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Sh. Yudhvir Singh Malik, is a retired 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. He is a Graduate (BA) and Post-Graduate (MA) in English Literature. He also holds a Graduate degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. In addition, Sh. Y.S. Malik is also a Post-Graduate (MSc) in Development Management.

Sh. Malik has served in various key positions both in the State of Haryana and the Government of India. He superannuated from the position of Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in March 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He is credited with a number of systemic initiatives in the Highways Sector, conceptualization and development of green-field Economic Corridors in the country besides bringing a quantum-leap in the road construction in the highways sector. He was also responsible for the administration of the regulatory frameworks for road transport, auto emission norms and vehicle safety regulations.

From September, 2014 to September, 2015, Sh. Malik held the important position of the Country’s Food Regulator as the CEO, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and was responsible for various important decisions with regard to the development of standards for a number of food items and the strengthening of enforcement functions. Thereafter, he served as an Additional Secretary and Special Secretary in the NITI Aayog, where he handled several important areas. Earlier, he served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) during 2004 to 2008 wherein he led the implementation of the first national level e-Governance initiative, known as MCA 21, one of the path-breaking IT initiatives of the Government of India, for which he was the recipient of Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Administration in 2008. He was also awarded a national level Gold Award by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India in the field of Communications and Information Technology in the same year.

Back home in the state of Haryana, his cadre, Sh. Malik served in various key positions of Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretary looking after the Departments of Industries & Commerce, IT & Electronics, Mines & Geology, Environment & Forests from 2008 to 2014. Sh. Malik handled various important assignments such as the Deputy Commissioner, a total of about 07 years in the Finance Department in various capacities looking after the Public Finance and Budgeting of the State, and Managing Director of the Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), where he is credited with development of a number of industrial parks and Industrial Townships, prominent among which are IMT Manesar and Growth Centre at Bawal. The Institute of Economic Studies recognised his contribution to the growth of Industrial Sector by conferring on him the national level Udyog Rattan award. He also served in the Power Sector, initially as Member, Finance, Accounts & Commercial of the State Electricity Board where he led the World bank sponsored Power Sector Reforms Project, and later as Chairman of the unbundled Transmission Company of the State.

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Dr. Girish Kumar Ahuja holds a Ph.D. from the University of Delhi for his thesis on Financial Sector Reforms: Capital Market Efficiency and Portfolio Investment completed in 2009. He is a qualified and Practicing Chartered Accountant for the past 55 years and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

He was a professor at the Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He was a member of the task force constituted by the Government of India for redrafting the Income Tax Act.

He is appointed on the Board of Unitech by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on recommendation of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. He was an Independent Director on the Board of State Bank of India for two terms.

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Sh. Jitendra Mohandas Virwani is the Chairman and Managing Director of Embassy Group, where he has managed and led the organization since 1993. Under his leadership, Embassy has expanded to encompass 70 million square feet of commercial, residential, hospitality, services, retail, and education spaces. With a commitment to high standards of quality, world-class services, environmental responsibility, and safety, Embassy’s footprint spans key Indian and international markets including Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, the NCR, Thiruvananthapuram and Serbia, among others.

Jitu played a pivotal role in launching India’s first publicly listed and Asia’s largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). He has overseen Embassy’s residential portfolio of 45 million square feet of ready and ongoing residential developments, offering a diverse range of living options such as branded residences, uber-luxury villas, exclusive villaments, sky condominiums, integrated communities, senior living, and contemporary homes.

In 2017, Jitu introduced WeWork to India, where it has since become one of the country’s leading flexible workspace providers with 1,00,000+ desks across 60+ locations in eight cities. In 2024, he was appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of the company.

He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

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Sh. Prabhakar Singh, an eminent, illustrious and visionary technocrat, is a former Director General of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD). In his unprecedented stint of three terms as Director General of CPWD, he turned around the organization and registered a whopping 2,500% growth in its workload. He was instrumental in taking up the prestigious projects of the Construction of the New Parliament Building and Central Vista’s Development. The construction of the state-of-the-art Parliament House Annexe, Western Court Annexe, MP flats at North Avenue, the New Supreme Court Annexe Building in New Delhi, etc. also took place under his guidance. In their speeches the then President of India Shri Pranab Mukherji and Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi have appreciated his extraordinary performance in completing projects within the stipulated cost and timelines with good quality.

He is a distinguished B. Tech (Hons.) from a prestigious institution IIT Kharagpur and his name also features in the book the ‘100 Great IITians’, being one amongst the 100 eminent IITians who have contributed significantly to India’s growth, describing him as “The Infrastructure Man of India”. He also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Management (PGDM) from one of the premier institutes, MDI, Gurgaon. He additionally holds the Special Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management from IHS Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and has also completed the Low-Cost Housing Course from the National Housing Authority, Bangkok, Thailand. He was formerly the Member of Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta and has also held the position of Technical Advisor, being of a Cabinet Minister rank, to the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

He has been the recipient of several distinguished awards like the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kharagpur, the Eminent Engineer Award from the Institution of Engineers, the Distinguished Engineer Award from the Engineering Council of India, the Champion Technocrat Award from Construction Industry Development Council, the International Platinum Award Emersion Cup, Best Chief Engineer and Best Special Director General Award, World Engineering Excellence Award, International Felicitation and Fellow of Eminence Award by the World Academy of Higher Education And Development (W-AHEAD), Bhojpuri Ratna Samman etc.

Presently he is the Chairman of the Project Advisory Committee of the International Financial Services Centres Authority at GIFT City, Gandhinagar. He is also a Presiding Arbitrator of the India International Arbitration Centre. He has published four books of poems composed by him –two each in English and Hindi- released by the then President and Vice President of India.

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Smt. Uma Shankar has close to four decades of experience in the financial sector with rich experience in Banking Supervision, Currency Management, Urban Banks Regulation, Cyber Security and Administration. She has worked with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in various senior positions, some of which inter-alia include, working as the Executive Director (Supervision) and the Regional Director (Bengaluru). During the span of her employment with the RBI, she was nominated on various reputed institutions like Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, UCO Bank, ECGC Limited etc., among others. She has also served as an Independent Director on the Boards of reputed Companies like Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), IDBI Capital Markets and Securities Limited and EbixCash Limited in the immediate past.

She has, in the past, served as a member of various key global regulatory and supervisory groups, both at the international as well as national level. At the international level, she was co-chairing the Standard Setting Body for Financial Regulation G-20 Group and was also on the Financial Stability Board (FSB). On the national level, she served as the Chairperson of the (i) Standing Committee on Cyber Security; and (ii) Data Analytics. She has previously also served as the Head of the Interdepartmental Group formed to explore the feasibility of introducing Central Bank Digital Currency and was a member of the Committee for indegenisation of currency notes.

She is a Post-Graduate in English, a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and has completed her Executive Education from the Columbia Business School, New York in 2009.

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