Management

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  Mr. Vivek Saraogi Chairman and Managing Director

  

  Mr. VIVEK SARAOGI is a former President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association. He was a committee member of FICCI and the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata. Mr. Saraogi is a commerce graduate. Under his stewardship, the Company has grown rapidly through organic and inorganic means. This has helped Balrampur Chini Mills Limited emerge as a leader in the Indian sugar industry.

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  Ms. Avantika Saraogi Executive Director

  

  Ms. Avantika Saraogi is a young pioneer in the world of sugarcane operations, bringing a passion and drive that is truly exceptional. Graduating with distinction (Cum Laude) and a B.A. Hons from Scripps College in Claremont, California, USA, Avantika is now the fourth-generation member of the promoter family to join Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. Leading the charge in sugarcane development, procurement, grower relations, strategy, technology, mechanisation, and more, Avantika is driven to take the industry to new heights. She sees sugarcane as the new oil, with untold potential for value addition to products and by-products. Her vision is nothing less than a world that recognizes and embraces the incredible potential of sugarcane. But Avantika’s drive extends beyond the bottom line.
  She is dedicated to promoting sustainability and reducing the environmental impact of sugarcane cultivation and the sugar mill complex.

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  Ms. Veena Hingarh Independent Director

  

  Prof. Hingarh is the Director in South-Asian Management Technologies FZC, Dubai and South Asian Management Technologies Foundation, a National State Board of Accountancy (USA) accredited institution focused on research, training, and strategic consulting services in the area of finance, IT, and risk management. She has over 20 years of result-oriented consultancy and corporate training experience. She is an associate consultant and trainer with Moody’s, Fitch, Informa, KPMG Middle East, and Ken Knowledge. Her areas of specialization are Information System Audit, Risk Management, and International Financial Reporting Standards. She is a member of the Financial Reporting Review Board, ICAI. She is among the few Indian’s to be invited to speak at the World Accounting Forum. Prof. Hingarh is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, Certified Information System Auditor and Masters in Science. She has a chequered academic career and has been a rank holder in all her academic and professional examinations.

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  Ms. Mamta Binani Independent Director

  

  Dr. (h.c.) Mamta Binani is the National Past President of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for the year 2016 and she relinquished the office of President on 19th January, 2017. She is the second lady President of ICSI in the illustrious history of the Institute of 52 years. Besides being a commerce graduate, Ms. Binani is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and is also a law graduate. She was an All India Topper in the Intermediate Examinations of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, amongst all the Lady Candidates in India and had ranked 14th on an All India Basis. She was the highest scorer in Company law Paper in the Final Examinations of ICSI at an all India level. She is a lawyer by profession and had been a Practising Company Secretary for over 21 years and the first registered Insolvency Professional in the country. She specializes in corporate and insolvency laws. She is the Vice President of the Kolkata National Company Law Tribunal Bar Association and is the Chairperson of the Merchant Chamber of Commerce-Legal Affairs Council and is the Co-Chair of the Restructuring Committee on Stressed Assets of Indian Chamber of Commerce. She is an executive committee member of INSOL India and also a Board Member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). She has been bestowed with various medals, certificates and awards including the prestigious D.L. Mazumdar’s Silver Medal, Tejaswini Award (2010) and Mauji Ram Memorial Award, the “Bharat Nirman Awards” in the year 2010 for “Excellence in Professional Services” (the first Company Secretary to have received this prestigious award), the KKMERS award for excellence in profession and also the ‘Hello Kolkata’ award for exemplary work in social sector. She is also awarded with the ‘Insolvency Law Award’ for India by the International Advisory Experts (IAE) for the year 2020. Ms. Binani is a regular acclaimed speaker at professional forums and shares her passion for writing through leading journals, magazines and newspapers. She has represented the institute at various forums in many countries in the matters of contemporary laws, governance and corporate social responsibility. She is also serving in the Boards of few of the prestigious companies. She firmly believes in co-existence.

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  Dr. Indu Bhushan
  (Retd. IAS) Lead Independent Director

  

  Dr. Indu Bhushan served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Health Authority (NHA) and Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMAY), a flagship health assurance scheme of the Government of India covering more than 500 million citizens from April 2018 to January 2021.

  Dr. Bhushan is an ex-Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer (1983 batch, Rajasthan Cadre). He is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), from where he completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi from where he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Control System and Instrumentation. He holds a Ph.D. in Health Economics and is a Master of Health Sciences from John Hopkins University, USA and is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

  Dr. Bhushan’s career spans over four decades across multiple sectors. He served for nine years in the IAS prior to working as Senior Economist with the World Bank group and then moved to Asian Development Bank (ADB) in 1997. Until his appointment as CEO of AB-PMAY, he served as Director-General, Strategy and Policy Department and has led ADB’s engagement with several Asian economies including People’s Republic of China. He administered and provided oversight to sectors like energy, environment, natural resources and agriculture, transport, public management, financial and regional cooperation and urban-social development.

  He has been bestowed with various recognition, honor and awards including the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021-22 from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU; Global Achievement Award 2020 from Johns Hopkins University and Gold Medal for E-Governance 2019 from Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.

  Currently, he is associated as a Board member with many prestigious companies and non-profit organizations globally.

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  Mr. Praveen Gupta Whole-time Director

  

  With 40 years of work experience of which 14 have been spent with Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML), Mr. Praveen has spearheaded operations, expansion and new technologies implementation in various leadership roles. Quintessentially a people’s person, he has led consensus driven growth across categories and organizations. He has been essaying a chief role in the ongoing migration of BCML towards the more value-accretive segments. He now leads CTT, to build technical excellence around engineering process functions that may drive accountability for business results, with focus on standardization streamlining of operations maintenance processes across all manufacturing units of BCML.
  Praveen earned his MBA from IIM, Kolkata in 1984 after completing his Mechanical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. He is also an alumnus of the Birla Public School, Pilani.

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  Mr. C K Mishra
  (Retd. IAS) Independent Director

  

  Mr. Chandra Kishore Mishra has had a distinguished career in public service, notably serving as Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, and holding additional charge of the Ministry of AYUSH. As Additional Secretary & Mission Director of the National Health Mission, he spearheaded one of the world’s largest public health programs. Over his 37-year tenure, Mr. Mishra has been an influential administrator, policy-maker, and public health strategist, undertaking diverse assignments in health, education, industry, and power. As a member of the Indian Administrative Service since 1983, he concluded his service as Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, where he played a pivotal role in India’s climate change initiatives and policy interventions related to pollution and air quality.

  At the state level, Mr. Mishra held key leadership positions such as Secretary of Health and Secretary of Power, alongside various other roles. At the central level, he contributed significantly in ministries like Textiles, Defense, MSME, Health, and Environment. He is globally recognized for his efforts in advancing Indian public health, particularly through the implementation of ‘Mission Indradhanush,’ the largest immunization campaign for children in India. Born in Patna, Bihar, and educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Mr. Mishra also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Media Law and has completed advanced leadership programs. Post-retirement, he has been involved with several international organizations and multinational companies, addressing health and climate change issues, and serving on the boards of various notable institutions.

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