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IAS 1971, West Bengal cadre (retired Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy)
Retirement June 2008 (day unknown) to AEL 22 Aug 2016: about 8 years 2 months.. Then Adani Enterprises Ltd.
The cooling-off rule
The rule: AIS (DCRB) Rules 1958, rule 26: one year after retirement.
Far outside the one-year rule.
Before and after
Documented
Interval not dated.
Documented
Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL)
Additional Director, then Independent Director, 22 Aug 2016 to 21 Aug 2026 (two terms)
Mr. V. Subramanian (DIN: 00357727) and Mrs. Vijaylaxmi Joshi (DIN: 00032055) were appointed as Additional Directors of the Company w.e.f 22 nd August, 2016 and 2 nd December, 2016, respectively
What the office had to do with the company
No MNRE decision involving an Adani company found for 2006-2008, before Adani's renewable business existed. He was also an independent director of Suzlon Energy from 25 Sep 2014 (Suzlon AR 2014-15).
What was said
None found; none sought.
Sources
Dates and filings placed side by side; being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing. Sources were opened on Oct 2026.
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