India 2023 – GC Powerlist
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Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

President (legal) and general counsel | Hinduja Group

Industrials and real estate

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Ajay D’Cruz

Legal director | ISS India

Commercial and professional services

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Akhilesh Nand

General counsel, chief of legal, corporate governance, compliance, risk and internal audit | Biocon Biologics

Healthcare

Al Rafeeq Moideen

Chief general manager, head of legal | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals

Energy and utilities

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Amar Kr. Sundram

General counsel and chief compliance officer | NEC Corporation India

Commercial and professional services

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Amit Bhasin

Cheif legal officer | Marico

Industrials and real estate

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Amit Deshpande

General counsel and company secretary | STL - Sterlite Technologies

Information technology

Spotlight on…  Amit Deshpande is a senior corporate professional with a proven record of accomplishment in secretarial, corporate legal, mergers and acquisitions, statutory compliances, and business legal, including arbitrations and...

Amit Moghay

General counsel | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

Financials

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Anand Vardhan

President, legal | Piramal Capital and Housing Finance

Industrials and real estate

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Anandita Sharma

Associate legal counsel | Akasa Air

Transport and infrastructure

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Angamuthu Shanmuga Sundaram

General counsel and head of legal | ITC

Materials and mining

Animesh Kabra

Legal counsel | Statkraft India

Energy and utilities

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Ankit Jaiswal

Legal director | Clear

Financials

Spotlight on…  Ankit is a corporate counsel who specialises in strategic partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions, fintech and digital, private equity transactions, joint ventures, capital raising and initial public offerings.   He...

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Ankita Sharma

Senior legal counsel | Acevector

Information technology

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Ankita Swamy

Senior corporate counsel | Infosys

Information technology

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Anooshree Chakravorty Sinha

Executive director, head of legal and compliance | EverSource Capital

Energy and utilities

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Arun Mathew

Head of legal and compliance | Kotak Investment Banking

Financials

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Asha Kutty Dang

Regional legal counsel (India and West Asia), Google Cloud | Google

Information technology

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Avneesh Chopra

Head of legal and company secretary | Valvoline

Industrials and real estate

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Bharat Sandhu

Deputy general counsel | Delhivery

Transport and infrastructure

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Bhaskar Chandran

Group general counsel | GMR Group

Transport and infrastructure

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Biswarup Ghosh

Legal counsel | Cambium Networks

Telecommunication services

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C V Raghu

Group general counsel | Samvardhana Motherson Group

Transport and infrastructure

Spotlight on… C V Raghu was the group general counsel of Motherson Group. and drove its legal, secretarial, regulatory, compliance and governance processes across the globe. While he has demitted...

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Chandan Garg

Senior manager - legal | Petronet LNG

Energy and utilities

Christopher Krishnamoorthy

Group general counsel | InterGlobe Enterprises

Transport and infrastructure

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Damini Bhalla

General counsel | Zomato

Information technology

Spotlight on… Damini has extensive experience of over 18 years, specialising in private equity, M&A, joint ventures, and corporate advisory. She also has expertise in advising on corporate commercial arrangements...

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Damini Marwah

General counsel | HDFC Bank

Financials

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Darpan Gupta

Legal counsel | Mastercard

Financials

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Debolina Partap

Senior vice president legal and group general counsel | Wockhardt

Healthcare

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Deepak Chauhan

Director and head of legal | Welspun Group

Consumer products

Deepalakshmi Vadivelan

General counsel and vice president legal | Quess Corp

Commercial and professional services

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Dev Bajpai

Executive director, legal and corporate affairs and company secretary | Hindustan Unilever (HUL)

Consumer products

Devika Chadha

General counsel | Sunsure Energy

Energy and utilities

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Dipali Talwar

Group general counsel | Tata Steel

Materials and mining

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Divya Gahoi

Legal counsel | Wells Fargo

Financials

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Divya Sridhar

Managing director of legal | FedEx Express

Transport and infrastructure

Spotlight on… Divya Sridhar currently serves as the managing director of legal for FedEx Express India since April 2017. Based in Mumbai, she leads the legal team in India and...

Dr Akhil Prasad

Board member, group general counsel and company secretary | Boeing India

Industrials and real estate

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Dr Mukul Shastry

General counsel | Cube Highways and Transport Assets Advisors

Transport and infrastructure

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Dr Vivek Mittal

Global general counsel | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Healthcare

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Forum Lodaria

Senior legal counsel | Quantiphi

Information technology

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Gitanjli Duggal

Product and litigation counsel | Google India

Information technology

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Gopi Krishnan

Group general counsel | WNS Global Services

Commercial and professional services

Hanno Kunkel

General counsel Seimens India | Siemens

Commercial and professional services

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Harish Suryavanshi

Global legal head | ColorTokens

Information technology

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Himanshu Dodeja

Senior managing director, head of legal | Blackstone

Financials

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Hiranmai Rallabandi

General counsel | WeWork

Industrials and real estate

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Inderpreet Sawhney

Group general counsel | Infosys

Information technology

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Jagriti Bhattacharyya

General counsel | Pine Labs

Financials

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Jatin Jalundhwala

Joint president (legal) and company secretary | Adani Group

Energy and utilities

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K Satish Kumar

Senior vice president and group chief legal officer | Intellect Design Arena

Information technology

Spotlight on… K Satish Kumar, an award-winning seasoned legal professional with over 25 years of legal experience, is currently the senior vice president and group chief legal officer at intellect...

