Dr. Sanjeev Gemawat is the Managing Director and Group General Counsel at the Essar Group. He has almost three decades of experience with Indian entities of globally renowned corporates like Vedanta, Dalmia Bharat Group, DLF, JCB, Olivetti, GBC & Modicorp. An acclaimed speaker and author on various contemporary legal and industry specific issues, he has shared his views at various national and international conferences, and has been a part of various committees/delegations constituted by industry/professional bodies and interacted with multilateral trade bodies.
He has been honoured as Top 100 General Counsels of India in various prestigious general counsel lists released by Forbes India, Business World etc, and been honoured as one of “India’s finest in-house counsels”, the “Most Influential Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary” and also inducted to “Global Hall of Fame” for his contribution to the legal ecosystem in India and the world. He is also a visiting faculty of Institute of Directors.
Dr. Sanjeev Gemawat is one of the founding members of GCAI and is serving as the Treasurer in the Secretariat. He has been advocating for the statutory recognition of the role of General Counsels for years and is closely working with other founder members on strategy and action points for the same.