Ranjit Barthakur
| Ranjit Barthakur | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 August 1954 Jorhat |
| Occupation | Chairman of Globally Managed Services (GMS) |
| Spouse(s) | Radhika Barthakur |
Ranjit Barthakur is an Indian businessman. Barthakur is the founder and chairman of Globally Managed Services (GMS), besides being the Chairman and Director of Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Limited, the Rajasthan Royals franchise. . Not to be confused with Brigadier (Retd) Ranjit Barthakur who is the chairman of the Assam Public Services Commission (APSC).
In 2001, the Congress-led Assam Government appointed Barthakur as advisor for strategy, action planning, project formulation, investment initiation and image building exercise for the state of Assam. He was appointed again in 2011. His term with the State Government as an advisor to the Chief Minister of Assam ended in 2016 , when the Congress Government led by Tarun Gogoi in Assam was replaced by the BJP.
In 2013, he was shortlisted by the then chief minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi for a Rajya Sabha MP seat from Assam. Barthakur was considered a 'high profile candidate' and 'dark horse' for the post due to support from certain dissident sections of the Congress Party. However Barthakur lost to Santiuse Kujur.
In 2008, Ranjit Barthakur took on the chairmanship of Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Limited, Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural champions of the Indian Premier League. In 2010 it was alleged that BCCI tender norms were violated by the franchise. It was being claimed that Ranjit Barthakur and Fraser Castellino were the only two shareholders of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, completely unknown to the BCCI at the time. The interim order of Justice BN Srikrishna, the arbitrator on the case, asserted there was no violation of the ownership agreement and that the composition and ownership was known to the BCCI while communicating with the franchise. While there may have been claims made that no documentation was provided to suggest connections between bidder and company, Justice Srikrishna noted that the franchise's counsel had provided evidence in the form of emails to show the BCCI had communicated with the shareholders. The Bombay High Court upheld the order passed by the arbitrator. Further, during the course of the arbitration, an out of court settlement between the franchise and BCCI ensued and its ownership structure was given a clean chit.
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