# Meera Shankar

> Meera Shankar is a startup investor at ITC (Kolkata). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ITC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itc-ltd)
- Location: Kolkata, India
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Meera Shankar is a startup investor at ITC in Kolkata. Meera Shankar (64),was appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director on the Board of ITC effective September 6, 2012.A Post Graduate in English Literature, she joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973 and had an illustrious career spanning 38 years. She served in the Prime Minister's Office for six years, from 1985 to 1991 working onforeign policy and security matters. Thereafter, she led the Commercial Wing in the Indian Embassy in Washington as Minister (Commerce) till 1995. She returned as Director General of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations overseeing India's cultural diplomacy. She has had extensive experience in South Asia having worked on Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives as Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Later, as Joint Secretary she headed divisions dealing with neighbours, Nepal and Bhutan, and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). As Additional Secretary, she handled the UN and international security issues.She served as Ambassador of India to Germany from 2005 to 2009 and then to the United States from 2009 to 2011.She is also on the Board of Pidilite Industries Limited.

## About ITC

VC Fund · Kolkata, India

ITC is one of India's foremost multi-business enterprise with a market capitalisation of US $ 40 billion and a turnover of US $ 8 billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies, Asia's 'Fab 50' and the World's Most Reputable Companies by Forbes magazine and as 'India's Most Admired Company'in a survey conducted by Fortune India magazine and Hay Group. ITC also features as one of world's largest sustainable value creator in the consumer goods industry in a study by the Boston Consulting Group. ITC has been listed among India's Most Valuable Companies by Business Today magazine. The Company is among India's '10 Most Valuable (Company) Brands', according to a study conducted by Brand Finance and published by the Economic Times. ITC also ranks among Asia's 50 best performing companies compiled by Business Week.

5 contacts available at ITC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Nayak | Head of Human Resource Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-nayak |
| Biswa Chatterjee | Executive Vice President & Company Secretary | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-chatterjee |
| Meera Shankar | Non-Executive Independent Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meera-shankar |
| Rajiv Tandon | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajiv-tandon-2 |
| Sanjiv Puri | President of FMCG Businesses | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanjiv-puri |

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