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Ms Nidhi Shrivastava is proving her mettle in the preponderance of male dominated management. She is one of the 27 women Board members out of 700 Board Members in Public Sector Undertakings (PSU). Ms Nidhi a Chartered Accountant & Law Graduate from Delhi University was appointed as the first Director Finance of BIRAC, a CPSE under the Ministry of Science & Technology, on December 9, 2021. She has more than two decades of thematic experience in corporate accounts, project financing, budgetary control, audit & taxation with Big 4 consulting firms viz., Deloitte, Emst & Young along with prestigious organizations NTC & NAFED. Ms Shrivastava, who also obtained B.Sc from Ramjas college, Delhi University, has achieved various milestones in terms of democratization of date, budgetary controls, technology optimization, project financing, seed funding, fund flow management, grant-in-aid, treasury management, costing, compliances, loan recoveries & settlements along with networking and co-opting collaboration from diverse stakeholders in government, financial institutions, tax authorities, auditors & other entitles part of the corporate ecosystem. Making recommendations in thematic areas of expertise, analysis of short term and long term financial forecasts, coordinating and overseeing internal controls in terms of cross functional activities, optimization of lean resources, ability to advocate effectively & communicate sensitively, synergize & dovetail have been other focal areas of her achievements along with exposure in portfolios of vigilance & RTI. Reviewing financial plans, Capex & Opex budget & ensuring financial reporting systems comply with various Govt. regulations & legislations, drive due diligence & optimization of working capital and cash flows, strategizing and executing the turnaround of NAFED, efforts put in shift in policy & meticulous executing, reduction in transaction costs including cost of borrowing & migration to customized accounting software among others along with 'one time settlement scheme' implementation with various financiers.

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