IOD Distinguished Fellows

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•	An individual, who is duly admitted by the Council as a Distinguished Fellow, either in recognition of his services to the Institute, or because of his status, expertise, experience, or standing in matters relating to public affairs, companies or other bodies is such, that he appears to the Council to be able to render assistance in promoting the aim and objects of the Institute;
•	Distinguished Fellow shall, be for life, and be entitled to the normal privileges and obligations of membership of the Institute. He will not be liable to pay any Annual Subscription to the Institute, but have no voting rights at the AGM. He is entitled to use the initials DF.IOD, after his name.
2020
		Peter Ong Boon Kwee Chairman Enterprise Singapore; Board Member, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Sr. Economic Advisor, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Govt. of Singapore
2019
		(Ms.) Helen Brand OBE Chief Executive, ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK	Sir. David Clementi Chairman, BBC- The British Broadcasting Corporation, UK
		Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India	Sumanta Chaudhuri, IAS Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India
		Shashi Shanker Chairman & Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)	Mohamed Yahya Kazi Meeran Director and Group CEO, Galadari Brothers Co. LLC, Dubai
		H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna Ambassador of UAE to India
2018
		KWA Chong Seng Chairman Singapore Exchange Ltd., Chairman, ST Engineering, Dy. Chairman, Public Service Commission, Singapore	(Ms) Chua Sock Koong Group CEO, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel)
		H.E. Karan Singh Thakral Ambassador of Singapore to Denmark, Govt. of Singapore; Executive Director, Thakral Group of Companies, Singapore	Donald H. Brydon CBE Chairman London Stock Exchange Group and Sage Group Plc, UK
		Sir Richard Stagg KCMG Chairman Rothschild (India) Former High Commissioner of UK to India, Ambassador to Afghanistan & Bulgaria	Mrs. Rajashree Birla Chairperson Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development Aditya Birla Group
		Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal Chairman & MD NBCC (India) Ltd.	Kuljit Singh Popli Chairman & MD Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)
		Justice Jayant Patel former Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Gujarat, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka	Gautam Sashittal CEO DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE
2017
		Peter Seah Lim Huat Chairman DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Singapore	Alok Sharma MP Hon'ble Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Dept. for Communities and Local Government, Govt. of U.K.
		H.E. Ahmed Bin Sulayem Executive Chairman DMCC Dubai Multi Commodities Centre	Dr. (Mrs.) Aruna Sharma, IAS Secretary Ministry of Steel Govt of India
		S. K. Pattanayak, IAS Secretary Dept. of Agriculture and Co-operation, Govt of India	Ashish K Chauhan MD & CEO Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.
2016
		Sanjiv Goenka Chairman RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group, India	Dr. Raghupati Singhania Chairman & MD JK Tyre & Industries, India
		Sunil Kant Munjal Chairman Hero Corporate Services & Jt. MD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd., India & President, AIMA	Lt. Gen. S. K. Gadeock AVSM, Commandant & Head, Defence Services Staff College, Ministry of Defence, GOI
		Arnab Goswami President & Editor-in-Chief TIMES NOW & ET NOW	Deepak Gupta, IAS (Retd.) Chairman, Union Public Service Commission
		Kapil Dev Tripathi, IAS Secretary Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas	Paras Shahdadpuri Chairman NIKAI Group of Companies
		Rajeev Kumar Jain CEO GVK Mumbai International, Airport	Dr. S. K. Nanda, IAS CMD GSFC Ltd & Chairman of GGRC Ltd, Vadodara
		Sunil Kanoria Vice Chairman SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. & President, ASSOCHAM	Vijay Karia Chairman Ravin Group
2015
		Amitabh Kant, IAS Secretary Dept. of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GOI	Dinesh K. Sarraf Chairman & MD Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
		Ravi Parthasarathy Chairman Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Service Ltd	Dr. Tayeb Kamali Ministry of Culture Youth and Community Development, Govt. of UAE
		HE. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer MD & CEO Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)	Dr. S. S. Kshatriya, IAS Chief Secretary Govt. of Maharashtra
2014
		Shankar Aggarwal, IAS Secretary Ministry of Urban Development	Vijay Chhibber, IAS Secretary Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
		Rajeev Kher, IAS Secretary Ministry of Commerce & Industries	Atul Temurnikar Co-founder & Executive Chairman Global Schools Foundation, Singapore
		Gopichand P. Hinduja Co-Chairman Hinduja Group of Companies	Dr. A. K. Balyan MD & CEO Petronet LNG Ltd.
