Mr. Anand Jain is the Chairman of Navi Mumbai SEZ Private Limited, Reliance Haryana SEZ Ltd, Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital Limited (UIVCL) & Jai Corp Limited. He is a highly successful entrepreneur with over 25 years' of experience in various businesses, with a rich expertise in Real Estate, Finance and Capital Markets. One of the dreams and passions of Mr. Jain is to provide world class infrastructure for the city of Mumbai which it truly deserves. Recognizing this, he has been appointed by the Government of Maharashtra as a Member of the "Empowered Committee for Transformation of Mumbai into a World Class City".

He is also a member of the "Citizens Action Group" dedicated to bring Mumbai on the International map. Mr. Jain, ex-trustee of the Mumbai Port Trust and JNPT is also a Director in Rewas Ports Limited, a Greenfield US $ 1.3 billion mega scale port development project near Mumbai. He is also the Promoter and Chairman of Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital Limited (UIVCL). UIVCL is investment manager to Urban Infrastructure Opportunities Fund (UIOF), India's largest Real Estate fund having raised over Rs. 3286 crores from over 700 retail and institutional investors. UIVCL is also an Advisor to Urban Infrastructure Real Estate Fund (UIREF), which has raised US $ 500 million from international investors and along with the local participation of US$ 60 Million, the total fund size is US$560 Million for investing in the Indian Real Estate sector.

Mr. Jain has been closely associated with the Reliance Group, headed by Shri Mukesh Ambani, for over 25 years. He has been closely involved in the Groups' Capital Market, Real Estate and Marketing functions. Mr. Anand Jain is an active member of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) an International Organisation committed to the development of "Better Presidents through Education and Idea Exchange".

He was also the Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Mumbai and is a member of Managing Council of Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotamdas Hospital and Research Centre. Mr. Jain a graduate from the University of Mumbai has also done a course in Risk Management from London Business School.

Mr. Nikhil Gandhi is a first-generation entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in maritime equipment supply and development of infrastructure activities. He is the youngest person to have been appointed to the position of Trustee of the Bombay Port Trust, one of the largest Indian seaports.

He has also served on the board of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research under the Ministry of Agriculture, GoI and the Power Grid Corporation of India.

Mr. Gandhi is the recipient of the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation Award for Excellence in Infrastructure. Mr. Nikhil Gandhi is also Non-Executive director- Chairman of Pipavav Shipyard, co promoted by SKIL Infrastructure Limited and Punj Lloyd Limited.

Mr. Bhavesh Gandhi started his career as a Promoter and Director of SKIL, with responsibility for business development. Mr. Gandhi was part of the core group involved in negotiations for the strategic partnering of the Commonwealth Development Corporation, U.K. and PSA, Singapore, with the Port of Pipavav, a project promoted by SKIL.

Mr. Gandhi is also the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Pipavav Railway Corporation Limited, India’s first private-sector railway project.

Mr. Sanjay Punkhia has extensive experience in developing and financing infrastructure projects. He is a Chartered Accountant and has spent 14 years with the Aditya Birla Group where he was associated with developing and implementing chemical projects at Nagda and Vikram Ispat in the State of Maharashtra.

He then moved on to develop two 500 MW power projects for the Aditya Birla Group, for which he was responsible for the planning, contracting and financing. He has been with the Reliance Group for the last ten years.

Mr. Vinay Bansal, an IAS officer of 1969 batch in the Maharashtra Cadre, retired as Secretary in Government of India with 35 years of Government service where he held positions as Additional Secretary Commerce; Chairman, Maharashtra State Electricity Board; Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Secretary (Industry / Planning), Development Commissioner (Industries), Sales Tax Commissioner, Director (Petroleum and Petrochemicals).

Mr.Vinay Bansal holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Allahabad. Mr.Vinay Bansal represented the Government of India in United Nation’s ESCAP meeting in Bangkok and in Joint Commission meetings with Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia. He negotiated steel ore purchases of MMTC with Japan and Korea and the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between Government of India and Singapore in 8 rounds of talk.

