A leading light among Indian general counsel, Abhijit Mukhopadhyay has racked up an impressive succession of career highlights and personal accolades, and is involved in a number of international organisations...

One of the world’s leading facility services companies with global revenues in 2017 amounting to Kr.79.9bn, Danish firm ISS Facility Services employs over 55,000 employees in India alone. Being dedicated...

Since being launched in 1985, Kotak Mahindra Bank has experienced exponential growth earning over US$3bn in revenue in 2017 and ranking as among the top 50 companies in the Fortune...

As the general counsel of multinational consultancy firm EY’s Indian and Bangladeshi operations, since September 2012 Amar Sundram is involved in all major and critical decision making which can have...

Amit Deshpande is the company secretary and the corporate general counsel of Sterlite Technologies, a Vedanta Group company. Sterlite is India’s only integrated optical fibre producer and one of the...

Anand Srivastava started his career as a management trainee with India Aluminium Company (or Indal, the then subsidiary of Alcan) in 1997. After working for about a year and half...

Anand Vardhan joined Piramal Group in 2013 taking care of the legal function of its private equity, NBFC and realty business arm which in last 5 years have been consolidated...

In 2013, Anoop Pillai joined Volkswagen India, the local subsidiary of the multinational German automotive giant which manufactures passenger cars in the Pune region, as general manager of legal and...

Anubhuti Agrawal joined Hilton in 2015 as counsel, development and operations (India), and was promoted to the senior counsel role in 2018. She is now part of the larger Asia...

With over 17 years of experience, Anurag Sharma has worked with litigators, law firms, Indian and multinational companies throughout his career. Having handled strategic litigation, several key M&As and joint...

Anuranjan Prasad has been director – legal, emerging Asia at Baxter since 2014 and brings almost 20 years of experience as an in-house counsel to the role. He has previously...

Aditya Birla is a US$44.3bn multinational Indian corporation operating in 35 countries with over 120,000 employees worldwide. Amongst its workforce is the highly respected general counsel Ashok Gupta. Having led...

Ashok Kumar Maheshwary has worked at various large companies over the course an in-house career that spans over 30 years. The ‘real game changer’ according to Maheshwary came after joining...

Atul Gopalkrishna Juvle joined Schindler India in July 2014 with over 30 years of experience including 18 years as a general counsel, and has achieved great successes during his time...

Avnindra Mohan has served as president of legal and regulatory affairs at Zee Entertainment Enterprises since 2003 and has expertly led its legal affairs into its dominant market position as...

Jacobs Engineering is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical, professional and construction services including all aspects of architecture, engineering and construction, operations and maintenance as...

Kotak Mahindra Bank was converted as a Bank from an existing non-banking financial company (NBFC). The existing businesses of the NBFC continued in the bank and new businesses like branch...

Chakradhar Varadarajan, has served as head of corporate legal at Godrej Industries since March 2013. The path leading up to his current position is a 27 year journey as in-house...

Chandan Garg started his career in 2003 as an independent advocate in the district courts of Sangrur (Punjab) involved in civil, criminal and consumer litigation. Then he joined Jindal Steel...

Following the departure of the previous general counsel, Chetan Chopra has co-led the legal function at OLA (ANI Technologies), one of the world’s largest ride-sharing companies, since April 2018. He...

Debolina Partap has been at Wockhardt since 2006 and continues to excel at India’s largest pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. Wockhardt operates three research centres and 12 manufacturing centres across India...

Since its founding in 1945, Indian company Wipro has developed into a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. Amongst the company’s 160,000 employees is general counsel...

Having a presence in India for over 80 years, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is currently India’s largest fast moving consumer goods company selling over 35 brands and employing around 18,000 individuals....

Part of the Tata Group, Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel producers with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. As the...

Akhil Prasad is among the best-known figures in the global in-house community. ‘Truly a member of India’s legal elite’, he received multiple citations from both in-house and private practice nominators....

Over the years GAIL has grown by leaps and bounds and has achieved the coveted status of being a Maharatna company. At the direction of Dr. Subir Bikas Mitra, executive...

G.R. Srikkanth, joined RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group after 9 years of experience within the public sector at the Housing and Urban Development Corporation. He has 13 years of in-house experience with...

After completing his graduation in law from the University of Pune in 1989, Girish Gadgil practiced law for about four years in civil and labour industrial courts before moving into...

With more than 30 years of experience providing expert legal advice in-house and in private practice Gopal Menghani, is president of legal at Lodha Developers, a multibillion-pound property developer with...

A global leader in technology services and consulting, Infosys provides a range of digital solutions to clients in more than 50 countries. At the helm of the legal function of...

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in November 2016, Ipsita Dutta spent over eleven years in private practice having worked at Amarchand & Mangaldas Suresh A. Shroff & Co and thereafter...

Joydeep Banerjee is an astute legal professional as well as a proactive, positive and proficient in-house counsel with expertise in contracts and legal affairs. Banerjee is not one to shy...

K Satish Kumar, an attorney by profession, has over 25 years of rich work experience in various leading corporates. He had worked as senior counsel in HCL Technologies and head...

