Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
Executive Chairman
Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala is the Executive Chairman of Capital India. An industry veteran, Dr. Bhanwala brings rich expertise in financial inclusion, microfinance, and cooperative credit institutions.
Previous Organizations
In the past, Dr. Bhanwala has served NABARD as the Executive Chairman. He has held leadership positions and steered the growth of various organizations, like Delhi State Cooperative Bank Ltd (DSCB) and India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). In addition, Dr. Bhanwala has held several honorary Board-level positions, including Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), Institute of Rural Management – Anand, National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) – Pune, Indian Institute of Management – Rohtak and Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF).
Educational Qualification
Post-Graduation from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Doctor of Philosophy
Keshav Porwal
Managing Director, Capital India Finance Limited
Keshav Porwal is the Managing Director at Capital India. He is responsible for formulating the organization’s overall growth strategy and guiding its evolution into a reputed financial services institution.
With almost two decades of experience in the finance and real estate sector, Keshav is an industry veteran. He has successfully closed large, complex real estate transactions involving leading developers across the country as well as PE investments. He has worked across all aspects of real estate financing ranging from risk management to new product launches. Keshav has also been involved in the restructuring and re-engineering of medium-sized enterprises in the auto and hospitality sectors.
Previous Organizations
Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Société Générale and India Infoline Ltd.
Educational Qualification
Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
B.SC. from Kanpur University, Uttar Pradesh
Vinod Somani
Independent Director
Vinod Somani, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is a senior partner with M/s KG Somani & Co., chartered accountants since 1986. He has been auditing the accounts of Nationalised Banks, Insurance Companies, Government and Public Sector Companies. He has a sound knowledge of Finance, Companies Act and Tax Laws. Since M/s KG Somani & Co was registered under the SEBI Merchant Banker Category IV, he is well-versed with Merchant Banking activities. He was a member of the MOU Task Force and Expert panel of the Task Force on the Memorandum of Understanding of Central Public Sector Enterprises.
Yogendra Pal Singh
Independent Director
Yogendra Pal Singh had joined the Indian Police Service in 1981. He held several positions in the police force in Uttar Pradesh in executive policing, vigilance, police training and armed police. He served at the Central Bureau of Investigation in the fields of Special Crime and Anti-Corruption, for nine years, as DIG (Special Crime) and Joint Director (Mumbai and Delhi Anti-Corruption zone) respectively. He has served at the International Cricket Council, Dubai in the capacity of General Manager and Head of Anti-Corruption from June 2011 to March 2017.
Subhash Chander Kalia
Independent Director
Subhash Chander Kalia has an extensive experience of over 38 years in the Public Sector Banking Industry both in India and Overseas. He has held senior positions with major Banks namely Union Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda. Currently, he is serving on the Board of PNC Infratech Limited, BOI AXA Investment Manager Private Limited, IFCI Venture Capital Funds Limited, and Om Shri Shubh Labh Agritech Private Limited. He has done an M.A. in Political Science and he is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.
Rachna Dikshit
Independent Woman Director
Rachna Dikshit served Reserve Bank of India for over a period of 33 years in various capacities including Regional Director, Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh, General Manager, Financial Inclusion & Development Department, Chandigarh and New Delhi, General Manager, Department of Banking Regulation, Mumbai Central Office and so on.
During her tenure as the Regional Director, she was responsible for all supervisory/operational functions of inter alia banks, NBFCs, and cooperative banks and Chaired the Empowered Committee for MSME and Co-chaired State level Meetings including the SLBC, SLSC and SLCC.
As the General Manager, Financial Institutions & Development Department, Chandigarh and New Delhi, she performed the role of spearheading financial literacy and addressed various seminars including those of CII and the PHD Chambers and as the General Manager, Department of Banking Regulation, Mumbai Central Office, she was also responsible for the Financial Institutions Division and the Credit Information Division.
She has completed CAIIB, Masters in Political Science from Allahabad University and Graduation from Lucknow University.
