NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Chairman Emeritus

Hon’ble Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

Institute of Directors

former Chief Justice of India

CHAIRMAN

Justice Uday U. Lalit

former Chief Justice of India
VICE-CHAIRMAN

Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

Judicial Member
Lokpal of India
former Chief Justice
Karnataka High Court
PRESIDENT

Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)

former Chairman
UPSC & Vice Chief of Army Staff
VICE PRESIDENT

Pradeep Chaturvedi

Advisor
FAO

DIRECTOR GENERAL

Ashok Kapur, IAS (Retd.)

former Principal Secretary
Govt. of West Bengal
PRINCIPAL ADVISOR

Desh Deepak Verma, IAS (Retd.)

Principal Advisor
IOD (former Secretary-General
Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India)
Secretary-General

Manoj K. Raut

Chief Executive Officer
Institute of Directors

REGIONAL CHAIRMAN

BENGALURU REGION

Dr. Richard Vincent D Souza, IAS (Retd).

former Secretary to Govt. of Karnataka
CHENNAI REGION

G. Srinivasan

former Chairman & MD
The New India Assurance Co.
HYDERABAD REGION

Dr. Sameer Sharma, IAS (Retd.)

former Chief Secretary
Andhra Pradesh
MUMBAI REGION

Sitaram Kunte, IAS (Retd.)

former Chief Secretary
Maharashtra

COUNCIL MEMBERS*

Dr. Sushma Paul Berlia

Co-Promoter & President
Apeejay Stya & Svran Group
Dr. Ajay Dua, IAS (Retd.)

former Secretary Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India
Peter Hassan

Advisor to the Chief Ministers
Andhra Pradesh & Meghalaya on Investment Promotion & External Affairs

Shallu Jindal

Chairperson
JSPL Foundation
Vijay Karia

Chairman & MD
Ravin Group of Companies
P. K. Kheruka

Chairman
Borosil Renewables Limited

Dhanendra Kumar, IAS (Retd.)

former Chairman
Competition Commission of India
Gopal K. Pillai, IAS (Retd.)

former Secretary
Ministry of Home Affairs
Government of India
Dr. Aruna Sharma, IAS (Retd.)

former Secretary
Ministry of Steel & IT, India

Distinguished Guests and Keynote Speakers Addressed IOD Conventions
Over the Years

H.E. Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan

Hon'ble Vice President of India
(the then Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra)
Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman

Hon'ble Cabinet Minister of Finance &
Corporate Affairs
Govt. of India
Mr. Piyush Goyal

Hon'ble Cabinet Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Govt. of India

Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri

Hon'ble Cabinet Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Govt. of India
H. D. Kumaraswamy

Hon'ble Union Cabinet Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel
Govt. of India
N. Chandrababu Naidu

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India

His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Bin Mabarak Al Nahayan

Hon'ble Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence
Govt. of UAE
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum

President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority
CEO and Founder of
the Emirates Airline & Group
Chairman of Dubai World
H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
DP World
UAE

Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal

Hon'ble Union Minister of State (I/C) for Law & Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs
Government of India
Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur

Hon'ble Cabinet Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports
Govt. of India
Dr. Madhav Mehra

the then Founder & President
Institute of Directors
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam & Dr. Ola Ullsten
former Prime Minister of Sweden

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP

former Prime Minister of United Kingdom
The Rt Hon Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP

the then President for COP 26
The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

the then Secretary of State for the Home Department
Govt. of UK

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

spiritual leader of the Tibetan people
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Founder
Art of Living Foundation
Ms. Sudha Murty

Chairperson
Infosys Foundation

Mr. Amitabh Kant

G20 Sherpa
Govt. of India
Mr. Tarun Kapoor, IAS (Retd.)

Advisor to Prime Minister of India
Dr. T. V. Somanathan, IAS

Cabinet Secretary of India

Mr. B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, IAS (Retd.)

