Mr. Prahlad Rai Chamaria( Non Executive and Non Independent Director )
Mr. Prahlad Rai Chamaria, aged 70 years, is Promoter Director of our Company. He is a commerce graduate and holds a Bachelors Degree in Law and a Masters Degree in Economics.
Mr. Chamaria started his business career by joining his family business of saw milling and trading in timber. Shri Chamaria is having full knowledge of all the labour laws, factory law, Industrial Dispute Act etc. Being a master degree holder in Economics since 1962, he has got full knowledge about economy of the region and budgeting of the project. He has been at the helm of the Company and contributed in accelerated growth and built a meritocracy
Mr. Bijay Kumar Garodia( Chairman )
Mr. Bijay Kumar Garodia aged 55 years, is Chairman and Whole Time Director of our Company. He is a man of amiable nature, coupled with a resolute mind and farsightedness and vision to build up a successful industry He started his business career in 1978 by establishing a small-scale industry in the name of Garodia Industries for the manufacture of barbed wire and fencing components. Within a decade he established himself as a successful self-made entrepreneur in both industry and commerce. Having gained adequate experience, he has promoted a Veneer & Plywood unit in the States of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Mr. Santosh Kumar Bajaj( Whole Time Director )
Mr. Santosh Kumar Bajaj aged 55 years, is Promoter and Whole Time Director of our Company. He has an illustrious career spanning over decades of contribution in the various fields of management with the help of his expertise knowledge and marketing skills, and good connections. Mr. Bajaj started his business career as a trader, joining his family business. He is the third generation entrepreneur in Cement Business and this provides him vast knowledge about Cement Industry.
Mr. Kamakhya Chamaria( Vice Chairman & Managing Director )
Mr. Kamakhya Chamaria, aged 60 years, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of our company. He is a commerce graduate. He started his business career by joining his family business of saw milling and trading in timber. Mr. Chamaria is having very good knowledge of accounts and finance. Shri Chamaria is a man of amiable nature, coupled with a resolute mind and farsightedness. He has built up a good reputation in the industry and Government circles in both Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. In recent years Mr. Chamaria has been honored with the "Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award", "Bharat Vikas Ratan Award" from Hon'ble Governer of Orissa. He has also been honored with "Bharat Gaurav Award" by Citizen Piece Society, Mumbai and "Asia Pacific Excellence Award" in the Seminar of Nepal-India Forum for Peace & Development, Kathmandu, Nepal by Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance, Govt. of Nepal.
Mr. Mahendra Kumar Agarwal( Vice Chairman )
Mr. Mahendra Kumar Agarwal, aged 49, is a Bachelor of Science from college of Calcutta. After education, he started his career by taking up wood based industries in the North East region. After attaining a considerable maturity in his career he played a vital role in setting up Barak Valley Cements Limited at Badarpurghat, Assam that is poised for tremendous growth and now serving as the Vice-chairman of our company. Besides this he has also diversified interests in contract manufacturing units of premium FMCG brands for MNCs. His confidence with FMCG grew with these and he has launched his own brand of mosquito coils in Eastern India – Mosfree. Full of confidence, dynamism and positivism, Mr. Agarwal shares good repute and partnership relations with many multinational companies and owns several production facilities in cosmetics and toiletries at Guwahati. He is also a promoter director of Meghalaya Cement Limited, one of our group concern.
Mr. Brahm Prakash Bakshi( Independent Director ) Letter of Appointment
Mr. Brahm Prakash Bakshi, aged 74 years, is working as the Independent Director of the company since March 2006. Mr. Bakshi has a Master Degree in management with specialization in Project Management from XLRI - Jamshedur & Post Graduate Diploma from International Institute of Social Studies. He started his career in Tata Iron & Steel Co. (TISCO), and then worked for the Planning Commission between 1962-63. In 1964, he joined Steel Sworth Private Limited, a tea processing Machinery Company and rose to become its deputy managing director
Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal( Independent Director ) Letter of Appointment
Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, aged 53 years, is the Independent Director of the company since March 2006. Dr. Agarwal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is having doctorate degree in Economics, and in addition he holds degree of Law. He has authored books on WTO, IPR and Direct taxes. He has done extensive foreign traveling on professional and academic assignments. He is a resource person for WTO Outsourcing Roster for the delivery of training and technical cooperation activities. He has presented papers on trade and Investment issues in several national and international conferences.
Mr. Vishal More( Independent Director ) Letter of Appointment
Mr. Vishal More is an Independent Director in our company. He is a Masters Degree holder in Economics and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India (ICFAI). He has also worked as an economist with the corporate research wing of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Mr. Vishal More is having the vast experience in the areas of economic and financial research and analyses; management consulting, restructuring and governance; and competitiveness studies for various industrial sectors.
Mr. Ramesh Chandra Bajaj( Independent Director ) Letter of Appointment
Mr. Ramesh Chandra Bajaj, aged 63 years, is an Independent Director in our Company. He is presently self employed having a proprietary concern dealing in water pumps, spares and pumps. Prior to this, he worked in Trishiul Engineering Corporation between 1989 and 2006 and prior to 1989 he worked as Area Manager of Anil Steel & Industries Limited.
Mrs. Renu Kejriwal ( Independent Director ) Letter of Appointment
Mrs. Renu Kejriwal aged about 40 years is appointed as Independent Non executive Director of the Company w.e.f. 20th December, 2013. Mrs. Kejriwal is a Practicing Chartered Accountant. She is also having vast experience in areas of Financial Management, Economics and Accounts related activities.