IOD Distinguished Fellows

Each year, the Executive Council of the Institute of Directors selects the persons(s) of eminence for conferring the Award of ”Distinguished Fellowship” for their outstanding contribution to public service and society.

The first Distinguished Fellowship of Institute of Directors was conferred upon Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 1994.

IOD'S Roll Of Honour 

  • An individual, who is duly admitted by the Council as a Distinguished Fellow, either in recognition of his services to the Institute, or because of his status, expertise, experience, or standing in matters relating to public affairs, companies or other bodies is such, that he appears to the Council to be able to render assistance in promoting the aim and objects of the Institute
  • Distinguished Fellow shall, be for life, and be entitled to the normal privileges and obligations of membership of the Institute. He will not be liable to pay any Annual Subscription to the Institute, but have no voting rights at the AGM. He is entitled to use the initials DF.IOD, after his name.
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Some Glimpses of

IOD Distinguished Fellows

IOD Distinguished Fellows

Over the Years

IOD Distinguished Fellows

Distinguished Fellow 2023

Mr. Eugene Mayne

Founder & CEO

Tristar Holdings Ltd., UAE

Distinguished Fellow 2022

Mr. Injeti Srinivas

Chairperson, International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), Govt. of India

former Secy., Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India

Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, IAS

Chief Secretary

Govt. of Jammu And Kashmir

Mr. Prabh Das

Managing Director & CEO

HPCL–Mittal Energy Limited

V Adm Narayan Prasad AVSM, NM, IN (Retd.)

Chairman and MD

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

Distinguished Fellow 2020

Peter Ong Boon Kwee

Chairman, Enterprise Singapore & Sr. Economic Advisor, Ministry of Trade & Industry

Govt. of Singapore

Distinguished Fellow 2019

Helen Brand OBE

Chief Executive, ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

United Kingdom

Sir. David Clementi

Chairman, BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation

United Kingdom

Durga Shanker Mishra IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

Govt. of India

Sumanta Chaudhuri IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Coal

Govt. of India

Shashi Shanker

Chairman & MD, ONGC

India

Mohamed Yahya Kazi Meeran

Director & Group CEO
Galadari Brothers Co. LLC

Dubai

H.E. Dr. Ahmed Al Banna

Ambassador of UAE to India

UAE

Distinguished Fellow 2018

KWA Chong Seng Singapore

Chairman, Singapore Exchange Ltd., Chairman, ST Engineering, Dy. Chairman, PSC

Singapore

Chua Sock Koong

Group CEO, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel)

Singapore

H.E. Karan Singh Thakral

Ambassador of Singapore to Denmark, Govt. of Singapore;
ED, Thakral Group of Companies

Singapore

Donald H. Brydon , CBE

Chairman, London Stock Exchange Group & Sage Group Plc

United Kingdom

Sir Richard Stagg , KCMG

Chairman, Rothschild, Former High Commissioner of UK to India
Ambassador to Afghanistan & Bulgaria

United Kingdom

Mrs. Rajashree Birla

Chairperson, Aditya Birla Group Centre for Community Initiatives & Rural Development

India

Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal

Chairman & MD
NBCC (India) Ltd.

India

Kuljit Singh Popli

Chairman & MD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA)

India

Justice Jayant Patel

Former Acting Chief Justice, High Court Gujarat, Former Judge, High Court of Karnataka

India

Gautam Sashittal

CEO, DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)

UAE

Distinguished Fellow 2017

Peter Seah Lim Huat

Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

Singapore

Alok Sharma , MP

Hon'ble Minister of State for Housing & Planning Dept. for Communities

Govt of UK

H.E. Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman, DMCC Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

Dubai

Dr. (Mrs.) Aruna Sharma , IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Steel

Govt of India

S. K. Pattanayak , IAS

Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture & Co-operation

Govt of India

Ashish K. Chauhan

MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.

India

Distinguished Fellow 2016

Sanjiv Goenka

Chairman, RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group

India

Dr. Raghupati Singhania

Chairman & MD, JK Tyre & Industries

India

Sunil Kant Munjal

Chairman, Hero Corporate Services & Jt. MD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd., India & President, AIMA

India

Lt. Gen. S. K. Gadeock AVSM

Commandant & Head, Defence Services Staff College, Ministry of Defence

Govt. of India

Arnab Goswami

President & Editor-in-Chief
TIMES NOW & ET NOW

India

Deepak Gupta , IAS (Retd.)

