He was a member of the Insurance Tariff Advisory Committee, the Economic Development Board of the government of Rajasthan. He was also the Chairman of the National Accreditation Board for Certifying Bodies (NABCB) under the aegis of the Quality Council of India (QCI).

Mr. Bhargava has been closely associated with technical and management education in India. He was the chairman of the Board of Apprenticeship Training and Member of the Board of Governors of the University of Roorkee, IIM, Indore, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi; and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad.

He was also a member of the senior panel of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) set up for a comprehensive evaluation of research in engineering and technology; and on the committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Department, Government of India for policy perspectives for management education in India.

He is currently on the Board of the Centre for Policy Research; Member, Technology Development Board, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Director, Tata Steel Limited ; Director, Tata Motors, Director, Power Finance Corporation, Director, Larsen & Toubro, Trustee, Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust; Executive Trustee, National Centre for Promoting Employment for Disabled Persons; Chairman Trustee Charity Aid Foundation. He is also on the Boards of Governors of other institutions for graduate engineering and bachelors and master's degree programmes in business management.

He has been conferred with the first IIT Roorkee Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2005 by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Mr. Bhargava is the Chairman of Tata Communications Limited (erstwhile VSNL) and also Wartsila India Ltd and Director on the respective Boards of several Indian Corporates.

He then moved to Tata Industries as Executive Assistant to the Chairman, an assignment he handled till mid – 1992. He was part of the team that set up Tata Information Systems (later Tata IBM). In June 1992he moved into that company full-time for the next six years, during which period he handled a number of assignments in Sales & Marketing.

In March 1998, he returned to Tata Industries as General Manager (Projects) and worked with Tata Teleservices in this capacity for a year. In April 1999, he moved to Hyderabad as Chief Operating Officer responsible for the operations of Tata Teleservices. In late 2000 he took over as Chief Executive Officer of Tata Internet Services, a position he held till February 2002, when he moved to Tata Communications Limited as Director (Operations). In February 2007 he has been appointed as Managing Director of Tata Communications Limited & CEO of Tata Communications Group of companies.

Mr. Chaukar is a member of the group Corporate Centre, which is engaged in strategy formulation at the House of Tata. He is on the Board of various companies like Tata Teleservices Limited, Tata Communications Limited, Tata Autocomp Systems Limited, Tata Investment Corporation Limited, among others. He also oversees the functions of the Department of Economics and Statistics (DES).

Mr. Chaukar is the chairman of Tata Council for Community Initiatives (TCCI) – the nodal agency of the Group on all matters related to social development, environmental management, bio-diversity restoration and conservation of wild life.

Mr. Chaukar was previously the managing director of ICICI Securities & Finance Company Ltd. (July 1993 to October 1998), and a board member of ICICI Ltd. from February 9, 1995 to October 15, 1998. His other experiences include stints in Bhartiya Agro Industries Foundation, a public trust engaged in rural development on a no-profit no-loss basis and based in Pune, Maharashtra, and Godrej Soaps Limited.

Mr. Kalyanasundaram has played a leading role in various public activities. As the managing trustee of the Green Peace World Charitable Trust, Chennai, he took an active part in the various welfare measures organized by the trust. These include organizing free eye camps to treat poor people.

Between 2000 and 2004, Mr. Kalyanasundaram was the chairman and trustee, Pachayappa's Trust, Chennai. In that position, he managed several educational institutions, including seven colleges and six schools, and looked after immovable properties worth Rs. 10,000 million belonging to the trust. He was also instrumental in conducting several educational seminars and courses in various institutions.

Dr. Sampath has participated in the following International Certificate programs:

• Conflict Transformation of the International Civilian Peacekeeping and Peace Building Program, Information Dissemination Program, in Austria.
• Peace Building and conflict Resolution Program, The Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiations, Ottawa, Canada.
• Human Rights and Development Law Program, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.
• Social Work and Mental Health Program, Social Work and Youth Leadership Program at the California State University, Long Beach, U.S.A.

Dr. Sampath has been nominated for the following Government Committees:

• Member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
• Member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Cost and Work Accountants of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.
• Member of the Tamil Nadu State Library book selection committee by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Sampath has served on various government committees and, is chairman of various nongovernmental organizations. He is a member of the Indian Council of Arbitration and other professional associations.

He regularly organizes seminars and workshops on various professional programs and developmental issues. He is the author of many books on law, history, public affairs and tourism.

Dr. Sampath has traveled to many countries to participate in seminars, workshops and conferences on law, human rights, social work, corporate governance etc.

Mr. Kumar has a wide range of cross-functional experience in the telecommunications industry. He also has an impressive track record in developing business strategies and creating fast growth organizations. He was previously Senior Vice-President of Asia Netcom and responsible for all aspects of generating top-line growth, including strategy formulation, product marketing and sales. He was actively involved in all aspects of the financial restructuring, and eventual asset sale of Asia Global Crossing to China Netcom, resulting in the formation of Asia Netcom.