		Ashok Lavasa, IAS Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation	G. Srinivasan Chairman & MD The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
		P. Joy Oommen, IAS Chairman & MD Kerala Finance Corporation	Jawhar Sircar, IAS Chief Executive Officer Prasar Bharti
		K. M. Chandrasekhar, IAS Vice Chairman Kerala State Planning Board	E. K. Bharat Bhushan, IAS Chief Secretary Govt. of Kerala
2013
		Abdulla J. M. Kalban President & CEO Dubai Aluminium, UAE	Dr. Atul K. Chauhan Chancellor Amity University, India
		Atul Chaturvedi, IAS Retd Chairman Public Enterprises Selection Board	Baba N. Kalyani Chairman Bharat Forge & Group Chairman, Kalyani Group
		Hussain Abdulla Ali Al Shafar Chairman Emirates International Insurance Brokers	Mishal H. Kanoo Deputy Chairman The Kanoo Group
		K. S. Raju Chairman Nagarjuna Group	Mohan G. Valrani Sr. Vice Chairman & MD Al Shirawi Group, UAE
		R. K. Dubey Chairman & MD Canara Bank Ltd	R. G. Rajan Chairman & MD RCF Ltd
		Dr. Sutanu Behuria, IAS Secretary Ministry of Heavy industries
2012
		Anu Aga Member Parliament Ex-Chairman of Thermax India	Dr. Arun Maira Former Member Planning Commission of India
		Ashok Chawla, IAS Chairman Competition Commission of India	Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, IAS DG & CEO Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
		H.E. Juma Al Majid Chairman Dubai Economic Council	Nesar Ahmad President Institute of Company Secretaries of India
		Dr. Narendra Jadhav Member Planning Commission of India	Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS Secretary Ministry of Shipping
		Dr. R. Seetharaman Group CEO Doha Bank, QATAR	Dr. Sudhir Krishna, IAS Secretary Ministry of Urban Development
		Sudhir Vasudeva CMD ONGC India
2011
		C. S. Verma Chairman Steel Authority of India	P. K. Misra, IAS Secretary Ministry of Steel
		P. Uma Shankar, IAS Secretary Ministry of Power	S. Roy Choudhury Chairman & MD Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
		Manoranjan Mohapatra Chief Executive Officer Comviva
2010
		Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Dept for International Development Govt. of UK	Justice(Dr.) Arijit Pasayat former Judge Supreme Court of India
		Ram Jethmalani Member Parliament & former Law Minister	Pallavi Shroff Partner Amarchand & Mangaldas
		B. Prasada Rao Chairman & MD Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.	Vithal Venkatesh Kamat Chairman Orchid Hotels
		T. K. Viswanathan Advisor to the Law Minister	Partha S.Bhattacharyya, IAS (Retd) Chairman, Coal India
		Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury Chairman & MD NTPC Ltd & Chairman Scope
2009
		Kalpana Morparia Chief Executive Officer JP Morgan India	Satnam Singh Chairman & MD Power Finance Corporation Ltd
		Satish Reddy MD & CEO Dr Reddys Lab	Lt. Gen. I. J. Singh Commandant Military College of EME, Secunderabad
		Dr. S. N. Dash, IAS (Retd) Secretary Ministry of Heavy Industries	S. S. Khurana Chairman Railway Board
		Arvind Jadhav, IAS (Retd) Chairman Air India	M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS Principal Secretary e-Governance, Govt of Karnataka
		Shailesh Haribhakti Managing Partner & CEO Haribhakti & Co	R. Srikumar, IPS (Retd) Chairman Karnataka State Police Housing Corp.
2008
		Yash Raj Chopra Film Producer	Anurag Goel, IAS (Retd) Secretary Ministry of Corporate Affairs
		Dr. Arun Rath, IAS (Retd) Secretary Ministry of Human Resource Development	Dr. H. S. Anand, IAS Secretary Ministry of Housing & Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
		Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd) former Chief Secretary Govt of Haryana	Prodipto Ghosh, IAS former Secretary Ministry of Environment & Forests
		Atul Singh Chief Executive Officer Coca-Cola India.	S. K. Roongta Chairman & MD SAIL
		U. S. Jha Chairman & MD RCF Ltd	Dr. K. L. Dhingra Director National Institute of Bank Management
		V. Subramanian, IAS former Secretary Ministry of New Renewal Energy	Manoj Tirodkar Chairman & MD GTL Infrastructure Ltd
2007
		Dr. Bhure Lal, IAS Member Union Public Service Commission	M. K. Rohtagi Chairman & MD Engineers India Ltd
		Asha Swarup, IAS Secretary Ministry of IB and Broadcasting	R. S. Sharma Chairman & MD Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
		Arun Balakrishnan Chairman & MD Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd	Jagdish Khattar MD & CEO Maruti Udyog Ltd
		Anil Razdan, IAS Secretary Ministry of Power	U. D. Choubey Chairman & MD GAIL
		Dr. P. Mohamed Ali Chairman Mfar Constructions	Ranjit Shahani VC and MD Novartis India
		S. S. H. Rehman Director ITC Ltd
2006
