Smt. Seema Khorana Patra
Independent Director

Smt. Seema Khorana Patra is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College , Delhi. She belongs to the 1983 batch of Indian Revenue Service. She has had a varied experience in her 37 years with the Income tax Department, Govt of India and has worked in various regions. She has done income tax assessments of big and small corporates and appeals of high wealth individuals in Mumbai and had experience of all areas of work in the Department including Judicial work, representing Department’s cases in the Tribunal, assisting the members of the Settlement Commission, training the officers of the Department, and examining Vigilance cases against them. She headed the Income tax Department in the states of Delhi ,West Bengal and Sikkim as the Principal Chief Commissioner.

She also worked on deputation with the Ministry of Human Resource Development at the Centre, from 1991 to 1995, in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Department of Education, wherein she advised the Departments on Financial matters, and interacted with external funding agencies, such as World bank and European Commission in respect of an externally aided project on Primary Education. She also undertook a short consultancy with the India office of the European Commission.

She retired as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, in November 2020. As Member, (Audit and Judicial), she was responsible for policy relating to audit, appeals and counsels. As Member (Legislation) She was in charge of all matters relating to tax policy and legislation and International Tax.