Mr. Parag Parekh, B.Com, LLB and F.C.A., has more than 20 years’ experience in financial and related services. He has headed the real estate division of a large corporate house for over five years and has been responsible for the property portfolios relating to their significant ventures, including the development of a 2 million sq.ft office campus, 0.7 million sq.ft residential development, 500 outlets for petroleum retailing and 1,000 telecom retail outlets, as well as several other joint ventures.

Mr. Parekh holds positions on the Board of Directors of several other infrastructure and real estate companies, including Ozone Projects Private Limited, Nirmal Infrastructure Limited, and Manali Trading and Holding Private Limited.

Mr. Ajit Warty is an Ex Indian Administrative Service (Maharashtra Cadre) officer who has been in public service for nearly 40 years. Mr. Ajit Warty started his career with the Indian Army, where he worked in the field formations as well as on staff assignments. He relinquished his commission as a Captain after being selected for Indian Administrative Service (IAS). As a Maharashtra cadre officer of the IAS, he has been exposed to a very wide range of activities which, inter alia , covers regulatory, developmental functions & urban development.

He worked as Assistant Collector, thereafter Collector of a District, and Commissioner of a Division as well as Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department. He served a long tenure as Additional Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai, Municipal Commissioner of Pune and was also an Administrator of Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

He was the Vice- President & CEO of the Maharashtra Housing Road Development Authority (MHRDA) and thereafter, as Principal Secretary of Housing and Special Assistance Department dealing with policy issues of Public Housing, Area Development as well as the implementation of Urban Land Ceiling Act.

He had a long and successful tenure as the Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA where his responsibilities included planning and balanced development of the entire region; development of the Bandra-Kurla Complex, complete design and negotiations with the World Bank for Mumbai Urban Transport Project. He has also worked as the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra, when he was appointed the Chairman of the State Public Service Commission by the Governor of Maharashtra.

He is a dynamic leader who has proven ability to ensure a significant improvement in the work culture and efficiency of the department / organization he heads, with his management skills, sharp administrative acumen and determined efforts.

Mr. Gill has completed an M.Sc (Hons) in geology from the Punjab University, Chandigarh, India and an M.S. in Environmental Studies from Baylor University, United States. He has also completed an M.Sc in Administrative Science and Development Problems from the University of York, United Kingdom. Mr. Gill has worked in many senior level posts in the GoI, including as Deputy Secretary to the GoI in the Department of Steels & Mines.

Mr. Gill has served as Principal Secretary, Home Department (Transport and Excise), Medical Education and Drugs Department in the GoM. He has also been Vice Chairman and CEO of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority, and Additional Municipal Commissioner of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.

He has expertise in projects related to real estate, health infrastructure, ports, housing and shelter. Presently he is the Managing Director of CIDCO and is a nominee of CIDCO on NMSEZ Board.

Mr. J. R. Kulkarni is a CIDCO nominee to the Board of Directors of NMSEZ, and is the General Manager(SEZ) at CIDCO. He has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure development.

Mr. Shekdar is a CIDCO nominee to the Board of Directors of NMSEZ, and is an Architect Planner by profession. He has over 25 years of experience in related sectors.

Mr. Ananth Ravi is a permanent invitee to the Board of NMSEZ. He has 26 years of cross functional experience, out of which 20 years are in the field of Corporate Finance with specialization in Project Finance.

Mr. Ananth Ravi started his professional career with Processing Industries and moved to Canara Bank (Merchant Banking Division) in 1986. He worked with Canara Bank for six years and then joined the Corporate Sector. He had held senior positions in Corporate Finance Division of G E Shipping and Hindustan Construction before joining Reliance Industries Ltd in 1997. At RIL, he has effectively executed Resource Raising and Debt Syndication for a number of projects of Reliance Group. He has exposure in Project Conceptualization, Financial Modelling, Project Appraisal, Project Co-ordination, Project Management, MIS, etc.

As Head of the Project Finance Division, he leads the relationships with the bankers, multilateral credit agencies and other equity investors.