VIJAYA SAMPATH

Mrs. Vijaya Sampath, a Corporate lawyer over 40 years of experience is an Independent Director on the Board of listed Companies in water treatment, IT, manufacturing, branded luggage, pharmaceuticals and auto component sectors. She is also the Ombudsperson for the Bharti Airtel group with oversight of the code of conduct and was earlier its group general counsel and company secretary. She has been working as in-house counsel for large Indian conglomerates and multinational companies and has also been a corporate law partner in renowned national law firms, J Sagar Associates and a senior partner with Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan.
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 at Harvard Business School and the Strategic Alliances Program conducted by the Wharton Business School. Vijaya was the chairperson of the corporate law committee in FICCI. She has written articles lectured/ been a speaker at various forums on governance, ethics, law and practice.