Kanishk S

Director legal, India and South Asia | Uber

Information technology

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Kartik Maheshwari

In-house counsel | Netflix

Information technology

Rising Star

Kiran Gupta Rayapati

General counsel and head of legal | Waycool Foods and Products

Food

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Lopamundra Rao

General counsel, vice president | Meesho

Information technology

Lubinisha Saha

Head of legal and compliance | Airbus

Industrials and real estate

Spotlight on… Lubinisha Saha is a lawyer and a compliance professional. Currently (as of June 2023) she is the head of legal and compliance for Airbus, South Asia and international...

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Madhav Rao Uppuluri

General counsel | Tata Motors

Transport and infrastructure

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Mahima Priyani

Legal counsel | CRED

Financials

Rising Star

Maneesh Salagala

Head of legal | GI Hydro

Transport and infrastructure

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Manhar Kapoor

Group general counsel and company secretary | HT Media Group

Sports and media

Manjaree Chowdhary

Senior executive director and general counsel | Maruti Suzuki India

Consumer products

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Meera Singh

General counsel | KPMG

Commercial and professional services

Mohit Kapoor

Executive vice president and head of legal | SBI Cards & Payment Services

Financials

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Mohit Shukla

Managing director, legal for India and government and regulatory relations lead | Barclays Bank

Financials

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Mrinal Sinha

Head of legal, managing counsel, downstream India and Oman | Shell

Energy and utilities

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Mukesh Bhavnani

Group general counsel | Bharti Group

Telecommunications

Namrata Sharma

Associate general counsel | McKinsey & Company

Commercial and professional services

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Rising Star

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Narayanan Thirumalai

Senior vice president and general counsel India and APAC | Cognizant

Information technology

Spotlight on…  Narayanan T is the senior vice president and general counsel for Cognizant India and Asia Pacific, and a member of the board of directors, Cognizant India. He joined...

Natasha Samaria

Legal counsel | Jukin Media

Sports and media

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Rising Star

Naveen Raju

General counsel and executive vice president | Mahindra & Mahindra

Consumer products

Spotlight on… Naveen Raju is general counsel and executive vice president at Mahindra & Mahindra and a group executive board member. As general counsel, he leads the in-house legal team...

Nilanjan Sinha

General counsel | ICICI Bank

Financials

Spotlight on… Mr Nilanjan Sinha is the general counsel of ICICI Bank and has around three decades of experience as a corporate lawyer in manufacturing companies and financial services. He...

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Nillohit Dey

Legal counsel | Hindalco Industries Limited

Materials and mining

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Nishtha Sharma

Legal counsel | Schrödinger

Information technology

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Nitin Mittal

Cluster head of legal, South Asia and Pacific region, company secretary | Signify

Industrials and real estate

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Padmaja Chakravarty

General counsel, South Asia | Citigroup

Financials

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Palak Pathak

Legal counsel | Paytm

Financials

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Rising Star

Parag Mathur

Group general counsel | PhonePe

Information technology

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Pardeep Gupta

Head of legal and compliance, company secretary | DBS Technology Services India

Information technology

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Parul Sabharwal

Head of legal | Times Internet

Information technology

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Parveen Mahtani

Chief legal officer | Mahindra Lifespace Developers

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Parvesh Kheterpal

General counsel (head legal and regulatory) | AMPYR Energy

Commercial and professional services

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Pooja Sehgal Mehtani

General counsel and company secretary | Sun Life

Financials

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Poojan Sahny Chhabra

Senior legal manager, global legal | Oriflame Cosmetics

Consumer products

Prarabdha R Jaipuriar

Vice president and general counsel | SUEZ India

Industrials and real estate

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Preeti Balwani

Global general counsel | CRISIL

Financials

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Priya Dixit

Senior legal counsel | Unilever

Consumer products

Rising Star

Priya Menon

Executive director and general counsel | 3M India

Information technology

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Priyam Singhvi

General counsel, and compliance officer - India and South Asia | Schindler India

Industrials and real estate

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Priyanka Sinha

General counsel | _VOIS

Telecommunication services

Spotlight on… As general counsel and head of corporate security for _VOIS at Vodafone, Priyanka handles end-to-end legal, enterprise risk management, compliance management, corporate secretarial and corporate security at _VOIS...

