Bengaluru: Titan Company Limited has appointed senior IAS officer Sandhya Venugopal Sharma as its new Chairperson and Additional Director, following a nomination by the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO), a co-promoter of the company.
The appointment was cleared by Titan’s Board through a circular resolution passed on December 29, 2025, and will come into effect from January 4, 2026, according to regulatory disclosures filed by the company.
Sharma, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Additional Director, and will be liable to retire by rotation. She will take over the role of Chairperson from the current officeholder, who will continue to serve on Titan’s Board as a Director.
Currently serving as Managing Director of TIDCO, Sharma brings extensive experience across public administration, industrial development, finance, education, and science policy. Most recently, she was on central deputation with the Department of Space, where she served as Joint Secretary and later Additional Secretary in Bengaluru between April 2019 and October 2025, contributing to key national space and science initiatives.
Earlier in her career, Sharma played a pivotal role in education reform as State Project Director of the Swarna Shikshan Abhiyan during her deputation to the Government of Karnataka. The programme involved large-scale interventions funded by the Central and State Governments, along with multilateral agencies including the World Bank, DFID, and UNICEF.
Her professional journey also includes senior roles within the Tamil Nadu government, such as Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research, assignments in departments including Commercial Taxes and Education, a stint with the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, and district-level postings in Chengalpattu and Tirunelveli.
Titan Company confirmed that Sharma is not related to any Director, Key Managerial Personnel, or Promoters of the company, and is not barred by SEBI or any other authority from accessing capital markets or holding directorships in listed entities.
