New Delhi: Arti Bhatnagar, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser (AS & FA), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (M/o C&I) has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of BHEL with effect from February 14 in place of Shashank Priya, who ceased to be Director on the BHEL’s Board with effect from February 14, said BHEL in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

"Further, it is hereby informed that Arti Bhatnagar, newly appointed Part-time Official Director has furnished a declaration that she is not debarred from holding the office of Director pursuant to any SEBI order or order of any other such authority," the BSE filing added.

"Arti Bhatnagar is a Civil Servant of the Indian Defence Accounts Service of the 1990 batch. She is presently working as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Ministry of MSME. Bhatnagar has completed her post graduation in Economics and MPhil in Defence Strategic Studies from Madras University. She is an alumni of the National Defence College. With about 25 years of experience in dealing with Finance, Accounts and Audit of the Defence Forces, her expertise lies is in handling defence acquisition and procurement contracts. She has worked as Joint Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat handling SPG for five years. She has also worked as a Chief Vigilance Officer for Air India, Pawan Hans Ltd and Airport Authority of India," the company said in the filing.

Apart from this, the company also posted a list of all directors which included the names and designations of respective board of directors. The company also stated that there are nine directors in its board.

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