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Pulin Kumar

Group senior legal and compliance director | Adidas India

Consumer products

Puneet Bansal

Group company secretary | Adani Group

Transport and infrastructure

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Rajagopal Venkatakrishnan

Senior vice president - legal | Reliance Industries

Industrials and real estate

Rajeev Chopra

Managing director of legal | Accenture

Commercial and professional services

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Rajendra Misra

Executive vice president and general counsel | The Indian Hotels Company

Hotels

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Rakesh Chandra Sinha

Head of legal and compliance | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

Healthcare

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Rakesh Prusti

General counsel | OYO

Information technology

Ramanuj Gopalan

Partner and general counsel | Elevation Capital

Financials

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Rashna Mistry

General counsel | Tata Projects

Materials and mining

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Ridima Bhargava

General counsel | Groww, India

Financials

Rohit Kumar

Group general counsel | UPL

Food

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Sabira Amjad Kadri

Head of legal | The Indian Film Combine Private Limited

Sports and media

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Sachin Kulkarni

Vice president and general counsel, India, SEA and MEAT | Danaher Corporation

Healthcare

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Sameet Gambhir

Vice president corporate law and company secretary | DCM Shriram

Materials and mining

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Sandeep Chhabda

Senior vice president, head of legal, secretarial and compliance | Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited & Tata Housing Development Company

Industrials and real estate

Sanjeev Gemawat

Group general counsel | Vendanta Group

Materials and mining

Spotlight on… Dr. Sanjeev Gemawat is a general counsel and corporate secretary; a thought leader and strategist with a business orientation. He is a chartered secretary from India and the...

Sanjit Kaur Batra

Group vice president - legal and legal head - India | Cummins India

Transport and infrastructure

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Sankalp Jain

Senior vice president - legal | HDFC Life

Insurance

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Sapna Bhawnani

General counsel | UBS

Financials

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Saroj Panigrahi

Senior vice president and group general counsel | Flipkart

Information technology

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Saswata Dhar

President legal | Pidilite Industries

Industrials and real estate

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Saugata Chakravarty

Chief legal officer | Grasim Industries (Additya Birla Group)

Information technology

Spotlight on… Saugata has worked as a corporate transactional lawyer for about 18 years, with extensive experience in legal, corporate affairs, governance, risk, and compliance.   She thinks that a successful...

Shalini Saxena

Head of legal | CoinDCX

Financials

Spotlight on…  Shalini Saxena is the head of legal for CoinDCX a unicorn global company in the crypto space. She has been a Delhi university student, both for her bachelors...

Shelly Kohli

Chief legal and compliance officer | United Breweries

Food

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Shilpa Sachdeva Bhullar     

Head of legal, risk and compliance | PI Industries

Materials and mining

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Siddharth Manchanda

General counsel, Unacademy Group | Sorting Hat Technologies

Education

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Sohrab Balsara

Legal counsel | SUEZ

Industrials and real estate

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Somya Agarwal

Vice president, legal, secretarial and compliance | Fractal Analytics

Information technology

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Srikkanth Gopishetty

Executive director legal | RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Consumer products

Stuti Tandon

Deputy legal counsel | Apraava Energy

Energy and utilities

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Rising Star

Sudipta Ghosh

General counsel | Apraava Energy

Energy and utilities

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Sudipto Mitra

In-house counsel | Zeta

Information technology

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Sujatha Balachander

General counsel - India Region | EY

Commercial and professional services

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Sujeet Jain

Chief legal and regulatory officer | NYKAA

Sports and media

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Sumit Kumar Singh

Senior legal manager and company secretary | AB InBev GCC Services India

Food

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Suresh Kumar Sharma

General counsel, partner | Deloitte Shared Services India

Consumer products

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Tapan Pati

Senior vice president and group general counsel | Godrej & Boyce

Materials and mining

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Tapasi Sil

General counsel - South Asia | GE Vernova

Energy and utilities

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Tejal Patil

Senior vice president and general counsel | Wipro

Information technology

Spotlight on… As the general counsel of Wipro, Tejal Patil leads the legal, compliance, data privacy, intellectual property, and government affairs functions and is a member of the Wipro Executive...

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Urvashi Sahai

General counsel and senior vice president legal | PayTM

Financials

Vandana Bhatia

Director - legal and compliance | Ryan India Tax Services Private

Financials

Spotlight on…  Vandana Bhatia has worked in various verticals, ranging from pharma and clinical research to education and finance. She handles multiple responsibilities with unbridled excellence, positioning herself as a...

Vidyut Gulati

General counsel and director legal | Bharti Airtel

Telecommunications

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Vinay Bhatia

General counsel | Greenko Group

Energy and utilities

Vinayak Mishra

General counsel | Lightspeed India Partners

Financials

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Vineet Vij

Global general counsel | Tech Mahindra

Information technology

Vineet Vij is the global general counsel of Tech Mahindra and group companies leading a team of over 100 lawyers spread across the globe with presence in India, US, Mexico,...

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Vinod Kaushal

General counsel, India Region | PepsiCo

Food

Yawar Usmani

Group general counsel and company secretary | Stellapps Technologies

Information technology

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Yogesh Naik

Legal counsel | Volvo

Consumer products

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