Shri Bharat Hari Singhania Chairman

Shri Bharat Hari Singhania is an industrialist with over six decades of experience in managing various industries including automotive tyres, paper and synthetics to name a few. He was appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing Director in December 2001 and became Chairman of the Board of Directors of JK Lakshmi Cement Limited in May 2013.  He held the position of Chairman & Managing Director of the Company till September 2021. Presently, Shri Bharat Hari Singhania is the Chairman of the Company w.e.f. 1st October 2021.

Under the visionary leadership of Shri Bharat Hari Singhania, JK Lakshmi Cement has undertaken multiple capacity expansion projects including expanding the company portfolio through value added products in addition to commissioning the first phase of the Greenfield Project at Durg.

Captive power generation has also reached new heights under his direction, effectively reducing the cost of operations while meeting with the renewable energy standards.

By focusing on and bolstering the performance of JK Lakshmi Cement’s subsidiaries, Shri Bharat Hari Singhania also contributed immensely in the rise of overall production capacity.

Shrimati Vinita Singhania Vice Chairperson & Managing Director

Shrimati Vinita Singhania, is a businesswoman and an industrialist. With over 4 decades of working in different industries, she brings to JK Lakshmi a rich and diversified business experience.

Shrimati Vinita Singhania has used her extensive experience of business management in the cement industry to effect multiple efficiency improvements at JK Lakshmi. She also heads the "CSR Committee" at the corporate level which has been constituted in compliance of the Company Law."

JK Lakshmi Cement has also expanded its product portfolio under her direction, which have further added to the company's growth.

As a humanitarian, Shrimati Vinita Singhania has led JK Lakshmi Cement to champion community development with the goal of achieving segment leadership while also maintaining focus on social upliftment and ergonomic development.

Testament to these beliefs were the various community development and welfare initiatives being carried out much before the CSR Law was enacted by the government of India in 2013.

She was named ‘Woman of the Year’ by Uday India; ‘Construction Woman of the year 2016’ by Construction Times and ‘Most Powerful Woman of the Year’ by India Today.

Shri B. V. Bhargava Director

Shri B.V. Bhargava comes from a distinguished career in development banking and project finance for nearly three decades. He retired from ICICI w.e.f. 1st May 1996 as Vice Chairman and Managing Director.

Shri B. V. Bhargava was the Chairman of the ICICI Telecom Group, a special group constituted by ICICI to advise the government on key issues pertaining to reforming the telecommunications section, handling matters such as the creation of an independent regulatory body and the entry conditions for private sector in telecom services.

Shri B.V. Bhargava is also director of various companies, including Grasim Industries Ltd., Supreme Industries Ltd., L&T Finance Holdings Limited.

Dr. Raghupati Singhania Non-Executive Director

Dr. Raghupati Singhania, is representative of the Promoter Group which holds 45.94% of the equity share capital of JK Lakshmi.

Dr. Raghupati Singhania is also the Chairman & Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., He is also Chairman of J.K. Fenner (India) Ltd., CIL and JK Tornel, Mexico.

In his years of service, Dr.Raghupati Singhania has received various awards and accolades including being inducted into the "TIA Hall of Fame 2015" on 2nd November 2015, the highest honour in the global tyre industry, receiving the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle from H.E. Melba Pria, Ambassador of Mexico, being recognized as ‘The Extraordinaire’ during the Brand Vision Summit, 2018.

Shri Nand Gopal Khaitan Director

Shri N. G. Khaitan, an attorney-at-law, is a leading solicitor and practicing advocate, in addition to being a director at JK Lakshmi Cement. Shri N. G. Khaitan has more than 3 decades of experience as a legal professional and is senior partner of Khaitan & Co., Kolkata, a renowned law firm.

He specializes in inter alia, in corporate and arbitration matters, commercial and civil litigation, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala Director

Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala, holds a graduate degree in commerce and an MBA from the Centre D'etudes Industrielles (CEI), Geneva (now IMI, Lausanne).

Shri Ravi Jhunjhunwala is the Chairman & Managing Director of LNJ Bhilwara Group (valued at over $1B), a diversified conglomerate of textiles, graphite electrodes, power and IT enabled services. Under his leadership the group has played a major role in pioneering many contemporary businesses and today, has 14 companies with impeccable financial health.

