Atanu Chakraborty

Atanu Chakraborty (born 5 April 1960)^[1] is a retired 1985 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, who serves as the Chairman of HDFC Bank. He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021.^[2][3] He previously served as the Economic Affairs Secretary in Ministry of Finance Government of India until his retirement in April 2020.^[4] His participation in the economic policy making for India included Budget formulation, its passage in Parliament as well as fiscal management.^[5]

Atanu Chakraborty
Chairperson of HDFC Bank
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 July 2021
Economic Affairs Secretary of India
In office July 2019 – April 2020
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Subhash Chandra Garg
Succeeded by	Ajay Seth
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960 (age 65)[1]
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	NIT Kurukshetra University of Hull
Occupation	Civil Servant

Education

He holds a degree BTech in Electronics and Communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra.^[6][7] He completed his post-graduate diploma in business finance (ICFAI, Hyderabad) and a MBA from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.^{[5][8][9][10]}

Career

Atanu Chakraborty is a retired 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Gujarat cadre and has served various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat.^[11][12] He has held positions in the Ministries of Finance, Ports, Industries, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Labour, and Home.^[12][11] He also served on the Boards of state-owned enterprises.^[13]

In the Government of Gujarat, Chakraborty served as the Additional Chief Secretary of Industries and as Principal Secretary of the Finance Department.^[12]

He was the chief executive of GSPC Group of companies, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC), GSFS Limited, and the Vice Chairman & CEO of Gujarat Maritime Board.^[12] He was also the CEO of Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals Ltd (GACL). He has held the office of chief executive officer of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board.^[12] This organisation manages the preparation and bidding of infrastructure projects, including preparing risks, sharing templates within the state of Gujarat.^[12][14] He also served as the chairperson of National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF). Chakraborty has held positions in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.^[11][12][4] He held the posts of Secretary, DIPAM, and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.^[12][9] Chakraborty managed economic policy, tax policy, and budget management for the state of Gujarat as Secretary to the Government of Gujarat. ^[15]

Chakraborty was an Independent Chairman on the Board of Yubi, formerly known as CredAvenue. He also Chairs the Boards of HDFC Bank Ltd, BAE (India) System Ltd.^[16][17]

Atanu Chakraborty has served as India’s alternate Governor on the Board of World Bank. He was also a Member of the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India.^[18]

Atanu Chakraborty was appointed as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in July 2019. He was preceded by Subhash Chandra Garg.^[11]

He has served as Secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) in the Ministry of Finance (India) where he handled divestment of state-owned enterprises.^[8]

Chakraborty has served as the Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the Ministry of Petroleum.^[19]

He also served as Managing Director of Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd.^[20]

Chakraborty was the MD of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, an Indian Oil & Gas company.^[21]