Mr. Saran has experience of almost 40 years in the iron & steel industry, with over 25 years with Tata Steel in the areas of development & operations of mines, mineral beneficiation plants and ferro alloy plants, port operations and international trading of raw materials for the iron & steel industry. A mining engineer from BHU, he rose to the level of Director (Raw Materials) in Tata Steel before taking over as Chairman of the VISA Group in 1994. In a short span of time, he built the VISA Group into a minerals and metals conglomerate with a strong global presence in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, South Africa and Switzerland. He is the President of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Honorary Consul of Bulgaria for Eastern India.

Mr. Verma is a career banker with a multilevel and wide ranging experience of over 46 years, encompassing an understanding of the commercial, developmental and investment banking as well as asset management and capital market operations. A Master of Arts and Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers, Mr. Verma held senior-most and critical positions in India’s financial system and regulatory regimes like Chairman, State Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Mr. Kapoor has over 40 years of rich experience in the minerals and metals industry. He is the former Chairman of MMTC Limited and Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd. and had been on the Board of many renowned Public Sector Enterprises. A B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from BHU and MBA from University of Leeds, UK, he is a recipient of the Best Chief Executive Gold Award – Rajiv Ratna National Award 2005 and Top CEO of the year Award 2000 – Indian Institute of Marketing & Management, amongst others.

Mr. Bagchi brings to the Board his deep knowledge of the administrative services and the State of Orissa, especially in the steel & mining sector. He has held prestigious positions of authority like Additional Secretary, Commerce – Government of India; Secretary, Ministry of Small Scale Industry – Government of India; Chief Secretary – Government of Orissa, etc. A Master of Arts in Economics and an M. Phil in Public Administration, Mr. Bagchi was also the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Orissa Lift Irrigation Corporation and Managing Director of Orissa Mining Development Corporation Limited.

Mr. Khaitan is a legal luminary and has extensive experience in the fields of commercial & corporate laws, tax laws, arbitration, foreign collaborations, mergers & acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Mr. Khaitan is a Bachelor of Commerce, an LLB and an Attorney-at-Law (Bells Chamber, Gold Medalist). He is the Senior Partner of Khaitan & Co., a leading Indian law firm and also member of the Bar Council of India, the Bar Council of West Bengal and the Indian Council of Arbitration.

Mr. Narain brings with him his expertise in strategic management transport systems, especially the Railways, in the areas of planning, marketing, monitoring and control of operations & commercial activities and development of transport infrastructure. He holds a Masters degree in Science (Mathematics) and had been the Member, (Traffic) Railway Board for 4 years till February 2001. He is a member of several committees set up by the Government of India and professional societies.

Mrs. Agarwal laid the foundation of the VISA Group during the mid-eighties. She guides the organisation along its growth chart while upholding its values and spirit. A Bachelor of Arts from BHU, she takes active part in philanthropic activities and contributes to the community through the VISA Trust where she is a trustee. She is currently the Managing Director of VISA International Limited.

 

Mr. Agarwal is responsible for developing and nurturing the global coal and coke business of the VISA Group and has been instrumental in securing investments in the Group’s coal mining ventures in Australia and Indonesia. He holds a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Trinity College, Cambridge University and is currently the Managing Director of VISA Power Limited and VISA Coal Pty Limited.

Mr. Agarwal has over 12 years experience in the iron & steel industry with hands on experience of setting up greenfield projects, having successfully established the plants at Golagaon and Kalinganagar. He is responsible for overall management of operations and projects and is the driving force behind many of the Company’s strategy, finance, marketing and human resource initiatives. He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Masters degree in Economics for Development from Oxford University. He is a Committee Member of the CII - Eastern Region Council and Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Modi is a Mechanical Engineer from National Institute of Technology, a Post Graduate Diploma holder in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from the Institute of Business Management, Madras. He has several decades of rich experience in the field of Design, Project Management and Operation. He has worked at Bokaro Steel Plant, Bhilai Steel Plant, MECON and was former Managing Director of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd., Kalinganagar.