Shri Jhunjhunwala is the Managing Director of HEG Ltd. and is a director in various companies, including RSWM Ltd., Bhilwara Energy Ltd., Malana Power Company Ltd.

Dr. Kashi Nath Memani Director

Dr. K.N. Memani, is a Chartered Accountant. Shri Memani was Chairman & Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, India till 31st March 2004. Specialising in business and corporate advisory (foreign taxation and financial consultancy) and is consulted on corporate matters by several domestic and foreign companies.

The government of India had appointed Dr. K.N. Memani as Chairman of the Quality Review Board, an oversight board to review the quality of auditors. He was Co-Chairman of the Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Company Affairs for the drafting of new companies act. He was on the External Audit Committee (EAC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for two consecutive years (1998-2000) and was appointed the Chairman of EAC for the year 1999-2000.

He currently holds the prestige of being the only Indian to ever be appointed on the committee by the IMF. Dr. K.N. Memani was Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in India during the years between 2005-06 and 2007-08. Dr. K.N. Memani is also a director of various companies, including, HT Media Limited, Emami Ltd., DLF Limited

Dr. Shailendra Chouksey Whole-time Director

Dr. Shailendra Chouksey holds a Ph.D in Management, a post graduate in physics and is an MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Dr. Chouksey has over 4 decades of corporate experience, 3 of which have been in association with JK Lakshmi Cement and he is part of the senior management team that has propelled the company to achieve greater heights.

Dr. Chouskey has headed several initiatives such as the introduction of ERP technology, making JK Lakshmi Cement India’s first ISO 9002 certified cement company and the introduction of color coded packaging in the cement industry. He is responsible for all the commercial, financial and marketing activities of the company and is responsible for leading the company's large distribution network of over stockists / dealers, sales promoters and transporters.

Dr. Chouksey has spearheaded various delegations to the government, both at Central and State level. He has successfully led the cement Industry as the Association from July 2016 - December, 2018 in which capacity he has led industry meets at the level of PMO, Finance Ministry, Environment Ministry, GST Council.

He has also headed the National Council for Cement and Building Materials as Chairman for 3 years. He was nominated by the Government of India in 2017 to head the Development Council for the Cement Industry.

Shri Sushil Kumar WaliWhole-time Director

Shri Sushil Kumar Wali, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering. He has undergone national and international training in Business Management at Blue Circle , U.K, IIM – Ahmedabad, Wharton and Stanford, U.S.A.

Shri Sushil Kumar Wali brings over four decades of experience to JK Lakshmi Cement Limited. He is responsible for the Cement Division of JK Organisation, overseeing technical operations, materials, administration, HR and other project expansion activities. Under his guidance, the company has also achieved high efficiency parameters in the areas of energy consumption, employing alternate fuels and establishing green power among others.

Shri Sushil Kumar Wali is Chairman of the ‘Knowledge Exchange Platform’, a joint initiative by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and the Institute of Industrial Productivity (IIP) to promote energy efficiency by sharing best industry practices covered under the ‘Perform Achieve and Trade’ (PAT) scheme.

Shri Sushil Kumar Wali was Chairman of Technical Committee, Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) for more than a decade, Ex-Member of Governing Body as well as Ex-Chairman of administration & Finance Committee (AFC) of National Council for Cement & Building Materials. He was also an active member of Asia Pacific Partnership on clean development.

Shri Sushil Kumar Wali is actively associated with people development and has groomed and coached multiple executives in the group and the manufacturing industry as a whole. His teaching experience faculty for the National Council for Cement and Building Materials has played a role in making him an efficient mentor.

Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee Independent Women Director

Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee is the retired Ambassador of India to the Netherlands, The Hague. She was engaged in heritage projects for UNESCO; the Indentured Labour Route Project for the Government of Mauritius and Spice Route Project for the State Government of Kerala, India. She is also a visiting professor in various Indian universities for lectures on strategic issues and on Indian culture, civilisation and heritage.

Amb. Bhaswati Mukherjee is a commentator on foreign policy and strategic issues on television. She is also completing a book on the India-EU relationship, the challenges and the way ahead, commissioned by the Indian Council of World Affairs, a leading think tank. She is an Independent Director on the Board of Udaipur Cement Works Limited and Jindal Stainless Limited.