Ms Kudtarkar has been with the Tata group since March 1982. Having held various positions in the Secretarial function with Tata Steel, she served as its Company Secretary from June 1994 till October 2001. She then moved to the Group Legal Department, and retired from Tata Services as Senior Vice President – Legal Services in April 2018. Her scope of work included providing support to the senior management team of the Tata group, handling transactions of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign collaborations, divestments and corporate restructuring, and providing legal advice to all Tata companies on corporate laws. Her strengths are sound domain knowledge of company law, SEBI regulations and foreign exchange regulations. Ms Kudtarkar is a Commerce graduate, Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.