Shri D. S. Chandavarkar is Chairman and Managing Director of Standard Greases and Specialities Private Limited. Shri Chandavarkar is an eminent industrialist and having more than 42 years of experience in lube and grease industry. He is in the Board of various companies which inter-alia deal in manufacturing of automotive and industrial lubricants and greases.

Shri Rajendra Nath Ghosal is a seasoned corporate leader with extensive experience in the lubricants, petroleum and manufacturing industry. He had been associated with the Company for several years and had served as Managing Director from November, 2011 till March, 2023. During his tenure, he played a significant role in strengthening the Company’s business operations, strategic growth initiatives and global brand expansion. Under his leadership, the Company witnessed growth in both domestic and international lubricant business operations. He has substantial knowledge of corporate governance practices, regulatory compliance and strategic planning.

Shri Vinod S. Vyas is an eminent businessman with more than 48 years of experience in lube and greases industry. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in science. He is the Founder and Jt. Managing Director of Standard Greases and Specialities Private Limited. He is in the Board of various other companies which inter alia deal in automotive and industrial lubricants and greases.

Shri Ananta Mohan Singh has joined as Chairman and Managing Director of Andrew Yule and Company Limited on and from 26th December, 2023. He is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. Shri Singh holds degree in Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He has experience of more than 28 years in Indian Railways as an Officer of Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineering cadre. The last post he held was Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board, Kolkata.

Shri Ananta Mohan Singh is a Director of Veedol Corporation Limited (formerly Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited).

Shri Praveen P. Kadle is a Hons. Graduate in Commerce and Accountancy from Mumbai University and a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost and Management Accountant and Company Secretary. He is the Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Prachetas Capital Private Limited, a reputed entity engaged in private equity fund management and business advisory. Shri Kadle is a non-executive Board member on various Tata and non-Tata companies.

During his long and illustrious career he had spent over 30 years with the Tata Group where he had held various senior positions like Founding CFO, a Board Member of IBM’s JV with Tatas in India from 1991 to 1996, CFO and Board Member of Tata Motors from 1996 to 2008, Founder Managing Director and CEO of Tata Capital from 2008 to 2018 and Chairman of Tata Auto Comp System from 2018 till January 2023. During his stint at Tata Motors, he led the teams that had acquired Daewoo Truck Company in South Korea in 2004 and Jaguar Land Rover in 2008. In 2004, he led the listing for Tata Motors listed on the New York Stock Exchange and played a major role in the turnaround and growth of the company.

From 2008 to 2018, as a founding CEO of Tata Capital, he set up a very successful PE business of US$ 1B and created a high-quality corporate and retail loan book of US$ 10 Billion. His leadership track record includes building successful start-ups, managing turnarounds and growth both organically as well as inorganically. Shri Kadle has received several national and international awards recognizing his outstanding contribution to Tata Motors Limited and Tata Capital Limited.

Shri Subir Das is a Chartered Accountant with more than 40 years of experience. He is presently the Managing Director of Parcon (India) Private Limited, the 2nd largest Tea Auctioning Company in India. Earlier he was the C.E.O of a large Tea Plantation Company in India and went on to start a consulting business in the area of Horticulture and Sustainable Energy. His special interests lie in the Policy, Regulatory and Legal framework for Sustainable Energy initiatives in India and financial modeling of Sustainable Energy projects. Shri Das was deeply involved with the renewable energy industry for over 10 years before joining Parcon (India) Limited in 2017. He has given lectures on the subject in various forums and has been involved in diverse consulting assignments in the horticulture and renewable energy space. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, India. He is and was a Board Member for several companies of repute. He is based out of Kolkata.
 

Smt. Bharathi Sivaswami Sihag is an Independent Director (Non-Executive) of our Company. She is a retired Indian Administrative Officer of the 1983 Himachal Pradesh Cadre and has rich experience of 38+ years in public administration. She had served at levels of Joint Secretary and above since 2004 both in the State and Union Governments and held positions of immense responsibility and accountability viz. Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Principal Secretary, Forest and Environment, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and in also the Ministry of Steel. She had also served as CMD of NMDC in 2016 and was at the helm when several important decisions in the interest of the Company were taken. She had retired as Secretary, Department of Fertilizers (January 2017 to December 2018).

She has very wide experience of having served as Government Nominee in several CPSUs and SPSUs across several major sectors such as Steel, Mines, Diamonds, Films, Forests, Industries and Infrastructure and have a deep understanding of Fertilizer sector. She is a Master’s in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. She is also an M. Phil in History from Delhi University and further holds M.S. degree in Development Sociology from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.

She is also serving on the Board of India Gas Exchange as an Independent Director.

Shri Kulbhushan Malhotra holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and a Bachelor of Administration from University of Delhi.

He has over 34 years of rich and diverse experience in Government service, encompassing policy formulation, implementation, operations, human resource management, and financial administration, among other areas.

Key professional assignments include:

• Presently serving as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries since October 2025.
• Served as Under Secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Department of Telecommunications, for over two years.
• Served in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) for more than nine years, handling a wide range of matters related to Government functioning and administration.