When Vodafone completed the merger of its Indian mobile business in August 2018 with Idea Cellular, the biggest telecommunications operator in the country was created with more than 400 million...

In 2006, Lokanath P. Kar joined ICICI Lombard General Insurance, the largest private sector non-life insurance companies of India, as chief of legal and principle compliance officer after over 20...

Following the departure of the previous general counsel, Lopamudra Rao has co-led the legal function at OLA (ANI Technologies), one of the world’s largest ride-sharing companies. She joined the organisation...

Lubinisha Saha is the general counsel for Baker Hughes, a full stream oil and gas company in India and part of the US conglomerate GE. She has more than 14...

Already present across five continents, employing over 20,000 individuals, with 41 manufacturing facilities and 21 service delivery locations, the CK Birla Group is a growing US$1.8bn Indian conglomerate. Overseeing legal...

Madhu Sivaram Muttathil started off as a litigator back in 1997 before switching to an in-house corporate career a couple of years later. He debuted in-house with IBS Software Services,...

Being a practising lawyer in the initial years of his career, Mani Kant Mehta is able to appreciate the position of an outside counsel and able to put-in senior management’s...

Mohit Shukla first took a leadership position in a legal function in 2001, and with 11 years of in-house experience he rose to his current position as managing director India...

Mrinal Sinha has been head of legal for Shell companies in India since 2006, and leads the legal country-wide function. He leads his team with the philosophy of understanding the...

Navdeep Choudhary has served as general counsel and head of the legal department at Yum! since 2016 and has in that time modernised and brought many changes to the department....

Naveen Raju continues to excel as the group general counsel and senior vice president of Mahindra & Mahindra, one of the largest conglomerate companies in India, having been in the...

In May 2018 Nilanjan Sinha re-joined ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank with total consolidated assets of US$172.5bn. He originally left the Bank in 2005 after five successful years...

Nitin Banerjee, general counsel of Cairn, a major oil and gas company affiliate of Vedanta Group, has been in the role since November 2017 and is responsible for the legal...

Nitin Mittal currently heads the legal and compliance team for Philips Lighting India in the Indian subcontinent with responsibilities including corporate legal advisory, litigation, corporate governance and compliance. Prior to...

In addition to being a Partner of Everstone Capital Advisors, P M Devaiah is primarily responsible at a group level for legal, secretarial and compliance functions at the firm as...

P.S.N. Prasad occupies a unique and prominent position in India’s in-house market as legal advisor in the rank of chief general manager to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s...

Citi has a long and established history in India having first begun its financial operations in the country in 1902 and today organises its products and services under two major...

Parvesh Kheterpal continues to impress peers by excelling in his role as head legal for EPC and solar at Lanco Group, a large private power provider in India. Kheterpal is...

In May, 2017, Pooja Sehgal Mehtani joined Sun Life Financial, Asia Services Centre, bringing with her around 20 years of experience in corporate governance, commercial law, regulatory matters and in-house...

Pramod Rao returned to the bank where he launched his career, ICICI, as group general counsel in August 2018 after spending five years at Citibank India. While at Citi, Rao...

Prarabdha R. Jaipuriar joined the legal profession in the year 2007. After working with several law firms, he joined the erstwhile SUEZ Environment India in November 2013 as an in-house...

After around a decade in private practice in corporate M&A, private equity and other financial law, Preeti Balwani moved in-house in 2016 and has been in her current role at...

Priya Mehra Dewan started her career as a corporate lawyer with Ajay Bahl & Co. (now, AZB & Partners) in 2002 focusing on M&A, private equity and related transactions. In...

Since its founding in 2007, InMobi has grown into a world-leading mobile marketing and advertising platform provider present in around 16 countries. Pujarini Guha Maulik joined the firm in 2012...

Pulin Kumar has almost three decades of in-house legal experience with the large corporations engaged in manufacturing cement, heavy earth movers, life science and electronics, and sporting goods. In his...

With over 27 years of in-house experience, out of which five years were in an international regional role for Asia Pacific and Middle East covering over 14 countries, Rajagopal Venkatakrishnan...

Rajat Kalra, is the head legal, company secretary and compliance officer at Dr Lal PathLabs, one of India’s largest pathology laboratories as well as one of its top diagnostics chains....

Rajeev Chopra has continued to impress a number of peers since being featured in the inaugural GC Powerlist: India in 2016. As managing director – legal and senior legal business...

Rajeev Kumar joined HDFC Property Ventures, a leading Indian the venture capital and private equity company, as senior vice president legal in 2008. He is responsible for managing the complexities...

Rajeev Nair joined HP in January 2012 as director of legal for India, supporting HP’s business and global delivery centres in India. Rajeev has an experience of over 22 years...

As chief general counsel at IDFC, Rajeev Uberoi has an important responsibility of serving the company as general counsel and group head of legal and compliance. He joined IDFC in...

Rajendra Misra commenced his legal career as a counsel at the Calcutta High Court in 1991 but soon moved in-house. Ever since, he has worked for some of the leading...

Since entering the Indian market in 1995, US automobile manufacturer Ford has invested over US$2bn to grow its business by expanding its manufacturing facilities and sales and service footprint in...

