Sethurathnam Ravi (S Ravi) is a chartered accountant (CA) based in India, promoter and managing partner of Ravi Rajan & Co. LLP and the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).[1] [2] He is also on the Board of Directors of over 45 companies and organisations including IDBI Bank, LIC, ONGC, BHEL, and more.[3] He also serves as an Independent Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India.[4] In 2003, He was also appointed by Government of India and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as Chairman of the Technical Experts Committee for Punjab & Sind Bank's strategic turnaround.[5] In 2019, Ravi also joined SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd as one of the Board Directors.[6] Before joining BSE, Ravi served on boards of various companies such as, UTI Company Pvt Ltd., SMERA Ratings, SBI-SG Global Securities, STCI Finance, and BOI Merchant Bankers.[7] [8] He also serves as a member of SEBI's takeover panel and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).[9] S Ravi had been appointed as the independent director of the EbixCash Private Limited in June 2021, a subsidiary of Ebix, Inc. a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and e-learning industries.[10] He is also a frequent speaker at regulatory bodies, like ICAI, RBI and SEBI, Mr. S Ravi is passionate about sports and issues related to equal rights of women, global climate change and education for all.[11] The Board of PCBL at its meeting held on 31 January 2023 has appointed Dr. Sethurathnam Ravi as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company for an initial term of five consecutive years with effect from 15 March 2023.[12] [13]
He was born to Dr. T. S. Sethurathnam and Mrs. Sakuntala Sethurathnam. Sethurathnam Ravi is married to Mrs. Bhuvana Ravi, and together they have two children, Abhishek Ravi and Akshay Ravi.[15] [16]
His Father Dr. T. S. Sethurathnam reportedly served as the Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board and the Chairman of BSES[17] [18]