Mr. Ravi Narain
Independent Director
Microbiology
PI
India
Biography
Mr. Narain holds a masters degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and a masters degree in business administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He cofounded the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) in 1994 as part of India’s efforts to open up its economy to global capital and was its Managing Director & CEO till 2013. He is the current Non-executive Vice Chairman of the NSE. Since stepping down from his executive position at the NSE, Mr. Narain has been engaged at the board level or in an advisory capacity with select private corporates, NGOs, Regulators, RBI and the Government of India. He serves on the Boards of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd., NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd., National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd., HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Power Exchange India Ltd., National Securities Depository Ltd., NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Ltd. and Indostar Capital Finance Ltd.
Research Interest
He is the current Non-executive Vice Chairman of the NSE. Since stepping down from his executive position at the NSE, Mr. Narain has been engaged at the board level or in an advisory capacity with select private corporates, NGOs, Regulators, RBI and the Government of India. He serves on the Boards of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd., NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd., National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd., HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Power Exchange India Ltd., National Securities Depository Ltd., NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Ltd. and Indostar Capital Finance Ltd.
