Background
Basu, Prahlad Kumar was born on December 16, 1937 in Bankura, India. Son of Birendra Kumar and Rajlakshmi Basu.
international civil servant and business educator
Basu, Prahlad Kumar was born on December 16, 1937 in Bankura, India. Son of Birendra Kumar and Rajlakshmi Basu.
Bachelor, Cambridge (England) University. Master of Arts, Cambridge (England) University. Overbrook fellow, Yale University.
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Delhi University.
Advisor, Economics and Social Common for Asia and the Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1976-1979; permanent secretary Government India, Ministries of Finance (Public Enterprises) Steel, Mines, Metals, Planning, and Programme, 1979-1990; chairman, Indian Institute Management, Calcutta, 1984-1990; professor, Indian Institute Technology, Delhi, 1981-1990; professor, judge, Institute Management Studies, Cambridge U., 1990-1991; chief advisor, privatization in Africa, World Bank, 1991-1993; professor international business and strategy, Gyosei International College in the United Kingdom, Reading, England, since 1994; director graduate school business, Gyosei International College in the United Kingdom, Reading, England, since 1994. Chairman Working Party on Modernizing and Downsizing India's Bureaucracy, Government of India, 1995. Non-executive chairman, full board member several national and international companies, banks, and finance institutions in India (Strategic Management Grp. of India, Bank of America, Walchandnager Industries, Usha Ispat, Coromandel Fertilisers, etc.) and the U.K (Kleinwort Benson, etc.).
Married Aparna Mehta. Children: Anuradha, Priya.