Chairman, Union Public Service Commission

Govt of India

Kapil Dev Tripathi , IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

Govt. of India

Paras Shahdadpuri

Chairman, NIKAI Group of Companies

India

Rajeev Kumar Jain

Chief Executive Officer, GVK Mumbai International, Airport

India

Dr. S. K. Nanda , IAS

Chairman and MD, GSFC Ltd & Chairman of GGRC Ltd.

India

Sunil Kanoria

Vice Chairman, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. & President, ASSOCHAM

India

Vijay Karia

Chairman & MD
Ravin Group of Companies & Chairman Elecrama.

India

Distinguished Fellow 2015

Amitabh Kant , IAS

Secretary, Dept. of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Govt. of India

Dinesh K. Sarraf

Chairman & MD
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

India

Ravi Parthasarathy

Chairman, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Service Ltd

India

Dr. Tayeb Kamali

Ministry of Culture Youth & Community Development

Govt. of UAE

H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer

MD & CEO, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA)

UAE

Dr. S. S. Kshatriya , IAS

Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra

India

Distinguished Fellow 2014

E. K. Bharat Bhushan, IAS

Chief Secretary

Govt. of Kerala

K. M. Chandrasekhar, IAS

Vice Chairman, Kerala State Planning Board

India

Jawhar Sircar, IAS

Chief Executive Officer, Prasar Bharti

India

P. Joy Oommen, IAS

Chairman & MD, Kerala Finance Corporation

India

G. Srinivasan

Chairman & MD, The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

India

Ashok Lavasa, IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation

India

Dr. A. K. Balyan

MD & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd.

India

Gopichand P. Hinduja

Co-Chairman, Hinduja Group of Companies

India

Atul Temurnikar

Co-founder & Executive Chairman Global Schools Foundation

Singapore

Rajeev Kher, IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industries

India

Vijay Chhibber, IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

India

Shankar Aggarwal, IAS

Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development

India

Distinguished Fellow 2013

Dr. Sutanu Behuria, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Heavy industries

R. G. Rajan

Chairman & MD

RCF Ltd

R. K. Dubey

Chairman & MD

Canara Bank Ltd

Mohan G. Valrani

Sr. Vice Chairman & MD

Al Shirawi Group, UAE

K. S. Raju

Chairman

Nagarjuna Group

Mishal H. Kanoo

Deputy Chairman

The Kanoo Group

Hussain Abdulla Ali Al Shafar

Chairman

Emirates International Insurance Brokers

Baba N. Kalyani

Chairman

Bharat Forge & Group Chairman, Kalyani Group

Atul Chaturvedi, IAS Retd

Chairman

Public Enterprises Selection Board

Dr. Atul K. Chauhan

Chancellor

Amity University, India

Abdulla J. M. Kalban

President & CEO Dubai Aluminium

UAE

Distinguished Fellow 2012

Ms. Anu Aga

Member Parliament

Ex-Chairman of Thermax India

Dr. Arun Maira

Former Member

Planning Commission of India

Ashok Chawla, IAS

Chairman

Competition Commission of India

Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee, IAS

DG & CEO

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

H.E. Juma Al Majid

Chairman

Dubai Economic Council

Nesar Ahmad

President

Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Dr. Narendra Jadhav

Member

Planning Commission of India

Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Shipping

Dr. R. Seetharaman

Group CEO

Doha Bank, QATAR

Dr. Sudhir Krishna, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Urban Development

Sudhir Vasudeva

Chairman & MD

ONGC India

Distinguished Fellow 2011

C. S. Verma

Chairman

Steel Authority of India

P. K. Misra, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Steel

P. Uma Shankar, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Power

S. Roy Choudhury

Chairman & MD

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Manoranjan Mohapatra

Chief Executive Officer

Comviva

Distinguished Fellow 2010

Rt. Hon. Baroness Verma

Parliamentary Under Secretary

of State Dept for International Development Govt. of UK

Justice(Dr.) Arijit Pasayat

former Judge

Supreme Court of India

Ram Jethmalani

Member Parliament

& former Law Minister

Pallavi Shroff

Partner

Amarchand & Mangaldas

B. Prasada Rao

Chairman & MD

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

Vithal Venkatesh Kamat

Chairman

Orchid Hotels

T. K. Viswanathan

Advisor

to the Law Minister

Partha S. Bhattacharyya, IAS (Retd)