In 1999, Mr. Kumar joined WorldCom Japan as Chief Executive Officer and prior to that, he held various senior positions in Global One in the United States and Asia where he has had major responsibilities in market management, sales, marketing, product management, multinational account management and operations.

Mr. Kumar born in 1965 graduated with honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.

Mr. Ramadorai's contributions to the industry have been well recognized through the numerous awards he has received. In 2002, he was awarded with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious ‘Asia Business Leader of the Year' Award. He has been honoured with the position of "IT Advisor to Qingdao City', People's Republic of China. In November 2006, Ernst & Young awarded him with the prestigious ‘Entrepreneur Manager of the Year' award. In the same year he was recognized by Computer Business Review in July 2006 as the sixth most influential IT leader in the world. In appreciation of his commitment and dedication to the IT industry, he was also awarded the "Padma Bhushan" by the Government of India in January 2006.

Mr. Ramadorai holds chairmanships and directorships of several Tata Group companies and is on the board of directors of Hindustan Unilever Limited and Nicholas Piramal India Limited. He is a member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as the Said Business School at Oxford. Among his other distinctions, Mr. Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), The Computer Society of India (CSI) and the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Mr. Ramadorai holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University, India, a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California - UCLA, USA.

Prior to joining Tata Sons, he was with M/s N. M. Raiji & Co., Chartered Accountants. He joined the firm as a partner in July 1969 and in 1993 became a senior partner. The firm has more than 60 years of professional standing. He joined Tata Sons Limited as an Executive Director on 18th August 2003 and continued in that position till 17th August 2008.

Mr. Gandhi has been assisting the Tata Group in acquiring diverse assets and companies across the globe. This has enabled the Tata Group to acquire critical assets, resources and access to world class R&D facilities.

In the course of his professional career, Mr. Gandhi has worked on numerous mergers and acquisitions, both crossborder and domestic transactions.

Mr. Gandhi has been a member of various committees constituted by industry forums and regulatory bodies such as SEBI's Takeover Panel Exemption Committee and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India's Accounting Standards Board among various others.

He began his career as an engineer in 1971 and worked at a private machine tools manufacturing company and the Rourkela steel plant of Hindustan Steel Limited. In 1975 he moved to the State Bank of India for about a year before finally joining the Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service of the Government of India in July 1976. Mr. Mishra has since held several key positions in the Government, including finance director in Delhi Telephones and financial advisor in telecom circles of the department of telecommunications. He managed the department's accounts, cleaned them up, improved the annual accounts formats, and successfully introduced computerized accounting in less than two years in as many as 671 units located all over India. He was instrumental in finalizing the reporting structure for licensed telecom service providers that is still in force. He was also responsible for formulating the Government's successful defense in important court cases having huge financial implications.

He was selected for deputation to the Ministry of Environment & Forests, where he worked as finance director and established a framework for proper formulation of feasibility reports and detailed project reports. His inputs helped the prestigious Ganga Action Plan save both time and crores of rupees. As a professor in the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) at Faridabad, Haryana, he designed the course from scratch, taught general and financial management to senior Government officers, and successfully organized the institute's first international course on financial management. He also contributed to the MBA course material of IGNOU on Project Management.

As the deputy director general, revenues, in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), he oversaw its billing and collections, helped develop the company's operating manual for cellular services, and was involved in finalizing the requirements for its CDR-based billing system. He has participated in or headed several important committees including those on reorganization of finance functions, spectrum valuation & pricing, internet telephony, MVNO, etc. In October 2007, he brought out the first post-BSNL telecom accounts e-manual for the department. He has also represented the Government as a nominee director on the board of M/s. HTL Ltd.

Mr. Mishra has been the recipient of fellowships awarded by the BADC and the USAID for international telecommunications programs in Belgium and USA. He has participated in workshops of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at Geneva and Australia, and in study groups of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT). He is a member of All India Management Association, Indian Institute of Public Administration, etc. and is keenly interested in the study and practice of management ethics and management control systems. He is strongly motivated by a desire to improve existing systems and procedures so as to prevent problems and help the stakeholders achieve their goals more easily and efficiently.

Dr. Jhunjhunwala has been awarded Padma Shri in the year 2002. He has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1998, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997, Millennium Medal at Indian Science Congress in the year 2000 and H. K. Firodia for "Excellence in Science & Technology" for the year 2002, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award for Science & Technology for the year 2004. Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award by INSA for the year 2006, IBM Innovation and Leadership Forum Award by lBM for the year 2006 and recently awarded Honorary Doctorate by the Institute of Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden. He is a Fellow of World Wireless Research forum, IEEE and Indian academies including INAE, IAS, INSA and NAS.

Dr. Jhunjhunwala is a Director on the Board of State Bank of India, TTML, Polaris 3i Infotech, Sasken, Tejas, IDRBT and Tata Communications. He is member of Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Committee.