{"id":62395,"date":"2024-09-18T09:31:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/?page_id=62395"},"modified":"2025-02-27T06:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:26:03","slug":"board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/index.php\/board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62395\" class=\"elementor elementor-62395\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9690a79 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9690a79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-0f66b2f\" data-id=\"0f66b2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbeb45d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbeb45d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed0e1eb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ed0e1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-94cd418 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"94cd418\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf89356 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"cf89356\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-092846a\" data-id=\"092846a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170153d elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"170153d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSankar Chakraborti \t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong> Non-Executive Chairman <br><\/strong><br><strong>\n<\/strong>Sankar Chakraborti is MD &amp; CEO of Acuit\u00e9 Ratings &amp; Research Limited. He has nearly 3 decades of experience in credit ratings and financial research. He is the founder and current Chairman of India\u2019s first ESG Rating provider ESGRisk.ai. Mr. Chakraborti holds an MBA and a BSc in Physics (honours).\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-657b6c4\" data-id=\"657b6c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd11415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd11415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb541c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"bb541c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYogesh Dixit\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>\nYogesh Dixit is currently the Chief Risk Officer at Suryoday Small Finance Bank. He has 3 decades of experience in  banking. He is one of the pioneers in SME Rating in India. He holds a B.E (Civil) and an M. Tech. He also holds an MBA (Finance) from NMIMS and is a CAIIB.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a86921\" data-id=\"6a86921\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9d1ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae9d1ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Hitesh-e1726728279115.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38679\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4daf391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"4daf391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHitesh Khona\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>\nHitesh Khona is CFO at Acuit\u00e9 Ratings & Research Limited. He is a qualified chartered accountant with 16 years of experience spanning finance & accounting, corporate strategy & planning, taxation, fundraising & banking operations.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5740076\" data-id=\"5740076\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6aaf35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6aaf35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-1024x937.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-41304\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-1024x937.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-768x703.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-1536x1406.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-2048x1875.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RMP_1272-2-scaled-e1726728700850-492x450.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17d231e elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"17d231e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPooja Ghosh\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>Pooja Ghosh is an Non-Executive Director at SMERA Ratings. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 17+ years of experience in rating operations, business development, brand outreach and analytics. As the Executive Director at SMERA, she is responsible for analytical quality and growth of the company.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-113bb7a elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"113bb7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e59328\" data-id=\"5e59328\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8d411c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8d411c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c382ffe\" data-id=\"c382ffe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c217e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c217e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sankar-esg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d38d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"a3d38d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSankar Chakraborti \t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong> Non-Executive Chairman <br><\/strong><br><strong>\n<\/strong>Sankar Chakraborti is MD &amp; CEO of Acuit\u00e9 Ratings &amp; Research Limited. He has nearly 3 decades of experience in credit ratings and financial research. He is the founder and current Chairman of India\u2019s first ESG Rating provider ESGRisk.ai. Mr. Chakraborti holds an MBA and a BSc in Physics (honours).\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f040b72\" data-id=\"f040b72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4eb990 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4eb990\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/yogesh-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f279d elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"c8f279d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYogesh Dixit\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>Yogesh Dixit is currently the Chief Risk Officer at Suryoday Small Finance Bank. He has 3 decades of experience in  banking. He is one of the pioneers in SME Rating in India. He holds a B.E (Civil) and an M. Tech. He also holds an MBA (Finance) from NMIMS and is a CAIIB.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-605914f\" data-id=\"605914f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243dff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"243dff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hitesh256-x-256-px.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-65951\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hitesh256-x-256-px.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hitesh256-x-256-px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Hitesh256-x-256-px-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32267ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"32267ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHitesh Khona\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>Hitesh Khona is CFO at Acuit\u00e9 Ratings & Research Limited. He is a qualified chartered accountant with 16 years of experience spanning finance & accounting, corporate strategy & planning, taxation, fundraising & banking operations.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f6a491\" data-id=\"9f6a491\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3e016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a3e016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PoojaGhosh256-x-256-px.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-65950\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PoojaGhosh256-x-256-px.png 256w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PoojaGhosh256-x-256-px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.smeraonline.com\/newweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PoojaGhosh256-x-256-px-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11fe9d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"11fe9d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPooja Ghosh\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Non-Executive Director<\/strong><br><br>Pooja Ghosh is a Non-Executive Director at SMERA Ratings. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 17+ years of experience in rating operations, business development, brand outreach and analytics.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board of Directors Sankar Chakraborti Non-Executive Chairman Sankar Chakraborti is MD &amp; CEO of Acuit\u00e9 Ratings &amp; Research Limited. He has nearly 3 decades of experience in credit ratings and financial research. He is the founder and current Chairman of India\u2019s first ESG Rating provider ESGRisk.ai. Mr. Chakraborti holds an MBA and a BSc in Physics (honours). Yogesh Dixit Non-Executive Director Yogesh Dixit is currently the Chief Risk Officer at Suryoday Small Finance Bank. He has 3 decades of experience in banking. He is one of the pioneers in SME Rating in India. 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