Former, Chairman

Coal India

Prof. (Dr.) Arup Roy Choudhury

Chairman & MD

NTPC Ltd & Chairman Scope

Distinguished Fellow 2009

Kalpana Morparia

Chief Executive Officer

JP Morgan India

Satnam Singh

Chairman & MD

Power Finance Corporation Ltd

Satish Reddy

MD & CEO

Dr Reddys Lab

Lt. Gen. I. J. Singh

Commandant

Military College of EME, Secunderabad

Dr. S. N. Dash, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Ministry of Heavy Industries

S. S. Khurana

Chairman

Railway Board

Arvind Jadhav, IAS (Retd)

Chairman

Air India

M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS

Principal Secretary e-Governance

Govt of Karnataka

Shailesh Haribhakti

Managing Partner & CEO

Haribhakti & Co

R. Srikumar, IPS (Retd)

Chairman

Karnataka State Police Housing Corp.

Distinguished Fellow 2008

Dr. H. S. Anand, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Housing & Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation

Yash Raj Chopra

Media

Film Producer

Anurag Goel, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Dr. Arun Rath, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Dharam Vir, IAS (Retd)

former Chief Secretary

Govt of Haryana

Prodipto Ghosh, IAS

former Secretary

Ministry of Environment & Forests

Atul Singh

Chief Executive Officer

Coca-Cola India

S. K. Roongta

Chairman & MD

SAIL

U. S. Jha

Chairman & MD

RCF Ltd

Dr. K. L. Dhingra

Director

National Institute of Bank Management

V. Subramanian, IAS

former Secretary

Ministry of New Renewal Energy

Manoj Tirodkar

Chairman & MD

GTL Infrastructure Ltd

Distinguished Fellow 2007

Dr. Bhure Lal, IAS

Member

Union Public Service Commission

M. K. Rohtagi

Chairman & MD

Engineers India Ltd

Asha Swarup, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of IB and Broadcasting

R. S. Sharma

Chairman & MD

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Arun Balakrishnan

Chairman & MD

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

Jagdish Khattar

MD & CEO

Maruti Udyog Ltd

Anil Razdan, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Power

U. D. Choubey

Chairman & MD

GAIL India

Dr. P. Mohamed Ali

Chairman

Mfar Constructions

Ranjit Shahani

VC and MD

Novartis India

S. S. H. Rehman

Director

ITC Ltd

Distinguished Fellow 2006

Pradip Baijal, IAS

former Chairman

TRAI

Gauri Kumar, IAS

Director General

National Institute of Fashion Technology

Pritish Nandy

Chairman

Pritish Nandy Communications

Dr. Surinder Kapoor

Managing Director

Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd

A. Hoda, IAS

Member

Planning Commission

Brij Behari Lal Butail

MLA

HP Govt

T. Sankaralingam

Chairman & MD

National Thermal Power Corporation

Dr. Ajay Dua, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of IP & Promotions

S. Behuria

Chairman & MD

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Shyam S. Bhartia

Chairman & MD

Jubilant Bhartia Group

A. K. Puri

Chairman & MD

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd

N. Gopalaswami, IAS

Chief Election Commissioner

Govt. of India

S. C. Gupta

Chairman & MD

Punjab National Bank

Rajni Kant Patel

MD & CEO

Bombay Stock Exchange

Distinguished Fellow 2005

V. R. Sudarshan

Chairman

Karnataka Legislative Council

Marc Runacres

Dy High Commissioner

United Kingdom

Dr. Juergen Bischoff

Director ASEM

Indo - German Environment Program

Dr. V.K. Agnihotri, IAS (Retd)

former Secretary General

Rajya Sabha

Dr. N. M. Kondap

Vice Chancellor

NMIMS

K. T. Chacko, IAS (Retd)

Director General

Foreign Trade

M. B. Lal

Chairman & MD

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd

Indu Jain

Chairperson

Times Foundation

Dr. Suresh V. Joshi, IAS (Retd)

