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Mr. Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Chairman & Managing Director, Bandhan is an M.Sc. in Statistics and has over 25 years of relevant industry experience. His grasp over the subject of microfinance and development is exemplary which has won him various accolades and recognition in the fraternity. A "Senior Ashoka Fellow", Mr. Ghosh has deliberated on the discipline of 'Microfinance' at various institutes noteworthy being Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (NITT), Training Institute of Central Bank of India, State Institute of Panchayat and Rural Development (SIPARD) at Tripura, National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). He is also a Member of Examination & Syllabus Review Committee at Kalyani University, West Bengal. As a panelist he has been a successful ambassador of Microfinance at National and International forums and has also made presentations at various conferences held in UK, China, Brazil, Nepal, France, Brussels, Bali, Marseilles, US and the like.

Mr. Ghosh is also on the Governing Board of SA-DHAN – the primary association of Microfinance Institutions of India. He is also one of the Committee Members of the Core Team that Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has formed for its Partner MFIs to advice in the policy making process. He is on the board of READ India and also occupies an Advisory Board seat in other MFIs. Mr. Ghosh is also a member of ‘State Level Review & Co-ordination Committee on Credit Delivery Innovations’ constituted by NABARD.

Dr. Ajit Kumar Roy was born in the year 1934 in the Faridpur District of the then Bengal Province of British India. After doing his Matriculation from the village school. Dr. Roy came to Kolkata and studied in Commerce faculty in the evening classes while serving during the day. After serving six small institutions, Dr. Roy joined Reserve Bank of India on September 1, 1954 as a Commerce Graduate.

In Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Roy worked in various capacities and continued his studies in Commerce and ultimately obtained a Ph.D. degree in Commerce (Income-tax) and got a prize from Reserve Bank of India as a recognition of his academic excellence while in service. After serving Reserve Bank of India in various capacities, Dr. Roy shifted his loyalty to National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) from the very first day of its establishment in the year 1983.

As a NABARD Officer, Dr. Roy had worked as the Faculty Member of NABARD Training College at Bolpur and then as its Principal. After serving NABARD in various capacities, Dr. Roy finally retired on January 31, 1992 as Deputy General Manager.

Dr. Roy was the Board Member of Bhojpur Rohtas Grameen Bank, Arrah, Bihar and Citizens’ Urban Cooperative Bank, Gangtok, Sikkim.

Dr. Roy is a Member of the Management Committee of Netaji Subhas Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, Government of India, Kalyani and closely associated with the Cooperative Service Commission, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata.

Dr. A K Roy was instrumental in initiating the first post-graduate course in Rural Finance in Kalyani University. Dr. Roy is a permanent guest faculty member of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Institute, Government of India and State Agricultural Management & Extension Training Institute, Government of India.

He has worked as the Chairman & CEO of IFCI, as Executive Director in IDBI, Chairman of Tourism Finance Corporation of India, IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd. and Assets Care Enterprise Ltd., Principal Trustee of IDBI Mutual Fund and Director of IDBI Bank, National Securities Depository Ltd., National Stock Exchange Ltd and LIC Hosing Finance Ltd. He was the Chairman of Governing Boards of Management Development Institute Gurgaon and Institute of Labour Development, Jaipur.

He was selected by Commonwealth Secretariat, London and posted in Tanzania for nearly 3 years as Executive Director (Operations) in Tanzania Development Finance Company Ltd. (TDFL). Was Director of Eurafrican Bank, a leasing finance company, a venture capital fund and hotel management company promoted by TDFL.He has also had international exposure with leading financial institutions, viz., World Bank, ADB, IFC (Washington), CDC London, DEG, KFW, Japan Development Bank and European Investment Bank. He was also associated with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd on consulting contract as Director, Global Financial Services till March, 2009.At present, he is an independent Director on the boards of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, GMR Industries Ltd. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd.He has completed M.Com, CAIIB, Bachelor of Laws and also received specialized training in Corporate Restructuring and Investment Banking in India, USA and Japan.

Mr.Rajendra Kumar Ghosh, born on 1st March, 1943, completed M.A. in Political Science & Bachelor of Law. He was nominated by Government of India for the prestigious ‘Government Legal Advisors Course’ at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at London U.K. under London University.
Mr. Ghosh has a long and distinguished career serving the judiciary in various capacities. Mr. Ghosh enrolled as an Advocate on 10th March, 1970 and thereafter practiced as an Advocate at High Court & District Court for 5 years after which he joined Tripura Judicial Service on 23.02.1976 as Munsiff-cum-Judicial Magistrate, 1st class and later as a Sub-Judge-cum-Asst. Sessions Judge. He was later promoted as Grade –I officer of Tripura Judicial Service where he retired in 2003.

Mr. Ghosh has worked in various capacities in the Judiciary such as District & Sessions Judge, Member Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, L.A. Judge, President District Consumers Redressal Forum, Chairman Tripura State Human Rights Committee, Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal.
Mr. Ghosh has also worked as Secretary, Law & Parliamentary Affairs Dept. under Government of Tripura on deputation.