Board of Directors

Arun Bharat Ram

Chairman Emeritus

Arun Bharat Ram stepped down as Executive Chairman and Director of the company at the close of business hours on March 31, 2022.

Arun Bharat Ram joined the Board of the company in 1975 and has been instrumental in the success of the company over the last five decades. Considering his tremendous experience, the company will continue to benefit from his valuable knowledge and wisdom from time-to-time in the role of a mentor to the Board of Directors.

He will mentor and guide the Board and management in relation to business strategy, corporate governance related matters and in nurturing relationships with external consortiums on policy matters and brand/ image building of the company, apart from advising the Board of Directors on any other areas that the Board/ Management may seek his advice on. As Chairman Emeritus, he will be a permanent invitee to the Board and such other Committee meetings of the company, as may be decided by the Board.

Ashish Bharat Ram

Chairman & Managing Director

Ashish Bharat Ram is the Chairman & Managing Director of SRF Ltd. Under his leadership, SRF Ltd. has grown into a major global conglomerate with operations in four countries across India, Thailand, South Africa and Hungary. Today, its businesses cover a diverse portfolio of Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Packaging Films, Technical Textiles, Coated and Laminated Fabrics and command a market leadership position, both in India and overseas. Ashish has been studying the dynamics of family businesses for a while now and regularly speaks on the subject at Indian and global platforms. He has also authored articles on subjects related to India’s economic scenario and entrepreneurship in leading publications. Subject to the direction, control and superintendence of the Board of Directors, Ashish holds the overall responsibility for looking after the day-to-day management of the company.

Kartik Bharat Ram

Joint Managing Director

Kartik Bharat Ram is the Joint Managing Director of SRF Ltd., a diversified chemicals conglomerate engaged in the manufacturing of industrial and specialty intermediates. The company’s business portfolio covers Fluorochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Packaging Films, Technical Textiles, Coated and Laminated Fabrics. The company has operations in four countries namely, India, Thailand, South Africa and Hungary.

As Joint MD, Kartik is involved in the creation and strengthening of a performance-based culture within the organization, through value-based leadership. He is also passionately involved in driving the aspirations of the company and an advocate on issues related to environmental responsibility and sustainability. With interests centered on human motivation, leadership, corporate transformation and accountability, Kartik has successfully shaped SRF into being a trusted corporate brand – one that is respected for its commitment to deliver sustainable growth through total excellence.

L. Lakshman

Independent Director

L. Lakshman (LL) is a Mechanical Engineer from the PSG College of Technology, University of Madras and an alumnus of London Business School, UK. He is currently the Chairman Emeritus of Rane Holdings Limited, the apex company of the Rane Group. The Group works with a number of overseas companies, ZF from Germany and NSK from Japan being the major partners. Under LL’s leadership, Rane Brake Lining Limited, Rane Engine Valve Limited, Rane TRW Steering Systems Private Limited and Rane (Madras) Limited won the coveted Deming Prize. LL was also awarded the Jamsetji Tata Award by the Indian Society for Quality in 2012.

Vellayan Subbiah

Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director

Vellayan Subbiah is the Managing Director of Tube Investments of India since August 2018. Vellayan holds a B. Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras and earned a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He has rich experience of over 23 years in consulting, technology and financial services in different positions across various industries viz., McKinsey & Co, 24/7 Customer Inc, Sundaram Fasteners and Laserwords. He was earlier the Managing Director of Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Limited.

Tejpreet S. Chopra

Independent Director

Tejpreet S. Chopra graduated from The Lawrence School, Sanawar and holds an MBA degree from Cornell University, a B.A. Honors degree in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and attended an executive program at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the Founder & CEO of Bharat Light & Power Group (BLP) Group. Until 2010, Tejpreet was the President & CEO of General Electric in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. Prior to that, Tejpreet served as President & CEO of GE Commercial Finance in India.

Bharti Gupta Ramola

Independent Director

Bharti Gupta Ramola holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Physics from St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. She was a partner at PwC during 1984-2017. She was a part of the founding team of varied advisory businesses (Corporate Finance and Recovery, Project Finance, Sustainability) for PwC in India. 

She currently serves on the Governing Body of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women and is a part of the Advisory Council of Transform Rural India (a Tata Trust initiative), Advisory Committee of Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA) at IIT Delhi and the Committee of The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Delhi University. She is a member of the Board of Feedback Infra Pvt Ltd.

