- Shri.U.S.Jha,
Chairman & Managing Director,
Priyadarshini,Eastern Express Highway,Sion, Mumbai - Shri.J.Kohareswaran,
Director (Marketing),
Priyadarshini,Eastern Express Highway,Sion, Mumbai - Shri.Gautam Sen,
Director(Finance),
Priyadarshini,Eastern Express Highway,Sion, Mumbai - Shri.Manoj Priya,
Director(Technical),
Priyadarshini,Eastern Express Highway,Sion, Mumbai - Shri Mathew C. Kunnumkal, IAS,
Director,
Addl. Secretary and Financial Advisor,
Department of Fertilizers, Shashtri Bhavan,
New Delhi - Shri Deepak Singhal,
IAS, Director
Jt. Secretary, Department of Fertilizers,
Shashtri Bhavan, New Delhi - Shri I.C. Srivastava (IAS Retd.),
Director
4-KA-26, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur - 302004 - Shri Anil Agrawal
Chartered Accountant
Director
B-139, Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110019 - Shri Ashok Misra
Chairman, Intellectual Ventures India, No.701, Raheja Paramount, 138, Residency Road, Bangalore-560025
Chairman & Managing Director
Shri U.S. Jha has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. (RCF) with effect from 1st August 2005. Prior to this, Shri Jha held the charge of Director (Marketing) since March 1999. During this period he has introduced several innovative measures to improve services to the farmers. He also takes keen interest in common causes of fertilizer industry. He was also holding additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(MFL), Chennai for 15 months from June 2001 to September 2002.
A postgraduate in Physics from the Patna University Shri Jha taught Physics for a year in Patna University, he joined Indian Railway Traffic Service in 1974. He held various operational posts in the Railways having deep insight into logistics of major commodities like coal, steel, raw materials, cement, oil, fertilizers transported by Railways. Prior to joining RCF, he held the charge of Executive Director (Freight Marketing) in the Ministry of Railways where he was responsible for freight marketing for entire Indian Railways.
Outside Railways, he has had five and half year's stint as Joint Commissioner in the Department of Fertilizers, Government of India where he was incharge of fertilizer imports, shipping and distribution of fertilizers in the entire country. He held this post from 1990 to 1995 and had varied experience in different facets of fertilizer production and distribution. He was closely associated with policy measures taken by the Government in the wake of de-control of phosphatic and potassic fertilizers to arrest sharp distortion in the balanced use of fertilizer.
Both within Railways and outside Railways he has attended several workshops, seminars and conferences within the country and outside. He has also read a number of papers on these fora. He has been on the Board of several fertilizer and railway companies.
Director(Marketing)
Shri. J.Kohareswaran, has been appointed by Government of India as Director (Marketing) w.e.f. 28.9.2006. Before taking over the charge of Director (M), he was Executive Director (Marketing) and being a Cost Accountant, he worked in various capacities in Finance department in both units of the Company and also in the Audit department.He is a member of the Board’s Management Committee. He is on the Board of RRCFL and FRBL.
Director(Finance)
Shri Gautam Sen, has been appointed by the Government of India as Director [Finance] w.e.f. 14.7.2008. Shri Sen is M.Com., Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. He has vast experience in Finance and Accounts discipline in private and public sector organisations. Prior to his joining of RCF, he was working with M/s Bharat Earth Movers Limited [BEML}, Bangalore, as Executive Director [Finance]. Before joining BEML, he had worked for a period of 12 years with M/s GSFC Limited, Baroda, where he worked as Executive Director [Finance] for 3 years.
Director (Technical)
Shri. Manoj Priya has taken over as Director (Technical) w.e.f. 30th December 2008. Prior to joining as Director (Technical) he was Executive Director (Projects and Commercial). He is having an experience of almost 34 years in Fertilizer Industry. He did his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from BIT Sindri, joined FCI in December 1974 at Gorakhpur Unit as Jr. Executive Trainee and posted at Trombay in August 1975. He has worked in various projects from construction to commissioning at Trombay IV, Trombay V and the grass-root projects at Thal. He has worked in maintenance and operations of various plants at Thal and Trombay Unit. In 1994 he obtained his international MBA qualification from ICPE, University of Ljubljana Slovenia; for which he was nominated by Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India. He was also associated with the joint venture Oman India Fertilizer project during 1995-98. He took over as General Manager (Operations) in January 2005, Chief General Manager (Commercial) in July 2006 and Executive Director (Projects & Commercial) in April 2008. As Executive Director (P&C) he was in charge of projects at Thal and Trombay and commercial department looking after imports, purchase, shipments, stores, railway operations, MES/PHS. In addition to operation and maintenance of plants, he has a wide experience of commercial activities, joint ventures, international contracts. He is a member of the Boards’ Management Committee and Audit Committee.
Director
Shri Mathew C. Kunnumkal, has been appointed as Director w.e.f. 5.2.2008. Shri Mathew C.Kunnumkal, is an Administrative Services (IAS) officer and is presently, Addl. Secretary and Financial Advisor to Government of India, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Department of Fertilizers. Shri Mathew C.Kunnumkal has varied and rich experience not only as an IAS Officer but also being on the Board of several companies. Presently, he is director on the Boards of FACT, Krishak Bharati Co-operative Limited [KRIBHCO], National Fertilizers Limited [NFL], Hindustan Antibiotics Limited [HAL], and Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited [HOCL].
Director
Shri Deepak Singhal IAS, is the part time Government Director of the Company. He is presently Joint Secretary in Department of Fertilizers.
Director
Shri I.C.Srivastava retired IAS officer is Independent Director and is Chairman of Audit Committee. He has held several senior positions in Central, State Governments and PSUs including as CMD of Rajasthan Mines and MineralsLtd.
Director
Shri Anil Agrawal, is M.Com., FCA., ACS and several other qualifications. He is Chartered Accountant by profession and possesses varied experience in the fields of Account, Audit, Taxation, Financing and Project preparation, management, Company Secretarial work etc. of various Companies. Shri Agrawal is presently on the Board of Directors of M/s MECON Ltd and partner in M/s Agrawal Anil & Co., Delhi.
Director
Dr. Misra is a highly qualified Technocrat. He is B.Tech [Chem..Engg] from IIT Kanpur, MS in Chemicals Engineering from Tufts University and Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering from university of Massachusetts. After working in Monsanto for three years, he joined IIT Delhi in 1977 where he served as the head of the Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering during 1991-94 and as Dean, Alumini Affairs and International Programmes during 1997-2000. He was Director, IIT, Mumbai. Dr. Misra is a Fellow of Indian national Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Science India [NASAI], Indian Advisory panel of the Government of Singapore and various other institutions. Dr. Misra has varied and rich experience not only as Technocrat but also being on the Board of several Companies. Presently he is Chairman, Intellectual Ventures India, Bangalore.
