Balmer Lawrie announces the appointment of Independent Directors

New Delhi: Rajeev Kumar and Dr Vandana Minda Heda have been appointed as Independent Directors on the Board of Balmer Lawrie, a PSU under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. According to the company, Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of the company with effect from November 8, in line with the recommendation received from the Petroleum Ministry. And Dr Vandana Minda Heda has been appointed to the Board of the company with effect from November 26. This information has been shared by Balmer Lawrie in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Saturday.

Rajeev Kumar has a Bachelor's Degree in Art from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. He has been the District President of BJP Bijnor from 2017 to 2020, General Secretary of BJP Bijnor from 2012 to 2016 and Secretary of BJP Bijnor from 2002 to 2007. He is currently working as District In-charge of BJP Rampur.

Dr Vandana Minda Heda is a BE (elect), MBA in Finance and Marketing (Gold Medalist) and after that, she has completed her PhD (Thesis: A study of the awareness, prospects and challenges of Microfinance in the Urban area of Kamrup (Metropolitan) district of Assam). A highlight of her academic path is that her summer project, titled "Valuation of equity shares in Indian Capital Market…An Analytical study," was awarded the seventh-best project in Finance Module in "Prerana," an international B-School Summer Project competition.

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