Suman Ghosh Hazra

Mr. Suman Ghosh Hazra was appointed to the Board on 7th May 2015as an Independent Director. Mr. Ghosh is a former General Counsel and Executive Vice President –Legal of HCL Infosystems Ltd.

Mr. Hazra began his career in the year 1976 as Zonal Accounts Officer of Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. He specializes in area of Taxation including Income Tax, Sales tax / VAT, Excise Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Merger, Acquisition, Disinvestment and successfully handled CBI and FEMA/FERA cases. He has helped several Indian companies in the process of acquisition and sale.

He has actively issued necessary guidelines to various regions/plant on all India basis for the compliance with the various statutory requirements under Indirect Taxation. He has also participated as a member in the High Powered Committee on Electronic Commerce and Taxation appointed by the Central Board of Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.

Presently, he is a Legal Consultant and Senior Advisor to MAIT.

Mr. Ghosh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) and also a member of Institute of Cost & Work Accountants of India (“ICWA”). He is a Law Graduate also.