A technocrat from IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta, he was part of the founding team at NSE.He is
credited with setting up the first screen-based trading in India, mobile trading, mutual fund
distribution through exchanges, marketsfor SME shares, satellite telecom, the NIFTY index,
derivatives trading and many other modern developments in the Indian stock markets. He is
considered the father of modern financial derivatives in India.

Prior to joining NSE back in 2022, he was the MD and CEO of BSE Limited for 10 years. He is a
member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and member of
University Grants Commission (UGC), the Chancellor of the University of Allahabad, Board of
Governors for IIM Calcutta and was previously the acting chairman of the Board of IIM Calcutta.
He is a Board Member at the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), on the Advisory Board of
Bharat Gen AI project and associated with other institutions of repute. He has worked in the
Reliance group as Group CIO and as the CEO of Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team in its formative
years. He contributes extensively to public policy as part of several forums and is a visiting faculty
member at Nottingham University, UK.

He has received numerous awards in India and abroad including the Lifetime Achievement
Awards by Regulation Asia and by Forbes India in 2025 & 2026, India’s Impactful CEO Award by
the Times Group in 2025, CEO of the Year by Asia Asset Management in 2025, Most Influential
CEO by CEO Monthly in 2024, Lifetime Achievement Award by Global Custodian in 2023 and
many more. Two books titled “Vishwaguru”: Building trust at the scale of nation and
“Sthithapragya”: The Process of Maintaining an Equilibrium’ addresses his life’s journey