DIRECTORS
DR. ANANT NARAIN SINGH | DIN: 00114728
Promoter, Non-Executive Chairman
Dr. Singh joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited in January 2001.He holds a degree of B.Com (Hons.) in Company Law. Dr. Singh is a hospitality industry Veteran with an experience of over two decades.
MR. MOIZ MIYAJIWALA | DIN: 00026258
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Miyajiwala joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited as an Independent Director on January 24, 2017. He is currently serving his second term as an Independent Director of the Company.Mr. Miyajiwala was the former Executive Vice President Finance at Voltas till June 2011. Post his retirement he has been an advisor at Voltas. Mr. Moiz Miyajiwala worked with Voltas for close to 31 years.Prior to this, he worked with Dara Sorabji and Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company in the finance department.Mr. Miyajiwala holds BGL (General Law) degree from K.C. College, Mumbai and BA (Economics) and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
MR. PUNEET RAMAN | DIN: 00341221
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Raman joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited as an Independent Director on September 17, 2018. He is currently serving his second term as an Independent Director of the Company.Mr. Raman holds Post Graduate in Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Bachelor of Science (Physics Hons.) degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He is an expert in specific function areas viz. International Carpet business, Financial and project consultancy; and strategic & Corporate planning besides being actively associated with various trusts and educational institutions in Varanasi.
MS. ANITA BELANI | DIN: 01532511
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms. Belani joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited as an Independent Director on January 14, 2025 and currently serving her first term as an Independent Director of the Company.Ms. Belani is a professional Board Director, Entrepreneur, Business Leader and a well-known personality in the field of HR with more than 35 years of experience. She has won multiple awards - Most Influential HR Leader Award in 2017, and Woman Super Achiever Award in 2008.Ms. Belani holds Master’s Degree in Business Administration in HR from XLRI Jamshedpur and Economics Hons. Degree from Miranda House, Delhi University.
MR. ROHIT KHOSLA | DIN: 07163135
Non- Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Khosla joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited in May 2015. Mr. Khosla is a Post Graduate from Institute of Hotel Management, Mumbai and has been felicitated with numerous industry awards including the Young Hotel General Manager in 2006 by the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI), General Manager of the Year in 2006 by ITM Institute of Hotel Management & DNA and International Achiever of the Year award by PATWA at ITB Berlin, Germany in 2019. He is the member of the Executive Committee of the Hotel Association of India (HAI) and SKAL, Chairman of Tata Network Forum – North, member of the CII National Committee and WTTCII and served as the past Chairman CII Northern Tourism Regional Committee.
MR. BEEJAL DESAI | DIN: 03611725
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Desai joined the Board of Benares Hotels Limited in February 2023. Mr. Desai has over 34 years of rich, extensive & cross functional experience and specializes in the areas of Legal, Secretarial, Corporate Governance, Compliance & Investor relations. He has worked in leadership positions across diversified sectors including Hospitality, Pharmaceuticals, Forging, etc. He holds an LLB degree and is a fellow member of Institute of the Company Secretaries of India, besides attending Harvard leadership programme. He has pioneered digitisation of various legal & compliance projects within the organisation. He has won several National & International awards, notably Golden Peacock Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance – 2019 by Institute of Directors, London I Best Company Secretary – Leisure & Hospitality – Asia 2019 by Ethical Boardroom, London I Best Corporate Governance in India & Asia from Ethical Board, London for two consecutive years in a row in 2018 & 2019 respectively I He was also conferred a certificate of excellence in Corporate Governance from Institute of the Company Secretaries of India and Best All India Investor Relations Award 2017.
KMPS
Mr. Vishal Singh (Chief Executive Officer)
Mr. Veeramani Venkata (Chief Financial Officer)
Ms. Vanika Mahajan (Company Secretary)