Sanjiv Puri

Chairman and Non-Executive Director


Mr. Sanjiv Puri {dob=18/06/1962} was appointed as the Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 24th April, 2024. He is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, and Wharton School of Business, USA.

 

 

Mr. Puri is the Chairperson & Managing Director of ITC Limited (ITC). He joined ITC in January 1986 and in a career spanning over four decades at ITC and its subsidiaries, he has held several leadership positions across businesses. He has also served as the Managing Director of ITC Infotech India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC, from May 2006 to August 2009, and that of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary company of ITC in Nepal, between October 2001 and April 2006.


Presently, Mr. Puri is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Gandhinagar, Chairperson-in-charge of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development and Chairman of the CII International Council. He is also a Director on the Board of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and a Member of the Governing Board of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.

 

Mr. Puri is a Past President of CII, the apex business and industry association in the country. He has served as the Chairman of the Expert Group constituted by the Fifteenth Finance Commission of the Government of India to promote agri-exports, Member of the technology discussion group ‘Farm to Table - driving India’s agriculture sector digitally’ constituted by NITI Aayog and Member of the BRICS Business Council - India Chapter. He was also the Chairman of the ‘Action Council on ESG in Business’ under the aegis of Business 20 India, the official dialogue forum with the global business community during India’s G20 Presidency, as well as Co-Chair of the ‘Business Commission to Tackle Inequality’ set up by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva.


Mr. Puri has been recognised amongst ‘India’s Top 100 Influential People powering Technology & Innovation’ by MIT Sloan Management Review India. He was conferred with the ‘AIMA - JRD TATA Corporate Leadership Award’ by AIMA and ‘Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace’ by XLRI, Jamshedpur. Earlier, he was honoured with the ‘Business Leader of the Year Award’ by AIMA, ‘Best CEO Award’ by Business Today, and ‘Transformational Leader Award 2022-23’ by the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. He was named by Fortune India as the ‘Best CEO in the FMCG category’ in 2025 and featured as part of ‘Best CEOs 2024 in the Diversified Conglomerate category’. He has also been presented with the ‘IMPACT Person of the Year 2020 Award’ by exchange4media, a leading online news platform, ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award of the year 2018’ by IIT Kanpur, and bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate by XIM University, Bhubaneswar.


Other Directorships in Companies / Body Corporates

 

ITC Limited

Chairperson & Managing Director

ITC Infotech India Limited

Chairperson & Non-Executive Director

ITC Infotech Limited, UK

Chairperson & Non-Executive Director

ITC Infotech (USA), Inc.

Chairperson & Non-Executive Director

Surya Nepal Private Limited

Chairperson & Non-Executive Director

Invest India

 Non-Executive Director

Indian School of Business

Member, Executive Board