Jawahar Lal Goel was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company on January 6, 2007. Presently he is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company.

He has been actively involved in the creation and expansion of the Essel Group of Companies. A prophet in pioneering the Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in India he has been instrumental in establishing DishTV as a prominent brand with India’s most modern and advanced technological infrastructure.

Mr. Goel led the initiatives of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) as its president for four consecutive years from September ’06 to September ’10. He is also on the Board of various committees and task forces set up by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), Government of India, and continues to address several critical matters related to the industry. He is a prime architect in establishing India’s most modern and advanced technological infrastructure for the implementation of Conditional Access System (CAS) and Direct-to-Home (DTH) services which has revolutionized the distribution of various entertainment and electronic media products in India in the ensuing months and years and would enormously benefit the consumers (TV viewers).

Gaurav Goel, President – Business Development and Strategy joined DishTV on October 1, 2011. In his role as President – Business Development & Strategy, Mr. Gaurav Goel is responsible for the finalizing the business Strategy for the development & growth of the DishTV product.

Mr. Goel holds a Bachelor of Science and business administration, with specialization in finance and marketing, from the University of Denver, United States of America and has rich experience in the media industry. Mr. Gaurav Goel has undertaken various successful initiatives during his stay with the Company. Starting with taking care of the overall operations of the Company for the state of Delhi to handling the customer retention, enriched services and overall raising the bar of performance across all parameters. Gaurav has contributed towards the growth and performance of the Company and has been instrumental in finalizing the Business strategies which has given the required traction to the Company.

Rajeev K. Dalmia, Chief Financial Officer, joined DishTV on January 5, 2007. He is responsible for managing the financial risks of the Company, financial planning and maintaining Financial Records of the Company.

He is a qualified fellow chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a commerce graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta. Rajeev has a vast experience of over 28 years in diverse organisations including Petrochemicals, capital markets and Textile industries. Prior to joining DishTV, he was senior vice-president - finance of South Asian Petrochem Limited from September 2000 to December 2006.

Veerender Kumar Gupta, Chief Operating Officer, joined the organization in April 2009. He is responsible for information technology, business process excellence and Usage & Retention for our Company.

He has more than 21 years of work experience. As chief operating officer, he is responsible for strategizing, improvising and establishing both front-end services and back-end center for addressing the needs of our subscribers, ensuring utmost customer satisfaction and build on the brand value. He is responsible for technology requirements for front-end service and call center operations. He holds a bachelor degree in commerce from Delhi University and a diploma in systems management from National Institute of Information Technology.

Ranjit Singh, Sr. Vice President Legal & Company Secretary, joined DishTV on December 24, 2004. He is responsible for the Legal, Regulatory and Secretarial / Statutory functions of our Company.

Ranjit has more than 15 years of work experience having worked with FMCG, Electrometrical and Software Firms. Prior to joining us, he was the Company Secretary of Parsec Technologies Limited from November 2003 to November 2004. He is a qualified Company Secretary and a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He also holds a bachelors degree of law from Delhi University.