Vikram Singh Mehta

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Vikram Singh Mehta is an Indian business executive turned analyst. He is a former CEO of Shell India. Mehta was executive chairman of Brookings India and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.[1]

Mehta is currently a director with the HT Media group.[2] Mehta is Chairman and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).[3][4]

Mehta also serves as an independent, non-executive director of Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Colgate Palmolive India, and Apollo Tyres.[3]

Background[]

Mehta comes from a family with a tradition of government service. His grandfather and father were both senior officers with the Government of India. His father retired as the Foreign Secretary.[5]

Education[]

Mehta completed his schooling from the Mayo College in Ajmer. He has degrees from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Oxford University. [3] He has a MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[6] At Oxford, Mehta was the classmate of Imran Khan and Benazir Bhutto (two time prime minister of Pakistan). All of them had PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) as their common subject.

Early career[]

Mehta qualified for the Indian Administrative Service in the 1970s. He joined the IAS but left it after a couple of years to pursue further education at Fletcher.[7]

Shell[]

After short stints working for the government of India, he accepted an offer from Shell to join its Middle East operations. Subsequently, he moved to Shell India for about 24 years. He retired from this position on 1 October 2012 and was succeeded by Yasmine Hilton.[8]

After retiring from Shell, Vikram Mehta became the chairman of Brookings India for many years before joining the Centre for Social and Economic Progress as Chairman.

References[]

  1. ^ "Vikram Singh Mehta". brookings.edu. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Board of Directors". htmedia.in. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Vikram Singh Mehta". csep.org. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "CSEP appoints Vikram Singh as Chairman, Rakesh Mohan as President". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. ^ Dobhal, Shailesh (20 August 2008). "Oilman with a public service core". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  6. ^ Sangghvi, Malavika (10 May 2012). "How Vikram met Imran". Mid Day. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  7. ^ Mukul, Jyoti (8 May 2012). "Lunch with BS: Vikram Mehta". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Vikram Singh Mehta quits Shell Companies". Business Standard. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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