New Delhi: Joshit Ranjan Sikidar is the new Company Secretary of RITES Limited. The board of directors of the company have approved the appointed Joshit Ranjan Sikidar as Company Secretary, which shall be effective from April 1, 2021. With his new charge, Sikidar will replace Ashish Kumar Srivastava, who will resign from the position of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company from the closure of business hours on March 31, 2021. This information has been shared by RITES in a regulatory filing to the stock exchange on Saturday.
Sikidar joined RITES as General Manager (Finance) on April 2019 and has entrusted with the job of financial management of projects, exports, compliances on taxation matters and treasury functions etc. He is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) having post qualification experience of over 28 years of the various field including finance tax, financial matter relating to projects, financial audit, treasury management and statutory compliance from financial perspective. He has also done MBA (Finance) from IGNOU.
Before joining RITES, he has worked in NTPC-SAIL Power Company Limited (NSPCL) at various positions in finance and having rich and varied experience of working at various capacities up to the position of Additional General Manager (AGM). He has exposure to various functions and working of Company Secretary in NSPCL. Also, has worked in the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Bhilai Steel Plant for more than 9 years in the area of Project Accounting, Project Concurrence, Internal Audit and Public Deposit etc.
RITES Limited is a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways. It is a leading player in the transport consultancy and engineering sector in India, having diversified services and geographical reach. The company has an experience spanning 46 years and has undertaken projects in over 55 countries including Asia, Africa, Latin America, South America and Middle East regions. RITES Limited is the only export arm of Indian Railways for providing rolling stock overseas (other than Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia).
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