Rajiv Bakshi continues to serve as the senior vice president of legal and group counsel at JSW Steel Limited, part of the JSW conglomerate worth close to US$9bn. JSW Steel...

Bayer CropScience is a global agricultural input provider with a range of environmental solutions to the farming and agricultural demands drawing on the scientific prowess of the Bayer global company....

Raju Dodti is chief executive – Special Situations Group and group general counsel at L&T Finance Holdings, one of India’s largest non-bank financial services companies. L&T Finance Holdings focuses on...

Rakesh Chandra Sinha joined Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, a major Indian multinational pharmaceutical company, in March 2016 to head its legal and compliance functions in the capacity of associate vice president...

After a career in litigation at the highest level in India and the UK and in-house roles at firms such as at Bechtel Group, Rashmi Kathpalia joined Technip India (now...

Sabira Amjad Kadri joined The Phoenix Mills in 2012 and assumed her current position of vice president legal in 2016. Prior to joining she worked at Mahindra & Mahindra and...

After a successful career in law firms and working on various large transactions, Sameer Chugh moved in-house in 2001 joining NCR as their India counsel. He then enjoyed roles at...

Sameer Guha joined Mars in August 2014 as general counsel responsible for the chocolate and petcare segments after previous stints in private practice at Trilegal focusing on litigation and commercial...

Sandeep Kapoor has over 20 years of legal experience including in-house counsel and general counsel positions with companies such as Intel, Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital India. He has been...

One of India’s largest private sector banks, Yes Bank was founded in 2004. Since December 2010, the company’s legal affairs have been managed by the well respected and highly experienced...

Sanjit Kaur Batra started her career as a litigating attorney working at law firms and international agencies for several years before joining DuPont in 2012 as an in-house counsel. She...

Having experience of 24 years in leadership positions in two of the largest multinational companies in their respective sectors, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and Vodafone India Limited (VIL), Saswata Dhar...

Aditya Birla is a US$44.3bn multinational Indian corporation operating in 35 countries with over 120,000 employees worldwide. Amongst its workforce is the highly respected general counsel Ashok Gupta. Having led...

Shelly Kohli is a legal and compliance professional with over 16 years of rich and well-rounded experience spanning across the industrial and consumer goods sectors, and covering a broad spectrum...

Shujath Bin Ali joined PAREXEL International – India in 2016 as senior director of legal and risk management and company secretary before adding the India compliance officer role the following...

Appointed in July 2017, Shuva Mandal is the group general counsel of TATA Sons, one of India’s largest conglomerates. He joined with over 17 years of legal experience, and has...

Smita Priyadarshini was working for Perot Systems in 2009 when it was acquired by Dell and she was elevated soon thereafter to Dell’s senior management team. Presently, she serves as...

Bringing over a decade of private practice and telecoms experience, Sudhanshu Rai has served as AkzoNobel’s head legal for India, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh since May 2016 handling...

In his current role as company secretary at Cyient, Sudheendhra Putty has assiduously tried to metamorphose, instil and imbibe in his department and thence in the company equity and solidarity...

Suhani Singh is the general counsel for Delhivery, one of the largest e-commerce fulfilment companies in India. Founded in 2011, Delhivery provides an end to end logistical support service across...

Over the last 20 years, Sujeet Jain has mainly worked with three organisations. From 1998 to 2003 he worked with Hutchison Telecom India (now Vodafone India) as senior manager legal...

Since taking over as group general counsel, chief data privacy officer and senior vice president at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Suprio Dasgupta has led a redesign of internal functions to create...

Suraj Singh is a lawyer who has climbed every step of the in-house career ladder. He started as an assistant manager and, over the years, rose to become the manager,...

Nominated by peers, Tejal Patil is general counsel at GE South Asia and continues to go from strength to strength at the helm of a large multinational conglomerate with a...

Online Indian marketplace ShopClues has enjoyed exponential success since launching in 2011 with a team of five. Today the company receives 100 million monthly visits, delivering a whole range of...

Tushar Chawla is India general counsel and ethics officer at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), India’s largest professional services firm focused on real estate with locations and businesses across 10 cities...

With exposure in both litigation and the transactional side of law through his experience in private practice as litigation counsel, Ugen Tashi Bhutia joined SBI Card as head of the...

Following a highly successful private practice career Vidyut Gulati joined Cairn as the general counsel and a member of its executive committee. She joined her current employers, Bharti, in July...

In 2008 Vijay Kamath joined Volkswagen Group Sales India, as head of legal and company secretary after previous private practice experience and in-house roles at Fiat, Blue Dark Express (part...

Vinay Bhatia is general counsel at IL&FS Financial Services an infrastructure development financial services company in India. Affiliated to the Central Bank of India (CBI) and the Housing Development Finance...

As the general counsel – legal and compliance of GIP India since 2016, Vinod Joseph has earned industry credit for his role in overseeing various projects at the company. He...

Since July 2017, Yogesh Wadhwa has served as Alliance General Counsel at Renault Nissan – India, the Indian subsidiaries of the French -Japanese strategic partnership between the two global automobile...