Rajarangamani

The rule: AIS (DCRB) Rules 1958, rule 26 (one year from IAS retirement, July 2012). No cooling-off rule for PESB members found.

Far outside any cooling-off period. The record is a timeline only.

1. Mar 2013 to Apr 2016Documented

   Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB); earlier Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (to 31 Jul 2012), which chaired the FIPB

   Indian Mandarins · Department of Economic Affairs · Vedanta

2. Interval not dated.

3. 5 Feb 2025Documented

   Vedanta Ltd

   Non-Executive Independent Director, first term of two years

   Mr. R. Gopalan (DIN: 01624555) was appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company for a first term of two (02) years w.e.f. 05 February 2025.

   Vedanta · Board Stewardship (fetched via r.jina.ai)

1. Recommended, and the Government approved, a proposal by Vedanta group company Sesa Goa Ltd for transfer of shares by way of share swap (no fund inflow), part of the Sesa Goa-Sterlite consolidation period.

   When

   1 Jun 2012

   Role

   Foreign Investment Promotion Board (chaired by R. Gopalan, Secretary, DEA); Government approval announced 26 Jun 2012

   Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on June 1, 2012, Government has approved 08 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment

   M/s Sesa Goa Limited, Goa Transfer of shares by way of share swap to carry out the business of exploring, mining, winning, importing, and exporting of earth and ores of all types.

   However, a proposal from Vedanta Group company Sesa Goa was approved by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the nodal agency for clearing applications for foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country.

   The FIPB, headed by Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan, approved eight FDI proposals worth Rs 100 crore in its last meeting earlier this month

Which Sesa Goa scheme the share swap served (the Ekaterina/Mauritius-Cyprus leg of the Sesa-Sterlite merger is likely) is not stated in the PIB note; the FIPB Review lists the countries as Mauritius and Cyprus. The Cairn India-Vedanta deal (2011) was cleared by the CCEA, not the FIPB; no role for him is documented there.

None found; none sought.