Dr. M.R. Anand belongs to the 1981 Batch of the Indian Economic Service (IES). Before leaving the service (on retirement), he was Principal Economic Adviser, Government of India in the Ministry of Communications, DoT and prior to that he was Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and MD / CEO Media Lab Asia (now renamed as Digital India Corporation). He holds a Phd and an MPhil in Economics from CDS Trivandrum, Masters from BITS, Pilani, Diplome in Enterprise Management from IIAP, Paris, Diploma in Systems Management and a Diploma in French. –

Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. Former Secretary to Govt. of India. Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer with more than 34 years of wide ranging experience particularly in the areas of power, finance, infrastructure, trade and industry. Has been part of historic reforms in India – Transition from GATT to WTO regime; Carrying forward Delhi’s power reforms involving unbundling &privatisation of distribution; Setting up India’s Financial Intelligence Unit and establishing Anti- Money Laundering regime and Rolling out of GST in time bound manner. Passionate about reforms. institution building & bringing about systemic changes. –

Working in the luxury goods industry. Skilled in Customer Service, Sales, Retail, Business Development, and Store Management. –

Indian Army Jun 1981 – Dec 2004 –

Graduated from University of Roorkee ( now IIT ), B.E ( Mech) with Hons and Gold Medal 1972. Experienced in Application engineering. Strong business development professional. –

Runs a corporate financial advisory firm, working actively in raising debt and private equity. Strategic Advisor to companies in Internet of Things, Life Sciences R&D, Genomics, Pharma – Funding and Strategic alliances and Partnerships. –

More than 20 years of senior management experience in systems engineering, strategy, business development and technology leadership. Prior to his current role with DRS, Kaul was the general manager at BAE Systems overseeing their DISA and information assurance business. –

From Director to Chairman and CEO of Subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, China and India Automotive Components and Automotive Manufacturers, Worldwide Leaders, Germany –