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Ashish Chauhan
Indian business executive and administrator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ashishkumar Chauhan is an Indian business executive and administrator, who is currently the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Stock Exchange (NSE).[1][2]
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A technocrat from IIT Bombay[3] and IIM Calcutta,[3] Chauhan was a founding member of NSE. Prior to joining NSE in 2022,[3][4][5] he was the MD and CEO of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)[6][7] for 10 years.[8][9][10] Chauhan is a member of the University Grants Commission[11] and is the Chancellor of University of Allahabad.[12][13] He also serves as a member of Governing Council of IIM Calcutta.[14]
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Early life
A mechanical engineer from IIT Bombay and alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Chauhan was recruited from the campus as an officer by the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) in 1991.[15][16]
Career
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National Stock Exchange of India
Chauhan's first break came in 1993, when the Government proposed a stock exchange in the National Stock Exchange (NSE). Chauhan was a member of the core team that founded the NSE, and responsible for setting up their equities and derivatives markets from 1993 to 2000.[17][15] In addition, he was instrumental in setting up initial information technology infrastructure, including the first commercial satellite telecom network in India for NSE.[18] He was also involved in conceptualization of National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCCL) and initial set up of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).[15]
Reliance Industries
In 2001, Chauhan left NSE to begin his entrepreneurship venture, financed by the Reliance Group, and soon began working for Reliance Infocomm.[15][19] In 2004, Chauhan became the chief information officer (CIO) of Reliance Infocomm, and then the Reliance Group CIO in 2005.[15][19] He was also the CEO of the cricket team Mumbai Indians, owned by Reliance Industries, in its formative years.[19]
BSE
After leaving Reliance Industries, Chauhan joined BSE as Deputy CEO in 2009 and was appointed as CEO in 2012.[20][21][22][23][24]
In 2013, he pushed BSE to develop a mutual fund distribution platform called BSE StAR MF.[25][26]
He was also instrumental in setting up India International Exchange, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in January 2017 at Gandhinagar, GIFT City.[27]
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Directorships, memberships and professorships
- Managing Director and Chief Executive Office at National Stock Exchange of India
- Member of the University Grants Commission[11]
- Chancellor of University of Allahabad[12][13]
- Member, Board of Directors, World Federation of Exchanges, London, UK[28]
- Member of Governing Council of IIM Calcutta.[14]
- Former Director of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)[29]
- Chairman of the Committee that recommended the conversion of NITIE to IIM Mumbai.[30]
- Honorary Professor - Nottingham University Business School[2]
- Distinguished visiting faculty – Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly known as Ryerson University) - Toronto, Canada
- Chairman, Sector Specific Group on Logistics, Ministry of Education, Government of India
- Former Chairman, South Asian Federation of Exchanges, a 23 member- country organization[5]
- Former Member, Board of Directors – Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) in Faridabad, a division of Ministry of Finance[9]
- Member, Board of Advisors - SJMSoM, IIT Bombay[31]
- Former Public Interest Director at Maha ARC Ltd.[32]
- Former Director at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune[33]
- Advisory Committee of Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
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