IAS, Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and Chairman, NICDC
Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh is an Indian Administrative Service officer of 1989 Batch from Kerala cadre. He has assumed the charge of Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 24th April 2023. Prior to this, he was serving as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
He has held many important positions in the Union Government as Commissioner – DDA, Joint Secretary - Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Joint Secretary - Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare and Chief Vigilance Officer – Food Corporation of India. He has also held important positions in the State Government as Secretary Urban Development and lately as Finance Secretary, Government of Kerala.
Chief Representative officer in New Delhi
Shri Toshihiko Kurihara has Bachelors in Business and Commerce from Keio University and Masters in Business Administration from University of Southern California. Shri Toshihiko Kurihara is Chief Representative of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Representative Office in New Delhi and covers all JBIC operations in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. He started his career with Mitsubishi UFJ bank in 2001 and transferred to Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in 2006. Over the last eight years, he has held various positions within JBIC and mainly engaged in project financing for mineral resources sector and corporate financing for steel manufacturing sector. In his last assignment, he was an Advisor in the Treasury Department and has handled diverse assignments across accounting and treasury fields all over JBIC.
IAS, Additional Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Shri Rajeev Singh Thakur is presently holding the charge of Additional Secretary in Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). He did his M.A in Economics and Master’s in Public Policy.
He has more than 25 years of work experience in the various sectors like Industry, Defense, Rural Development, Highways and Power till date.Director General, Social Infrastructure Finance Department, Infrastructure and Environment Finance Group
Shri Kazushige Gobecurrently holds the position of Director General, Social Infrastructure Finance Department, Infrastructure and Environment Finance Group at Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). In his current assignment, he leads JBIC’s global footprint in supporting social infrastructure projects including road, railways, OFN, telecom, ICT etc. He also supervises JBIC’s operations in India.
Soon after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Tokyo in March 1994, he joined erstwhile Export Import Bank of Japan (now JBIC).
Over 26 years he gained rich experience across business sectors and organizational functions including treasury operations. He immensely contributed in supporting Japanese manufacturing companies in expanding their trade and investments across Asia, Latin America & Africa. Apart from manufacturing sector, he also supported overseas transportation sector projects from 2011 to 2013.
From 1998 to 2000, he was seconded to Japan Executive Director’s Office in International Monetary Fund (IMF). He also served as Chief Representative of JBIC Representative office in Paris from 2017 to 2020 leading JBIC initiatives in EU member countries (except UK & Ireland) and other European and African countries.
In his previous role as Senior Advisor, he played a key role in the steering committee of Blue Dot Network, enhanced the Initiative of the Trilateral Infrastructure Partnership with USDFC and DFAT and designing policy for supporting global challenges of Japanese businesses.
Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Shri Balamurugan Devaraj is 2005 batch IAS officer and he is presently holding the charge of Joint Secretary in Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). He did B.Sc in Agriculture and M.B.M in Management from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He has more than 15 years of work experience in the various sectors.
Chairman & Managing Director of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited.
Shri Sanjay Kulshrestha is Chairman & Managing Director of Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, holding the position from 16th October, 2023. He is an Electrical Engineer with 32+ years of expertise in thermal power, plant management, and Power Sector project financing. For the first 15 years, he has worked in the areas of power project execution, high voltage sub stations and transmission lines, at both state as well as private sectors. In 2006 he joined REC, initially at Mumbai and later moved to Delhi headquarters, where he has been a power sector financing expert for the last 17 years, where he has managed the techno-commercial appraisal of power sector projects, and pioneered, implementation of multiple government schemes.
In the last few years, he has acted as the business head for state operations as well as, private sector project management (Generation, T&D and Renewables). Additionally, he has been a member of various committees on Hedging, Risk, Infrastructure Financing, ALM, etc. and has been working in close coordination with Ministry of Power, State Governments & power utilities, Private developers, RBI and Multilateral Development Banks. Additionally, he has acted as the CEO of RECPDCL, an REC Subsidiary working in power sector consultancy services. Furthermore, under his leadership as the head of REC Foundation, CSR Wing of REC, the Company’s impact has been extensive in the areas of health, nutrition and women empowerment clubbed with nation-wide initiatives for uplifting of sports in India.
Last but not the least, he has also been closely associated with the CMD, REC for Business Development, Strategy and Coordination works.
IAS, CEO & MD, NICDC
Shri Rajat Kumar Saini is an IAS officer of 2007 batch of Telangana Cadre. He did his B.Tech from IIT Delhi and Masters in International Development from Harvard University. He assumed the charge of CEO & MD, NICDC w.e.f. 20th July, 2023. Before joining NICDC, he was holding the charge of Director in Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
He has more than 16 years of work experience in senior positions of executive leadership across sectors like education, health, poverty alleviation, livelihood intervention through community mobilisation - framing and executing policies and welfare programmes at State and Local Government.
Director (Corporate Planning), Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO)
Shri Muniappa Nagaraj is Director (Corporate Planning) of HUDCO. He is a qualified Cost Accountant and Company Secretary and also a certified Banker having qualification of CAIIB. He holds post graduate degree in management i.e. MBA with specialization in Finance.
He has varied experience of around 30 years in multitude sectors such as housing, infrastructure finance, skill development and microfinance in the social sector, and international trading. He has strong fundamentals in managerial capabilities and e-governance for the corporate sector. Prior to joining HUDCO, he was Chairman-cum-Managing Director of PEC Limited (formerly Projects and Equipment’s Corporation of India Limited) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He also holds the position of Managing Director in National SafaiKaramcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC) under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Before that, he was Director in IIFCL Projects Limited (a group company of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited) and also General Manager in IIFCL under Ministry of Finance, handling the portfolios of project finance especially Take-out Finance scheme of IIFCL, board secretariat, vigilance activities, business development, etc.