Dr Ashok Shekar Ganguly noted industry expert and former chairman of Hindustan Lever, was a nominated member of the

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

. His term ended on 17 November 2015.

Early life and education

He was born on 28 July 1935 in Patna to Sekhar Nath and Binapani Ganguly. He was educated at the Master Tutorial High School, Mumbai, and obtained his B.Sc. degree from the Jaihind College, Mumbai. He completed his M.S. in 1959 and Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Illinois Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

Career

Much of Dr. Ganguly's working life has been with Unilever PLC, where he spent over 35 years. He was the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Ltd from 1980 to 1990 and a member of the Unilever Board from 1990 to 1997. Dr. Ganguly has held board level positions with various other multinationals, including Hindustan Lever, ICI India, British Airways, Wipro, Tata AIG Life Insurance Co, Hemogenomics, and Firstsource Solutions. He was a member of the board of British Airways Plc from 1996 to 2005.

Public Service

Dr Ganguly has been on various advisory boards to governments across the world * Member, Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (1985–1989) * Member, UK Advisory Board of Research Councils (1991–1994). * Director on the central board of the

Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible f ...

(2000–2009) * Member, Prime Minister of India's Council on Trade and Industry * Member,

Investment commission of India The Investment Commission of India (ICI) is a three-member investment commission, set up in the Ministry of Finance in December 2004 by the Government of India. Ratan Tata is the Chairman and Deepak Parekh and Dr. Ashok Sekhar Ganguly, former H ...

* Member, India-USA CEO Council * Member, National Knowledge Commission, India

Honours and awards

Padma Vibhushan The Padma Vibhushan ("Lotus Decoration") is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons without ...

, 2008 *

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, 2006 *

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, 1987 * Made Hon Professor by the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai (1996) * Selected as ‘Outstanding Alumnus’ by University of Illinois in 1997 * Recipient of the International Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 2003 * Elected Fellow of the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Instit ...

, 1991 * Honorary Fellowship of

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to ...

, Bangalore, 1995

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