MANAGEMENT

1)Status of the Organization
This Corporation was incorporated  under the Companies Act,1956 13.11.1980 with an Authorisedcapital of   Rs. 5 crores. The  subscribed  and paid-up capital of the Corporation as on date is Rs. 2.5 crores which has been paid by the State Government.

2)Organisational  Set-up
The Corporation is managed by the Board of Directors appointed by the State Government. At present, there are seven directors in the Board, all of them appointed by the State Government. The Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal is presently the  Chairman of the Corporation .The Managing Director is the executive head of the organization. He is assisted by the General Manager and Production Manager in the Agriculture related activities, Company Secretary in the legal and organisational matters and Finance & Accounts Officer in financial matters. The day to day activities of the Corporation are managed by the Managing Director who works under the overall control and superintendence of the Board of Directors. The Head office of the Corporation is located at Kolkata. Besides the Head Office, the Corporation operates from two Regional Offices, thirteen District Units and one sub-unit. Each of the two regional offices is headed by the Regional Manager who operates through the District Managers working under his region. Similarly, each District Office is headed by a District Manager who looks after the  entire production programme and marketing activities of the district. Under the two regional offices there are district units the names of which are given as under:-

Regional Office District Office Sub-unit Office
Jalpaiguri

i)   Coochbehar

ii)   Raiganj

iii)  Malda

iv)  Murshidabad

v)  Jalpaiguri

 

 

 

 

 

Burdwan

i) Burdwan

ii) Hooghly

iii) Barasat

iv)Midnapore

v) Bankura

vi)Purulia

vii) Birbhum

viii)   Nadia

Diamond Harbour

3)Composition of Board of Directors
Article 102 of the Articles of Association of the Corporation stipulates that unless otherwise determined by a special resolution, the number of Directors of the Company shall not be less than two and shall be not more than nine. The Directors shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be paid such salary or allowances or remuneration as the Governor may from time to time determine. The Governor shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the office of the Director caused by retirement, removal, resignation and death or otherwise.

Article 102(d) – At every annual general meeting of the Company every Director except the Chairman, the Vice Chairman and a Director appointed to any office under Article 133 shall retire from office. The Chairman, the Vice Chairman and the Director appointed under Article 106 and 133 shall retire on ceasing to hold their office. A retiring Director shall be eligible for reappointment.

At present, there are seven directors in the Board of WBSSC Limited, the names and designations of whom are given as under:-

SL. NO NAME OF DIRECTOR ADDRESS   DESIGNATION
1. Shri. Onkar Singh Meena, IAS,

Principal Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal,

Dept. of Agriculture

Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road,Mandirtala,Howrah-711102 Chairman
2. Shri Hrishikes Mudi, WBCS (Exe.),

Special Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal,

Dept. of Agriculture

Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road,Mandirtala,Howrah-711102 Director
3 Shri Prabhat Kumar Bose, WBAS (Admn.)
Director of Agriculture,
Government of West Bengal
Jessop Buildings, 63, N.S.Road, Kolkata-

700001

 

Director

 

4. Shri Sudip Sinha, WBA&AS

Financial Advisor, Department of Agriculture,

Government of West Bengal

Nabanna, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road,Mandirtala,Howrah-711102 Director
5. Dr. Pranab Chattopadhyay

Ex-Professor, Department  of

Seed  Science& Technology,  Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswaVidyalaya

B-10/158,Central Park , Kalyani, Nadia,Pin-741235 Director
6. Shri Subhasish Batyabal,

Ex-M.L.A., Chatna Assembly Constituency

New Secretariat Buildings, Kolkata-700001 Director
7. Shri Dipak Kumar Mondal, WBAS (Admn.)

Managing Director,

West Bengal State Seed Corporation Ltd.

6, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, 5th floor, Kolkata – 700 013. Managing Director

Key Managerial post of the company

SL. NO DESIGNATION MEN IN POSITION
1. Managing Director Shri Dipak Kumar Mondal
2. General Manager Md. Hakimul Kabir
3. Finance &Accounts Officer Shri Anupam Banerjee
4. Sub Assistant Engineer (Civil) Smt. Sunetri Kar
5. Company Secretary Shri Sibasish Raha
6. Regional Manager, Burdwan Region Shri Dipankar Saha
7. Regional Manager, Jalpaiguri Region Smt. Paramita Biswas
8. Production Manager (in-Charge) Shri Dhurjati Patra
9. Accounts Officer – I Shri Basab Ghosh
10. Internal Audit Officer (In-Charge) Shri Basab Ghosh
11. Accounts Officer – II (In-Charge) Shri Basab Ghosh
12. Marketing Officer Shri Biplab Chatterjee

List of Managing Directors

Sl. No. Name Date of Joining
1 Shri Amal Kumar Majumder 13-11-1982
2 Dr. Sunil Kumar Sengupta 01-09-1983
3 Shri Bimalendu Ganguly 01-09-1986
4 Dr. Nityananda Trivedi 19-03-1991
5 Shri Tushar Kanti De 04-10-1996
6 Shri Mihir Kumar Chatterjee 10-09-1997
7 Dr. Subhendu Dev Chatterjee 01-02-1999
8 Dr. Ajit Kumar Paul 17-05-2004
9 Dr. Subhendu Dev Chatterjee 31-12-2007
10 Shri Sarthak Barma 16-01-2008
11 Shri Swapan Kumar Sarkar 02-08-2009
12 Shri Kalyan Kumar Das 04-09-2009
13 Shri Ashok Kumar Roy 02-03-2010
14 Shri Narayan Chandra Samanta 14-05-2010
15 Shri Swapan Kumar Sarkar 31-12-2011
16 Dr. Pradip Sen 23-07-2012
17 Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh 01-12-2014
18 Shri Pradip Kumar Mondal 29-01-2016
19 Shri Debananda Roy 20-02-2019
20 Shri Pradip Kumar Mondal 01-07-2019
21 Shri Bidhan Chakraborty 01-01-2022
22 Shri Arun Kumar Bose 01-02-2023
23 Dr. Sukanta Dasgupta 03-07-2023
24 Md. Hakimul Kabir
(Managing Director-In-Charge)
01-02-2024
25 Sri Dipak Kumar Mondal 05-03-2024