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Mr L M Thapar - Chairman
 
 
An eminent industrialist, Mr Lalit Mohan Thapar heads the L M Thapar Group, a large corporate conglomerate in India. Born on 27th October, 1930, Mr Thapar graduated in engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He is also a fellow member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Mr L M Thapar took over the stewardship of the Group in 1962 and since then, has played a significant role in steering several Group companies through the changing Indian business environment. Mr Thapar is the Chairman of Ballarpur Industries Limited, the flagship company of the Group and has played a pivotal role in its pre-eminent stature on the Indian Business Scenario.

Over the years, Mr L M Thapar has also made significant contribution in the economic affairs of the country as well as external economic relations. A past president of PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mr Thapar became the first President of restructured “new ASSOCHAM”, one of the apex chambers of the country in 1988. He has also been the Chairman of the Indo-Canada, Indo-USSR and Indo-US Joint Business Councils.

Mr L M Thapar has been on the Executive Board of the International Chambers of Commerce and is also a member of the UN Commission on Transnational Corporations. He is patron member of the ICC India. Mr Thapar has also been the Chairman, Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Kanpur.

He is also the President of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Council of Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Chairman of the General Body and the Governing Body of Thapar Center for Industrial Research & Development, Patiala, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Patial Technical Education Trust and Member of the Managing Committee of Associate Chambers of Commerce & Industries.

The details of his directorships on the Boards of various companies are as under:

Ballarpur Industries Limited, Bilt Paper Holdings Limited, Orient Engineering and Commercial Company Limited, The Pioneer Limited, Sohna Stud Farm Pvt Limited, TT & G Trading (P) Limited, Bilt Middle East Pvt Limited, Goetze India Limited, Himalayan Hideaways Pvt Limited, Karam Chand Thapar & Bros Limited, Lavasa Corporation Limited, KCT Papers Limited.

 
 
Mr Gautam Thapar - Vice Chairman & Managing Director

A visionary leader and an eminent industrialist, Mr. Gautam Thapar has been associated with the L M Thapar Group for over 17 years. Born on 7th December, 1960, Mr. Thapar graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Pratt University, USA. He marked his entry into the business in the year 1988 with the turnaround of a loss making pulp unit. Since then, he has successfully led the Company through a complex restructuring process, driving its position towards being the country’s largest Paper Manufacturing Company today.

Mr Thapar was appointed the Managing Director of Ballarpur Industries Limited on 16th April, 1999 and was subsequently designated as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the Company effective 20th April, 2001. Mr Gautam Thapar is also the Chairman of Crompton Greaves Limited, Salient Business Solutions Limited and the Managing Director of Bilt Paper Holdings Limited. He was also the Chairman for the Northern Region of Confederation of Indian Industry - India’s largest apex Industries association.

The details of his other directorships are as under:

Asahi India Glass Limited, Compass Limited, CG Capital & Investments Limited, Greaves Cotton Limited, Global Green Company Limited, Feed Back Ventures Pvt. Limited, KCT Papers Limited, KCT Chemicals & Electricals Limited, Solaris Chemtech Limited, Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art Pvt Limited and Paratham India Education Initiative.

He is also the Vice Chairman of the Governing Body & of the General Body of Thapar Center for Industrial Research & Development, Patiala, Member of the Board of Trustees for Patiala Technical Education Trust, Member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of the Council of Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Member of the Managing Committee of Associate Chambers of Commerce & Industries, Member of the National Council & Chairman (National Committee of bio-Technology) of Confederation of Indian Industry and Trustee of Aspen India.

 
 
Mr R R Vederah - Joint Managing Director

Mr Vederah is an Engineer from IIT, New Delhi and holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from The University of Ashton (U.K.). He started his career in 1970 with Larsen & Toubro Limited and joined Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) in 1981. He joined Sinar Mas as Executive Director in February, 1993 and rejoined BILT on 3rd November, 1997. He was appointed the Wholetime Director of the Company on 16th October, 2000 and was subsequently designated as joint Managing Director of the Company effective 25th January, 2005.

Mr Vederah has held various senior executive positions all through his career and specialises in the Paper Industry with a wide-ranging experience in Corporate Management. Mr Vederah is also the President of the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association and is a director of APR Packaging Limited, Bilt Tree Tech Limited, Bilt Industrial Packaging Company Limited, The Paperbase Company Limited and Imerys NewQuest (India) Pvt Limited.

 
   
     
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