Board of Directors - Rinfra

Smt. Manjari Kacker holds a master's degree in Chemistry and a diploma in Business Administration. She has more than 40 years of experience in taxation, finance, administration and vigilance. She was in the Indian Revenue Service batch of 1974. She held various assignments during her tenure in the tax department and was also a member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. She has also served as the Functional Director (Vigilance and Security) in Air India and has also represented India in international conferences.

Smt. Chhaya Virani graduated from Mumbai University with a bachelors’ degree in Arts. She also acquired a bachelors’ degree in legislative laws from the Government Law College in 1976. She is a partner in M/s. ALMT Legal Advocates and Solicitors.

Shri Virendra Singh Verma has merited a degree in Bachelor of Science from Agra University followed by BE Mechanical (Hons) and ME Mechanical (Hons) in Applied Thermal Sciences from IIT Roorkee. He has also been trained under UNDP, with CEGB, UK and Gilbert Commonwealth of USA

Shri Verma started his career in the Central Power Engineering Service in Central Electricity Authority (CEA). In his longstanding career of over 46 years in the power sector, Shri Verma acquired wide and valuable experience in the field of Planning, thermal and Hydro power plant engineering, project monitoring, construction, supervision, operation monitoring, human resource development, grid operations, conservation and efficiency, low carbon growth strategy and other environmental issues.

Shri Verma has been associated extensively in the policy formulation by the Government, specially after the enactment of Electricity Act 2003. Shri Verma has also served as a Member Secretary of the Eastern Regional Electricity Board, Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Member and Chairman of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) etc. Shri Verma has also been on Governing Council/Board of Directors of various institutions like CPRI, NPTI, CWet, DVC etc.

Shri Verma has travelled extensively overseas and has to his credit more than 50 technical papers published and presented in the national and international forums.

Shri Verma received Life Time Achievement Award from CBIP and from Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal. He was also awarded Leading Energy Personality Award 2014 in November 2014 from Council of Power Utilities. He was also awarded Distinguished Alumni Award of IIT Roorkee. He has been a professor Adjunct for IIT Kanpur.

Shri Verma has been advising Govt of Rajasthan for improving their Distribution System of electricity in general including generation and transmission as a member of the task force appointed by the Govt of Rajasthan for five years. Shri Verma Co authored a book namely ‘Solar Energy made simple for a sustainable future’, published by Springer Nature Singapore.

Dr. Thomas Mathew holds a bachelor’s degree in arts from the University of Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in law from Campus Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law. He also holds a master’s degree in arts, a degree of master of philosophy, and a degree of doctor of philosophy from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

He has experience of working with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence amongst other. He has represented India as the leader of the delegation in several conferences and meetings. He has addressed/presented papers in several fora including those in the United States Department of Defence and Stanford University, USA. He also spearheaded several new reforms in the Ministry of Defence

He has published scores of articles, Opeds, etc. in leading newspapers like the Times of India, Economic Times, The Indian Express, The Hindu, etc. He has also edited book on India-US Strategic Ties contributing it lead chapter. As the Additional Secretary to the 13th President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, he authored two books, “The Winged Wonders of Rashtrapati Bhavan” and “Abode Under the Dome”. These books were regularly presented by the Indian President to the visiting Heads of States and other world leaders who called on him.

Shri Partha Pratim Sarma, aged 53 years, is a Computer Science Engineer and a MBA finance Graduate. He is associated with the Reliance Group for more than 6 years handling Group Corporate Development.

He is a global business leader, having successfully set up and significantly grown businesses in Financial Services, Defence and Infrastructure. Passionate about creating success through global alliances and industry-government partnership. He is currently leading Corporate Development at The Reliance Group, carving growth through International alliances and tie-ups.

He has Previously led Kangnam Corporation, Korea as Senior Vice President in the Naval Defense Industry and composite material applications at Kangnam Group and also headed ING Korea’s Corporate Business. Prior to this, he has also worked as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of KB Life (JV between Kookmin Bank, Korea and ING Asia Pacific), ING Life India, SAP and Baan India. He has also served as board member of eminent organizations like BSES, New Delhi.

Shri Parth Sarma is Actively involved in international trade development and government/ Industry forums as Co-Chairman of European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (HR Forum), Founding Board member/ Vice Chairman of Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea.

In addition to his corporate achievements, he has served as a guest lecturer at KAIST Graduate School of Management and is an official advisor to prominent industry associations in Korea.

Shri Rajesh Kumar Dhingra, aged 60 years, holds a Master’s degree in Electronics and a Post Graduate Degree in Public Affairs & Mass Communication.

He is associated with Reliance Group since January 2015 as the President & CEO of Reliance Defence, shaping the long term strategy of the Reliance Group in Defence and Aerospace sector. He is also on the Board of Reliance Defence Limited, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL) and Thales Reliance Defence Systems Limited (TRDSL). He has played an important role in the success of DRAL & TRDSL – both 100% export oriented units.

Prior to this appointment, Shri Dhingra was Managing Director, Lockheed Martin India, the largest Defence Company globally.

He served in the Indian Air Force as a commissioned officer for 21 years, prior to his voluntary separation in 2007. During his distinguished service, he held staff appointments with three successive Air Chiefs and was a key interface between the office of Chief of the Air Staff and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Public Affairs.

While on deputation to the MoD as Joint Director in the Department of Defence Production (DDP), he worked closely with the Public and Private Sector Industry on the Policy front, Exports and Transfer of Technology to support greater indigenisation.

His military awards include the Vishist Seva Medal by the President of India for exceptional Services during his Military career and Commendations by the Air Chief and Vice Chief.