a specialized spectrum of technical consultancy and advisory services in the areas of Energy, Technology and Finance since December 2010. One of his key engagements has been to mentor future leaders under the “Next Gen” program of McKinsey & Co. During this period, he has served on the Boards of Petronet LNG Ltd, CMC Ltd. (erstwhile subsidiary of TCS), 4 subsidiaries of Vodafone India Ltd., Tata Advanced Systems, Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures, Nova Integrated Systems, You Broadband India Ltd and Axis Asset Management Co Ltd, the company said in its statement.
Currently he is an independent director on the board of Cipla Ltd., The Tata Power Company Ltd, JK Cement Ltd, Air Asia India Ltd, Coastal Gujrat Power Ltd, Maithon Power Ltd. and Navin Fluorine International Ltd. He is also on the Advisory Board of NSE’s Center of Excellence for Corporate Governance, the statement said.
Ashok Sinha has a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur (1973) and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, with specialization in Finance (1977). He has been conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award from both IIT, Kanpur and IIM, Bangalore.
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