Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division
Sanjay Singh - Divisional Chief Executive
Sanjay Singh is Divisional Chief Executive, ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division. Prior to this he was the Chief Operating Officer of the business. A chemical engineer from IIT Kanpur, Singh joined the erstwhile ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited as a management trainee in 1977 and rose to become a whole time director in 1999. Consequent to the merger of ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited with ITC Limited in March 2002, he took charge of the Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division as Executive Vice President (Manufacturing) with responsibility for Bhadrachalam, Tribeni, Kovai and Bollaram units. He has played a vital role in the implementation of TPM and Lean manufacturing in all the units.
K I Vishwanathan - Invitee
A V Rao - Head, Projects Department
A V Rao heads the Projects Department of ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD), and has the additional responsibility for the operations of Kovai, Bollaram and Tribeni units of the division. Rao has previously headed operations at the Bhadrachalam unit for three years. He was instrumental in introducing some of the state-of-the-art technologies that contributed to making the Bhadrachalam unit one of the best mills in the world.
A marine engineer from Andhra University, Rao joined the erstwhile ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited in 1996, having had an earlier 3-year stint in that company from 1985 to 1988. He has varied experience in maintenance and operations across industries like shipping and textiles apart from spending over 20 years in the paper industry.
Sib Sankar Bandyopadhyay - Member
C V Sarma - Executive Vice President, Finance and IT
C V Sarma is Executive Vice President (Finance and IT) of the Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division. He joined the Company's Finance Function in 1988. After a short stint in Internal Audit, he moved to the Commercial function at the Cigarette factories in Kidderpore and Munger. A gold medalist in B.Com, Sarma is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost & Works Accountant and a Company Secretary. He took a break in 1991 for a full-time PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad. He rejoined the Company in 1993 to work in the Corporate Planning and Treasury departments. He moved to Agri Business Division as Head of Finance & IT in 2002 and to his current role in 2013.
In Corporate Finance , Sarma played a key role in consolidating business plans of the Company, interacting with Fund Managers and in raising and managing funds. He was involved in the development of the payment gateway for electronic transfer of collections and centralizing the Forex Treasury function. As Head of Finance & IT in the operating businesses his responsibilities include financial accounting, export documentation, management accountancy, development of IT systems including ERP, etc.
