The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. announced appointment of Ms. Arti Bhatnagar,Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry as a Director on the Board of the Company. The appointment of Ms. Arti Bhatnagar as a Director of the company w.e.f March 13, 2023 has been approved by the Board of Directors, through circulation, on March 17, 2023. Ms. Arti Bhatnagar is a Civil Servant of the Indian Defence Accounts Service of the 1990 batch.

She is presently working as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Ministry of MSME. She has a post graduate degree in Economics and M.Phil in Defence Strategic Studies from Madras University. Ms. Bhatnagar is an alumni of the National Defence College.

With about 25 years of experience in dealing with Finance, Accounts and Audit of the Defence Forces, her expertise is in handling defence acquisition and procurement contracts. Ms. Bhatnagar has worked as Joint Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat handling SPG for five years. She has also worked as a Chief Vigilance Officer for Air India, Pawan Hans Ltd. and Airport Authority of India.