Tuesday, March 19

Vikram Singh Mehta

Chairman & Distinguished Fellow

    Vikram Singh Mehta is Chairman and Distinguished Fellow of CSEP. He was Executive Chairman of the think tank, Brookings Institution India Center and Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution from 2012 to 2020. Prior to that, he was Chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in India (1994 – 2012); Chief Executive of Shell Markets and Shell Chemicals, Egypt (1992-1993); and Advisor, Strategic Planning to the State-owned company, Oil India (1984-1988). He started his career by joining the Indian Administrative Service in 1978. He resigned from the service in 1980.

    Vikram is an independent, non-executive, director of Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd, Apollo Tyres, Global Health Ltd, Indigo Airlines and Jubilant Foods. Vikram is on the Global Advisory Board of Macro Advisory partners.

    Vikram was the recipient of the Asia House’s “Businessmen of the Year” award for 2010. He also received the Asia Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability Award for “Best Independent Director in India” in 2016.

    Vikram is editor of the books The Next Stop: Natural Gas and India’s Journey towards a Clean Energy Future and Anchoring Change: 75 years of Grassroots Interventions That Made a Difference. Both books were published by Harper Collins.

    He has a BA (Mathematics Hons) from St. Stephens College, Delhi University; BA/MA (Political and Economics Hons), Magdalen College, Oxford University; and MA (Energy Economics), Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

    Current Positions

    • Distinguished Fellow, CSEP
      Member, National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Chairman, Hydrocarbons Committee
    • Member, Board of Trustees, Mahindra & Mahindra
    • Board Member, Colgate Palmolive India Limited, Hindustan Times, Larsen & Toubro
    • Member, Board of Governors, Pandit Deen Dayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India
    • Member, Board of Overseers, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
    • Columnist, the Indian Express

    Past positions:

    • Chairman, Shell Group of Companies in India, 1994-2012
    • Managing Director, Shell Markets and Chemicals, Egypt, 1991-1994
    • Joined Shell International, London, 1988
    • Advisor, Oil India Limited, 1984-1988

    Education

    • B.A. (Honors) in Mathematics, St. Stephens College, Delhi University
    • M.A. in Economics, Magdalen College, Oxford University

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