BPCL Announces Appointment of Five Independent Directors

MUMBAI:
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has announced the appointment of Pradeep Vishambhar Agrawal, Ghanshyam Sher, Dr. Aiswarya Biswal, Prof. Bhagwati Prasad Saraswat and Gopal Krishna Agarwal, as Independent Directors on the Board for a period of three years from the date of notification of their appointment or until further orders. Accordingly, they are appointed as Directors on the Board w.e.f. 12.11.2021.

Pradeep Vishambhar Agrawal is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. His fields of specialization are Finance, Business and Administration. He is a Managing Director in a pharmaceutical company and is in the Board of various other companies He is also engaged in social activities and is a Director of two Section 8 (not for profit) companies. He also acts as a Trustee of the various Trusts.

Ghanshyam Sher is M.Com, M.A. in Political Science, M.A. in Economics and L.L.B. He is an Advocate. He specializes in Legal advice and Social Service. He has gained administrative experience through various public associations. He has been honored with various awards by renowned personalities.

Dr. Aiswarya Biswal did her Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Utkal University and masters in Management from University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She received honours in Strategic Management, which encouraged her to pursue her research in extraordinary leadership in University of Liverpool. As a Dentist, she took keen interest in organising various dental camps for the underprivileged and marginalised community both in urban and rural sector. She is a pioneer in awareness and prevention of Oral cancer and preventable dental diseases. Her special interest lies in eradicating of malnutrition and her articles on malnutrition were well received, simultaneously she has organised various awareness programs and seminars to curbs the debilitating effects of malnutrition. She is a well-known columnist and has been contributing her articles in various journals and newspapers internationally, nationally and regionally like Daily Pioneer, Outlook, & Sambad etc. She is a bilingual poet (English and Hindi) and has written two books. She was the former editor of Odisha Society of United Kingdom journal as well. She has been actively involved in many philanthropic work especially in Indian diaspora of U.K. and in India as well. She is also associated with various cultural, social and literary organisations worldwide.

Prof. (Dr.) Bhagwati Prasad Saraswat is M.Com, (Gold Medalist). He has done his Ph.D in Financial Evolution of Drugs & Pharmaceutical Companies in India. He was a Dean and Head of Faculty of Commerce/Department of Commerce, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer and has teaching experience of more than 38 years. He has held various academic and administrative responsibilities during his academic career such as Director of Center for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Joint Conference Secretary, Controller of Examination organized by Indian Commerce Association, Coordinator of various exams, Registrar of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, and Member of Board of management and selection committees of various Universities He has published various books and papers, and has presented his papers in various prestigious conferences/seminars and attended various national/international conferences. He has also been editor of academic bodies of journals.

Gopal Krishna Agarwal is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India (ICAI). He has done his post graduate in MA economics and graduation in BCom (Hons). He is Economic thinker and writes extensively for newspaper, financial journals and delivers lectures in seminars & conferences. He has co-authored a book ‘Water an Element of Life: Price Sensitivity and Consumption by the Marginalised” published by Bloomsbury India. He was a Member of Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), a think tank of GoI. He was a member of the Task Force on MSME of the Ministry of Finance and Former Director on the Board of Bank of Baroda (BOB) & North Eastern Electric Power Co. (NEEPCO). He was government nominee on the Central Council of The Institute of company secretaries of India (ICSI). He is an independent director on the board of ICSI (IIP) He is a trustee of India Policy Foundation and Dr Mookherjee Smriti Nyas, (think tanks). He has initiated various public welfare projects like Jaladhikar Foundation, Nagrik Manch, Shree Jee Gausadan, Milk Cooperative Movement etc.