BIO

Ms. Arti Bhatnagar has been inducted as Part Time Official Director on the Board of BHEL w.e.f 14.02.2023. She is a Civil Servant of the Indian Defence Accounts Service of the 1990 batch. She is presently working as Special Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Ministry of MSME.
Ms. Bhatnagar has a post graduate degree in Economics and M. Phil in Defence Strategic Studies from Madras University. Ms. Bhatnagar is an alumnus of the National Defence College.

Ms. Bhatnagar holds the position of Part-time Official Director (Government Nominee) on the Boards of H.M.T. Limited, India International Convention & Exhibition Centre Limited, Invest India, MMTC Limited, The State Trading Corporation of India Limited and India Trade Promotion Organization. She is also Ex-Officio Member-Governing Council in Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), NATRIP, Implementation Society (NATIS), Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) and National Institute of Design (NID).
With more than 25 years of experience in dealing with Finance, Accounts and Audit of the Defence Forces, her expertise is in handling defence acquisition and procurement contracts. Ms. Bhatnagar has worked as Joint Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat handling SPG for five years. She has also worked as a Chief Vigilance Officer for Air India, Pawan Hans Ltd. and Airport Authority of India.