Ashok Ashok Shekar Ganguly Commander of the Order of the British Empire noted industry expert..

Background

He was born on 28 July 1935 in Patna to Sekhar Nath and Binapani Ganguly.

Education

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 Doctor of Philosophy in 1961 from the University of Illinois Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

Career

His term ends on 17 November 2015. Much of Doctor Ganguly"s working life has been with Unilever Public Limited Company, where he spent over 35 years. Doctor Ganguly has held board level positions with various other multinationals, including Hindustan Lever, Imperial Chemical Industries India, British Airways, Wipro, Tata American International Group Life Insurance Company, Hemogenomics, and Firstsource Solutions.

Doctor 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, United Kingdom Advisory Board of Research Councils (1991-1994).

Director on the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (2000-2009) Member, Prime Minister of India’s Council on Trade and Industry Member, Investment commission of India Member, India-United States of America Chief Executive Officer Council Member, National Knowledge Commission, India Honours and

Achievements

• Padma Vibhushan, 2008 Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2006 Padma Bhushan, 1987 Made Honorary 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, 1991 Honorary Fellowship of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 1995.

Membership

He was the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited from 1980 to 1990 and a member of the Unilever Board from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of the Board of British Airways Plc from 1996-2005.