Puneet Yadu Dalmia

Independent Director

Puneet Yadu Dalmia is a B. Tech from IIT-Delhi and a gold medallist MBA student from IIM Bangalore. He serves as the Managing Director of Dalmia Bharat Group and has been the driving force behind the exponential growth witnessed by the group in the last decade. He has a keen interest in education and serves as a Founder and Trustee of Ashoka University and is also a Board Member of Central Square Foundation (CSF).

Yash Gupta

Independent Director

Yash Gupta is an MBA from Harvard Business School and BSC in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University. He has global work experience across Asia, US and Europe. Before founding YG Real Estate and BlueSky Ventures, he established and led Hines as its Country Head, India and Senior Managing Director. Previously, he has served as CEO at Silverglades – a mid-sized residential developer, CEO at Doorvani Cables – wire & cable manufacturer, Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and Staff Consultant at Price Waterhouse. In addition to his participation on several company boards, he is the South-Asia Chair, YPO Real Estate Network; Founding Board Member, HBS RE Alumni Association; Member RE Committees of FICCI and CII; Ex-chair USIBC Real Estate Executive Committee and Advisory Board Member, GRI.

Raj Kumar Jain

Independent Director

Raj Kumar Jain founded Bounce Inc. in 2020. Bounce Inc. is a boutique management and operations consulting firm helping clients with India market entry, operating efficiency improvement and ‘phygital’ transformation initiatives.

Prior to founding Bounce Inc., Raj was Chief Executive Officer, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times Group), India’s largest Media Company across Print, Television, Out of Home and Digital Business. In year 2006 Raj spearheaded entry of Walmart Inc. into India through a JV with Bharti Group. He led the business to establish a Pan India Wholesale Cash & Carry, Multi format Retail and Supply Chain Business.

Raj holds an Engineering Degree from Delhi College of Engineering and MBA from Kellogg School of Business.

Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath

Director, CSR

Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath is currently the Founder and Director of WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace), an initiative that seeks to promote the leadership of South Asian women in the areas of peace, security and regional cooperation. She is the former principal of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR), New Delhi. She was the first woman to serve as a member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) of India. After graduating with Honours in Political Science from LSR, she completed her master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, USA and her doctorate from the University of Delhi. Her post-doctoral work, as a Fulbright scholar, was at Georgetown University, USA. In recognition of her contribution to the field of women’s education and empowerment, she has received several awards, including the Padma Shri Award, Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Award, the Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Education, among others. Dr. Gopinath serves as the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board and is designated as Director (CSR). She is responsible for planning, guiding and ensuring implementation of the CSR projects of the company in accordance with the CSR policy approved by the Board and such other responsibilities as may be entrusted to her by the Chairman and/or the Board, from time-to-time.

Pramod Gopaldas Gujarathi

Director, Safety & Environment

Pramod G. Gujarathi is a B. Tech. (Chemical Engineering) from IIT Bombay and a Postgraduate in Management Studies from the Bombay University. His work experience of more than 4 decades has traversed many reputed multinational firms. He has been working with SRF Limited since 2017 as Director (Safety & Environment), where he is responsible for compliance with the laws relating to safety, health and environment at the factories of the company, present and future. He continues to act as person in charge for the business of SRF Limited under Legal Metrology Act, 2009. He also discharges such other responsibilities as are entrusted to him by the Chairman, Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director and/or the Board, from time-to-time.

Ira Gupta

Independent Director

Ira Gupta leads an HR Advisory practice focused on leadership coaching, succession and culture. She brings 27 years of experience as an HR leader and coach, and believes in the ability to scale impact for organisations and people through helping leaders achieve their full potential. She has been the CHRO at Microsoft India and South Asia and led an HR organisation that spanned product engineering, development centres, services delivery, consulting, research labs, and sales and marketing in these geographies. Prior to 12 years with Microsoft, she was an HR leader at GlaxoSmithKline. Across Tech, Pharma and FMCG sectors, she has worked extensively on succession and talent management, leadership coaching and development, organisation transformation and culture. She is a Director on Company Boards and NGOs, an Advisory Board member for educational institutions including XLRI, a member of committees at both CII and FICCI.

Vineet Agarwal

Independent Director

Vineet Agarwal is the Managing Director of Transport Corporation of India Ltd. which is one of India’s largest logistics companies. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and the Owner President Management program from Harvard Business School.

He is ex-President of ASSOCHAM, a leading Chamber of Commerce in India and on the Board of the National Start-up Advisory council. Mr. Agarwal is the Chairman of Transystem Logistics International Limited (a joint venture with Mitsui & Co.) and the Chairman of TCI CONCOR Multimodal Logistics Ltd (a joint venture with CONCOR India Ltd.).