Board of Directors

Shri Ajai Vikram Singh Director

Ajai Vikram Singh was born at Ajmer and had his education at Mayo College (Senior Cambridge) and Government College (Graduation), Ajmer.

After a short spell in the Private Sector, he joined the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) in 1967 and, after the initial training, was allotted to the Uttar Pradesh Cadre. He has served in various capacities in the State and Central Governments, both, in the field and in the Secretariats. He was District Magistrate in Ghazipur, Sultanpur, Moradabad, and Aligarh districts, as also Commissioner, Lucknow Division. He has served as Managing Director of two State enterprises (Rajasthan State Warehousing Corp-on deputation, & UP Export Corp.) In the Uttar Pradesh Secretariat, he has been Secretary, Small Industries; Secretary, Heavy Industries; Industrial Development Commissioner & Principal Secretary.

In the Government of India, the postings have been with the Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of External Affairs, and the Ministry of Industries.

He did the National Defence College(NDC) Course in 1984 during the first of his four tenures with the Ministry of Defence.

He was posted as Minister (Supply) in the High Commission of India at London for two years.

In November 2000, the State of Uttar Pradesh was bifurcated into Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, and Ajai Vikram Singh was appointed as the first Chief Secretary of the new State of Uttaranchal (Now Uttarakhand).

In 2001, consequent to the re-organisation of the Ministry of Defence, he was appointed to the newly created post of Special Secretary (Acquisition). This involved setting up a new organization and evolving procedures for all capital acquisitions for the Armed Forces. Subsequently, he has been Revenue Secretary (Now the Ministry of Finance), Secretary, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (now the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy), Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, and Defence Secretary.

During his various postings in the Central and State Governments, he has been Chairman of the following Companies:- Indo-Gulf Fertilisers Ltd., India Polyfibres Ltd., Pashupati Acrylon Ltd., U.P.Textile Corporation and U.P.Finance Corporation.

In addition, he has served as Director on the Boards of, inter-alia, the following Companies:- IFCI Ltd., BHEL Ltd., Maruti Udyog Ltd., HMT Ltd., Heavy Engineering Corp. Ltd., Andrew Yule Ltd., Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Ltd., Bharat Yantra Nigam Ltd., Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Mazagon Docks Ltd., Goa Shipyard Ltd., and PICUP.

Ajai Vikram Singh superannuated from service on 31st July 2005, and is now living in his home-town, Ajmer, with his wife, son, daughter-in-law, and two grand-children. He is involved with issues connected with ecology, the environment, and local development. He is currently Chairman of the Pune based World Institute of Sustainable Energy(WISE), a society devoted to the spread of clean and renewable energy. He is also on the Board of Directors of Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engg.Co.Ltd., and Overseas Infrastructure Alliance Infrastructure Alliance(India) Pvt. Ltd. He has taken up the cultivation of Jojoba ( a non-edible oil bearing plant) and Aloe Vera on a trial basis in his village near Ajmer.