		Pradip Baijal, IAS former Chairman TRAI	Gauri Kumar, IAS Director General National Institute of Fashion Technology
		Pritish Nandy Chairman Pritish Nandy Communications	Dr. Surinder Kapoor Managing Director Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd
		A. Hoda, IAS Member Planning Commission	Brij Behari Lal Butail MLA HP Govt
		T. Sankaralingam Chairman & MD National Thermal Power Corporation	Dr. Ajay Dua, IAS Secretary Ministry of IP & Promotions
		S. Behuria Chairman & MD Indian Oil Corporation Ltd	Shyam S. Bhartia Chairman & MD Jubilant Bhartia Group
		A. K. Puri Chairman & MD Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd	N. Gopalaswami, IAS Chief Election Commissioner
		S. C. Gupta Chairman & MD Punjab National Bank	Rajni Kant Patel MD & CEO Bombay Stock Exchange
2005
		V. R. Sudarshan Chairman Karnataka Legislative Council	Marc Runacres Dy High Commissioner of UK
		Dr. Juergen Bischoff Director ASEM Indo - German Environment Program	Dr. V.K. Agnihotri, IAS (Retd) former Secretary General Rajya Sabha
		Dr. N. M. Kondap Vice Chancellor NMIMS	K. T. Chacko, IAS (Retd) Director General of Foreign Trade
		M. B. Lal Chairman & MD Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd	Indu Jain Chairperson Times Foundation
		Dr. Suresh V. Joshi, IAS (Retd) Metropolitan Commissioner	Atul K. Shukla Chairman LIC of India
		Proshanto Banerjee Chairman & MD GAIL India Ltd	Ashwini Kakkar MD & CEO Thomas Cook India Ltd
		Vidya Stokes Minister of Power Govt of Himachal	Ajay Prasad, IAS (Retd) Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation
		Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh, IAS Secretary Ministry of Panchayati Raj Government of India	Menaxi Datta Choudhary,IAS Chief Secretary Govt of Haryana
2004
		Naveen B. Chawla, IAS Secretary Ministry of Information & Broadcasting	V. S. Jain Chairman & MD SAIL
		Sanjiv Gupta President & CEO Coca-Cola India	S. K. Maini Chairman Maini Group of Industries
		Dr. Aparna Basu President All India Women Conference
2003
		Capt. C.P. Krishan Nair Chairman Leela Palace & Resorts	T.K.A. Nair, IAS (Retd) Chairman Public Enterprises Selection Board
		M. S. Ramachandran Chairman & MD Indian Oil Corporation Ltd	Uttam Kumar Bose Chief Executive Officer Air Sahara
		Dr. Uddesh Kohli Chairman Consultancy Development Centre
2002
		Padmabhushan H.P.S Ahluwalia Chairman Indian Spinal Injuries Centre	Dr. M. B. Athreya, Ph.D Management Advisor
		M. Damodaran, IAS (Retd) Chairman Securities and Exchange Board of India	Vinod Dhall, IAS (Retd) Secretary Department of Comapany Affairs, Govt. of India
		C. P. Jain Chairman & MD National Thermal Power Corporation	K. Jairaj, IAS (Retd) Managing Director Karnantaka State Road Transport Corporation Ltd
		S. S. Kohli Chairman & MD Punjab National Bank	H. S. Kohli Executive Director Reliance Industries, Hazira
		Ranjana Kumar Chairman Indian Bank	I.I.M.S. Rana Chairman Railway Board
		R. V. Shahi Secretary Ministry of Power	Kapil Sibal Sr. Advocate Supreme Court & Member of Parliament
		Dr. A. M. Singhvi Sr. Advocate Supreme Court
2001
		Raghu Mody President Assocham	V. Suresh Chairman & MD HUDCO
		Padma Shri V. K. Chaturvedi Chairman & MD Nuclear Power Corporation of India	Subir Raha Chairman & MD Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
		Dr. Manju Sharma, IAS (Retd) Secretary Dept. of Biotechnology, GOI	Dr. S. Narayan Revenue Secretary Ministry of Finance, GOI
		Yogendra Prasad Chairman & MD National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
2000
		Govind Swarup, IAS (Retd) Principal Secretary Dept of Culture, Govt. of Maharastra	M. A. Pathan Chairman & MD Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
		Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.) Chairman Union Public Service Commission
1999
		Naresh Goyal Chairman Jet Airways	Gen. V. P.Malik Chief of Army Staff
		V. K. Mittal Managing Director Ispat Industries Ltd.	Ravi Kant Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes
1998
		N. Vittal, IAS (Retd) Central Vigilance Commissioner	Rakesh Bharti Mittal Vice Chairman & MD Bharti Enterprises
		B. C. Bora Chairman & MD ONGC
1997
		A. K. Khosla Chairman GEC Ltd.	Dr. Bryan Smith Chairman UKAS, UK
1996
		James McHugh President Institute of Quality Assurance,UK	Dr. Graham Wilson Director Insight, UK
		Dr. Genichi Taguchi Vice President Ohken Associates Japan
1994
		Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Former President of India	Pankaj Munjal Managing Director Hero Honda
		Rajendra Singh Chairman & MD National Thermal Power Corporation	Kiran Bedi, IPS (Retd.) Additional Director General Delhi Police