Chief Executive Officer
Niti Aayog
Mr. Girish Chandra Murmu

Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Baroness Sandip Verma

Global Chair
Institute of Directors
former Minister, International Development and Energy & Climate Change
Govt. of UK

Dr. Tayeb Kamali

UAE Chairman
Institute of Directors, India
Director General
Education & Training Development
Ministry of Interior
UAE
H.E. Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Group Chairman
Al Habtoor Group
H.E. Lt. Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri

Director General
General Directorate of Residency and
Foreigners Affairs

Mr. Lal Krishna Advani

the then Hon’ble Deputy Prime Minister of India
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
Mr. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, IAS

Chairman
Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI)
Mr. M. Nagaraju, IAS

Secretary
Dept. of Financial Services
Ministry of Finance, India

Ms. Alka Upadhyaya, IAS

Secretary
Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Govt. of India
Mr. Manoj Joshi, IAS

Secretary
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Govt. of India
Mr. Atanu Chakraborty, IAS (Retd.)

Chairperson
HDFC Bank

Mr. M. Damodaran

former Chairman
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Mr. U. K. Sinha, IAS (Retd.)

former Chairman
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Mr. Ajay Tyagi, IAS (Retd.)

former Chairman
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Chairman
Aditya Birla Group
Ms. Chua Sock Koong

Group Chief Executive Officer
Singtel
Singapore
Mr. Azim Premji

Chairman
Wipro Ltd.

Mr. Adi Godrej

Chairperson
Godrej Group
Mr. Sanjiv Goenka

Chairman
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Mr. G. M. Rao

Group Chairman
GMR Group

Mr. Nadir B. Godrej

Chairman & Managing Director
Godrej Industries Limited
Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal

Chairman
Hero Enterprise
Mr. Ajay Piramal

Chairman
Piramal Group

Mr. Mohit Burman

Chairman
Dabur India Ltd.
Ms. Rajashree Birla

Chairperson
Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, Aditya Birla Group
Ms. Shallu Jindal

Chairperson
JSPL Foundation, and Director on the Board, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
India

Ms. Shobana Kamineni

Executive Vice-Chairperson
Apollo Hospitals
Mr. Eugene Mayne

Founder and Group CEO
Tristar Group
UAE
Ms. Roshni Nadar

Chairperson
HCL Technologies

Ms. Sangita Jindal

Chairperson
JSW Foundation
Mr. Vijay Karia

Chairman & Managing Director
Ravin Group
Mr. Arnab Goswami

Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network

Mr. BVR Mohan Reddy

Founder Chairman & Board Member
Cyient Limited
India
Sir George Adrian Cadbury

former Chairman
Cadbury
Prof. Mervyn E. King SC

Chairman
King Committee on Corporate
Governance (South Africa) &
former Judge
Supreme Court of South Africa

Prof. (Dr.) Philip Kotler

The Father of Modern Marketing, S. C. Johnson
Distinguished Prof. of International Marketing, J. L. Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
USA
Prof. Michael Useem

Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
USA
Mr. Ajay Banga

the then Chief Executive Officer
MasterCard
USA

Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL

Vice President
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) &
Chairman of the Cobra Beer Partnership Limited
UK
Mr. Raghupati Singhania

Chairman & Managing Director
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.
Mr. Atul Temurnikar

Chairman & Co-Founder
Global Schools Foundation
Singapore

Mr. George Jacob Muthoot

Chairman
The Muthoot Group
Mr. Glenn Saldanha

Chairman & Managing Director
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Mr. Dilip Shanghvi

Chairman & MD
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Mr. A. M. Naik

Group Chairman
Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal

Vice-Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, and
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal
CEO
Bharti Enterprises
Ms. Helen Brand OBE

Chief Executive
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
UK

Mr. Puneet Chhatwal

Managing Director & CEO
The Indian Hotels Company Limited
Mr. Campbell Wilson

CEO & Managing Director
Air India
Mr. Peter Seah Lim Huat

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Singapore Airlines and
Chairman
DBS Group Holdings

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