KV Chowdary
Director
Shri KV Chowdary is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service.
He is a former Central Vigilance Commissioner and also served as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
He is a postgraduate in Mathematics from IIT Chennai. He held several executive positions in the Income Tax Department. He is known for his competence, integrity and humane qualities.
He has extensive experience and knowledge in Taxation, Finance, Accounts, Banking, Company Law, other general laws, Corporate Governance and matters relating to Non-Profit Organisations and Charitable Institutions.
Post retirement as CVC, he is currently an Independent Director in various listed companies, namely Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd, Tata Motors Ltd, Divi's Laboratories Ltd, CCL Products (India) Ltd and Anant Raj Ltd. He is an Independent Director of unlisted companies such as Reliance International Ltd (registered in Dubai), Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, My Home Industries Ltd and Eugia Pharmacy Specialities Ltd.
He is also an Independent Director and Chairman of Genome Foundation, a Section 8 company. He is an Independent Trustee of Akshay Patra Foundation. He is associated with several other charitable entities and NPOs. He is also the Chairman / Member of the Audit Committees, CSR Committees, Human Resources, Nomination and Remuneration Committees, Risk Management Committee, and Stakeholders Relationship Committees of some of these companies. Earlier he was a member / on the advisory boards of several international and national organisations.