Ms. Kiran Dhingra

Biography

 Ms. Kiran Dhingra has 38 years of experience in governance and has held senior positions in decision making capacities in practically all sectors-the developmental, agricultural, social, industrial, infrastructural, transportation, economic and regulatory. She joined Government in 1975, after standing first in the combined merit list for IFS/IAS, and opted to serve in the IAS. Ms. Dhingra has worked with distinction in areas such as National Capital Territory of Delhi, Goa, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Arunachal Pradesh. She has also worked in the Ministries of Human Resource Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Textiles and Shipping, of Govt. of India, where she was instrumental in shaping policy for elementary education and growth of textiles in a globally competitive market; preparing programmes for slum housing; crafting regulation for cleaner air in Delhi by the introduction of CNG buses and four stroke autorickshaws; and designing stimulation packages for construction and textile industry in the two-humped economic downturn since 2008. Her longest stints was in Education and Textiles. She retired in the rank of Secretary to Government of India, in 2013. Ms. Dhingra has several years of corporate experience, having served as Government Director or Chairman on the Board of several CPSUs, or supervised their functioning. These included the Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation, the Delhi Metro, the National Housing Bank, the Housing and Urban Development Corporation, the Cotton Corporation of India, the Central Cottage Industries Corporation, etc.

Research Interest

 Business