Parvatheesam Kanchinadham

Education

• Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.), Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning –1996
• Master of Business Laws, NLSIU – 1998
• Bachelor of Laws, Bangalore University – 1999
• Associate Member of ICSI, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India – 2002
• Master of Business Administration, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2013
• LLM in Corporate Governance and Practice, Stanford Law School, Stanford University – 2018
• Master of Accounting, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (Ongoing)

Profile

Parvatheesam Kanchinadham is currently the Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (Corporate & Compliance) at Tata Steel. His most significant responsibilities include advising the Board on Governance and ensuring that the Members of the Board are ably equipped with resources to discharge their fiduciary duties and corporate governance practices.

Mr. Kanchinadham is also responsible for the Compliance Function of Tata Steel and the legal requirements of the company in the areas of Governance, Anti-trust, Corporate Actions and New Ventures. He also has oversight responsibility of the legal and governance matters of Tata Steel’s Investment in Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Associate Companies in India and Overseas.

Prior to joining the Tata Group, he served as the Corporate Secretary and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer of Infosys. At Infosys, PK was responsible for the Governance, Risk and Compliance function (including compliance with SEC Rules and Regulations).

Mr. Kanchinadham also serves as Member of the CII National Committee on Financial Reporting and on the CII National Committee on Regulatory Affairs’.