Vijaya Sampath

Ms. Vijaya Sampath has been a lawyer for over 35 years. Ms. Vijaya is an Independent Director on the Board of listed and unlisted companies in IT, manufacturing, branded luggage, power, pharmaceuticals and auto component sectors. Two of these companies (non- listed) are Japanese joint ventures with Larsen & Toubro. She is also the Ombudsperson for the Bharti Airtel group with oversight of the code of conduct and was its group general counsel and company secretary for over 10 years. She has been working both as in-house counsel for large Indian conglomerates and multinational companies and also been the corporate law partner in renowned national law firms, J Sagar Associates and a senior partner with Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan. Ms. Vijaya holds a graduate degree in English literature and law and is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She has attended the Advanced Management Program in Harvard Business School and the Strategic Alliances Program conducted by the Wharton Business School. Ms. Vijaya is an advisor of the corporate law committee in FICCI and works with industry on regulation and policy relating to company law. She has written articles lectured/ been a speaker at various forums on women in professions, governance, ethics, law and practice.