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Dr. Malay Mahadevia has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director – Chairman of the Company on 28 May 2025. He joined Adani in 1992 and worked on developing Mundra port from conceptualisation to commissioning.
Dr. Mahadevia has been awarded ‘Outstanding Manager of the Year’ by Ahmedabad Management Association in the year 2002. In 2008, he was conferred PhD by Gujarat University in the field of ‘Coastal Ecology around Mundra area’.
He is a member of many professional bodies including Centre for Engineering & Technology (CEPT), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), The Associated Chambers
of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Board of Advisors for Maritime studies in Gujarat University, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI).
Dr. Mahadevia holds a master’s degree in dental surgery from Nair Hospital Dental College. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in coastal ecology around Mundra area, Kutch District, from the Gujarat University in 2008.
Before joining Adani Group, he was in service with Government Dental College, Ahmedabad as an Assistant Professor.
Mr. Jayanta Basu assumed the position of Managing Director of the Company on 23 April 2019. A Civil Engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (formerly Bengal Engineering College), Calcutta University, he brings over 39 years of hands-on experience in Engineering, Construction, Project Management, and Contracts Management of heavy civil engineering projects. He began his career with the Company as a Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1986 and rose through the ranks to become Chief Operating Officer in 2017. Over the past few years, the Company has demonstrated substantial growth in revenue and profitability, while successfully expanding its international presence. Mr. Basu’s leadership has been instrumental in driving this growth journey. He is a domain expert in the Engineering and Construction of Maritime Structures and has overseen the successful execution of complex infrastructure projects. His experience and insight have been key to the development and expansion of this sector within the Company.
His core competencies include Project Management, Contracts Management, Tendering, Estimation Models, and Business Development. He has a proven track record as an operations strategist, driving growth objectives and leading multiple improvement initiatives through strategic direction, broad perspectives, and effective leadership. Mr. Basu has significantly contributed to the Company’s growth trajectory. He has served as a National Council Member of the Construction Federation of India (CFI), the apex body representing leading infrastructure construction firms in the country. He is also a Member of the Board of Governors at NICMAR, Mumbai, and a Member of the Infrastructure National Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Mr. KS Rao has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 28 May 2025.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and has over 30 years of experience in managing business growth by spearheading transformative projects and adopting new technologies, across both digital and physical infrastructure sector.
He is currently a Whole-time Director at Adani Infra (India) Limited.
His expertise lies in envisioning strategic growth direction for the organisation coupled with rigour in planning and execution to achieve the desired goals along with major thrust in delivering large scale and complex projects that encompass diverse domains within Infrastructure, Energy, and Manufacturing sector.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Kohli has been appointed as an Independent Director on 20 June 2025. He is an international growth advisor to multinational companies and global funds, and a transformation coach to entrepreneurs, helping scale ventures globally. He is currently Chairman and Managing Partner at MK Knowledge LLP and serves as an Independent Director and business advisor across the US, Middle East, Asia Pacific and India. He also teaches leadership and strategy globally.
Until January 2023, he was Country Head – SoftBank India, supporting the Group’s USƸ15 Billion investment in over 25 AI-driven Indian companies, including OLA, OYO, Zomato, Flipkart and Uber. He is recognised for building high-performing teams and mentoring start-ups on scale, strategy, governance and brand.
Earlier, he served as Executive Chairman at SB Energy, overseeing over 7 GW of renewable capacity, and as Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel, where he led operations in 20 countries and scaled the customer base from 2 Million to 550 Million. He began his career in HR at DCM Shriram in 1979 and later led Escotel’s mobile business to market leadership.
Mr. Kohli has served on the GSMA Board (2008, 2012), chaired CII task forces on ease of doing business and technology investments and is a member of India’s National Start-up Advisory Council. With 46 years of experience across manufacturing, telecom, renewable energy and digital sectors in over 30 countries, he has received several honours, including the ‘Telecom Man of the Year’ (2000). He holds degrees in Commerce, Law and an MBA from Delhi University, and has attended executive programmes at Michigan and Wharton.
Mr. Pankaj I. C. Jain has been appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in the year 2018 and thereafter re-appointed in the year 2023. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is the Managing Partner at Khandelwal Jain & Company– Chartered Accountants. He has wide knowledge of Tax Advisory, Tax Litigation & Audits of large Corporates, Stock Exchanges, Government Corporations, Financial Institutions, Banks & Insurance Companies. He was a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 2001 to 2016. He has been a Member of several Industry Associations and of many committees constituted by SEBI, RBI, ICAI etc.
Mr. Jain had earlier been an Independent Director & Chairman of Audit Committee of Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Ltd. (AMC of Canara Mutual Fund). He had also been a Trustee on the Board of Jawaharlal Nehru Post Trust appointed by the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, and was also nominated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Indo-Netherlands Joint Working Group on Corporate Governance & CSR. He was the first Indian to be appointed as a Member of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Currently, he is a Member of the Audit Advisory Board of the Office of Director General of Audit (Central), Mumbai.
Mrs. Sangeeta Bhatia has been appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 20 June, 2025. She has over 36 years of dedicated service in the Finance and Accounts department at NTPC Ltd., a premier enterprise of the Government of India and a leading utility in the Indian power sector; Mrs. Bhatia has played a pivotal role in its exceptional growth from a 200 MW company to a formidable about 60 GW integrated power giant.
Mrs. Bhatia brings a wealth of experience in resource mobilisation, adeptly handling both equity and debt from domestic and international markets to finance power projects, including renewable energy ventures. She has successfully raised over Ƹ 3 Billion through loans, export credits, and Eurobonds. Her vast expertise includes over a decade of collaboration with multilateral lending agencies such as IBRD, ADB, and ECAs including JBIC, K-Exim, and EKN, as well as managing high value treasury transactions.
A key participant in NTPC’s transformative journey, Mrs. Bhatia supported the implementation of ERP systems across more than 100 locations both within India and internationally. She possesses extensive experience in developing and instituting a robust Corporate Governance Framework and established a think tank to address business risks and develop an enterprise-wide risk mitigation framework.
Mrs. Bhatia holds degrees in Bachelor of Science, Diploma in International Trade, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India, ICFAI.
Mr. Manoj Kumar Kohli (Chairman)Mr. Pankaj I. C. JainMrs. Sangeeta BhatiaMr. K. S. Rao
Mr. Pankaj I. C. Jain (Chairman)Mr. Jayanta BasuMr. K.S. Rao
Mr. Pankaj I. C. Jain (Chairman)Dr. Malay MahadeviaMr. Manoj Kumar KohliMrs. Sangeeta Bhatia
Mrs. Sangeeta Bhatia (Chairperson)Mr. Jayanta BasuMr. K.S. Rao
Mr. K. S. Rao (Chairman)Mr. Manoj Kumar KohliMrs. Sangeeta BhatiaMr. Jayanta BasuMr. Manish Kumar
