CEO, Anil Agarwal Foundation I Independent Directo, Jindal Steel & Power

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, a former IAS officer, is a Postgraduate in History, M.Phil, M.B.A., Ph.D. & LLB. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1975 and has held many distinguished positions including Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises; Principal Adviser, Planning Commission; Additional Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development.

A Principal Secretary

As Principal Secretary, Steel and Mines, Govt. of Odisha, he was involved with all the mining operations and raw material procurement for the steel industry particularly iron ore. He was fully concerned with all the backward and forward linkages concerned with the steel industry and was part of the team that was consulted during the formulation of the Steel Policy.

Contribution to CSR

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee is widely acclaimed as the Father of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India. He was instrumental in framing and issuing the CSR guidelines for Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in April 2010. Thereafter, he played a major role in the inclusion of Section 135 in the Companies Act of 2013 and in the framing of the rules thereafter.

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Having spent eight years in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, he acquired very rich experience in the education sector, right from primary education and literacy to Higher and University Education.

Anil Agarwal Foundation

In 2021, Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee taken over as the CEO of Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF). In his role, Dr. Chatterjee provides leadership to AAF and establish it as a front-runner among leading foundations of the country. He drives the larger purpose of nation-building and giving back to society at large. The Anil Agarwal Foundation is focusing on women and children nutrition and aims to impact 7 crore children and 2 crore women across 13.7 lakh Anganwadis in India.

(India CSR)