Metropolitan Commissioner

Govt. of India

Atul K. Shukla

Chairman

LIC of India

Proshanto Banerjee

Chairman & MD

GAIL India Ltd

Ashwini Kakkar

MD & CEO

Thomas Cook India Ltd

Vidya Stokes

Minister of Power

Govt of Himachal

Ajay Prasad, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Ministry of Civil Aviation

Meenakshi Dutta Ghosh, IAS

Secretary Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Government of India

Menaxi Datta Choudhary,IAS

Chief Secretary

Govt of Haryana

Distinguished Fellow 2004

Naveen B. Chawla, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

V. S. Jain

Chairman & MD

SAIL

Sanjiv Gupta

President & CEO

Coca-Cola India

S. K. Maini

Chairman

Maini Group of Industries

Dr. Aparna Basu

President

All India Women Conference

Distinguished Fellow 2003

Capt. C.P. Krishan Nair

Chairman

Leela Palace & Resorts

T.K.A. Nair, IAS (Retd)

Chairman

Public Enterprises Selection Board

M. S. Ramachandran

Chairman & MD

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Uttam Kumar Bose

Chief Executive Officer

Air Sahara

Dr. Uddesh Kohli

Chairman

Consultancy Development Centre

Distinguished Fellow 2002

Padmabhushan H.P.S Ahluwalia

Chairman

Indian Spinal Injuries Centre

Dr. M. B. Athreya, Ph.D

Management Advisor

India

M. Damodaran, IAS (Retd)

Chairman

Securities and Exchange Board of India

Vinod Dhall, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Department of Company Affairs, Govt. of India

C. P. Jain

Chairman & MD

National Thermal Power Corporation

K. Jairaj, IAS (Retd)

Managing Director

Karnantaka State Road Transport Corporation Ltd

S. S. Kohli

Chairman & MD

Punjab National Bank

Hardev Singh Kohli

Executive Director

Reliance Industries, Hazira

Ranjana Kumar

Chairman

Indian Bank

I.I.M.S. Rana

Chairman

Railway Board

R. V. Shahi

Secretary

Ministry of Power, Govt of India

Kapil Sibal

Sr. Advocate

Supreme Court & Member of Parliament

Dr. A. M. Singhvi

Sr. Advocate

Supreme Court, Govt. of India

Distinguished Fellow 2001

Raghu Mody

President

Assocham

V. Suresh

Chairman & MD

HUDCO

Padma Shri V. K. Chaturvedi

Chairman & MD

Nuclear Power Corporation of India

Subir Raha

Chairman & MD

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Dr. Manju Sharma, IAS (Retd)

Secretary

Dept. of Biotechnology, GOI

Dr. S. Narayan, IAS (Retd.)

Revenue Secretary

Ministry of Finance, GOI

Yogendra Prasad

Chairman & MD

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation

Distinguished Fellow 2000

Govind Swarup, IAS (Retd)

Principal Secretary, Dept of Culture

Govt. of Maharastra

M. A. Pathan

Chairman & MD

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

Chairman

Union Public Service Commission

Distinguished Fellow 1999

Naresh Goyal

Chairman

Jet Airways

Gen. V. P.Malik

Chief of Army Staff

India

V. K. Mittal

Managing Director

Ispat Industries Ltd.

Ravi Kant

Chairman

Central Board of Direct Taxes

Distinguished Fellow 1998

B. C. Bora

Chairman & MD

ONGC

Rakesh Bharti Mittal

Vice Chairman & MD

Bharti Enterprises

N. Vittal, IAS (Retd)

Central Vigilance Commissioner

Govt. of India

Distinguished Fellow 1997

Dr. Bryan Smith

Chairman, UKAS

UK

A. K. Khosla

Chairman, GEC Ltd.

India

Distinguished Fellow 1996

Dr. Genichi Taguchi

Vice President, Ohken Associates

Japan

Dr. Graham Wilson

Director, Insight

UK

James McHugh

President, Institute of Quality Assurance

UK

Distinguished Fellow 1994

Kiran Bedi, IPS (Retd.)

Additional Director General, Delhi Police

India

Rajendra Singh

Chairman & MD, National Thermal Power Corporation

India

Pankaj Munjal

Managing Director, Hero Honda

India

Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Former President of India

India