Indepedent Director
Shri Sushil Solanki has an illustrious career spanning over three decades. He joined Indian Revenue Services (IRS) in the year 1985 and served Customs and Excise Department till year 2016. He is also a Chartered Accountant (1983). He also did M.Sc. in Fiscal Studies from University of Bath, UK (1994-95). Presently, he is a partner with TLC Legal, Mumbai since year 2016 for advisory and litigation work in Indirect Taxes like GST, Customs, Service Tax and Foreign Trade Policy.
He has worked as Principal Commissioner of Customs, Nhava Shiva Port (biggest port), Commissioner of Service Tax, Mumbai and Additional Director General of Central Excise Intelligence, Ahmedabad. He steer wheeled drafting of Service Tax Law during 1994 and conceptualisation of drafting of law and procedure relating to introduction of GST in India during 2006 to 2016.
He has deep knowledge, expertise and leadership experience in government / regulatory compliance and affairs, accountancy, finance, strategy, corporate governance and management.
He has authored two books namely (1) A guide to Central Excise Audit and Study of Financial Records (2) Central Excise on Textile & Readymade garments.
He has been appointed as an Independent Director of the Company with effect from February 13, 2023. He is a member of Audit, Chairman of Nomination & Remuneration, Stakeholders Relationship and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company.
He was recipient of Presidential Award by Government of India for Meritorious Services in the year 2001 and also recipient of Award of Best Chartered Accountant in Civil Services by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
He is actively involved in imparting training to officers of Central Excise, Service Tax, GST departments all over India and also to officers from SAARC countries.
In his spare time, he continues a lifelong quest into spirituality and wisdom of the ages. He is involved in the social projects relating to nurturing and guiding students preparing for Civil Service Examination and IIT courses.
He also serves as Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of Groww Trustee Limited.
