About Us

The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) was incorporated on 29th April, 1974 under the Companies Act, 1956. The Corporation is owned by Government of West Bengal under the administrative control of Tourism Department and the entire share capital of the Company is contributed by the State Government.

WBTDCL is a nodal agency of Tourism Department which was incorporated with the objectives to develop and promote tourism in the state of West Bengal and for this purpose to take over, run and manage hotels, lodges, guest houses, motels, restaurants etc as well as to popularize tourist destinations in the state and conduct tour packages to those places.

WBTDCL is committed to provide its resources and expertise for both domestic and international tourists visiting West Bengal and to rise to their expectation in experiencing the art, culture, heritage and nature of the state.

The Board of Directors is appointed by the State Government and in terms of Notification no. 71-TW/IT-162/74, dt. 21.01.2014 issued by Tourism Department, Govt. of WB, the Board of Directors is reconstituted and is comprised of the following

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sl No Name Status
1 Shri Indranil Sen
Hon'ble Minister-of-state (IC), Technical Education & I & C.A.Departments, Government of West Bengal.		 Chairperson
2 Smt. Nandini Chakravorty
IAS, Principal Secretary
Tourism Department, Principal Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department,
.		 Government of West Bengal & Director of WBTDCL.
3 Mr. Shashank Sethi, IAS
.		 Managing Director, WBTDCL
4 Shri Tapas Kumar Halder
WBA&AS, Financial Advisor, Tourism Department, Government of West Bengal		 Director of WBTDCL.
5 Shri Rudra Chatterjee,
Luxmi Tea Group		 Independent Director of WBTDCL
6 Shri Karan Paul,
Chairman, Apeejay Surrendra Group,		 Independent Director of WBTDCL
7 Shri Mehul Mohanka,
MD & Group CEO, Tega Industries and Senior Vice President, India Chamber of Commerce. 		Independent Director of WBTDCL