Vikram Mehta
Vikram Mehta is an Indian business executive turned analyst. He used to be the CEO of Shell India and is now the Chairman of Brookings India.[1]
Background
He comes from a family with a longstanding tradition of government service. His grandfather and father were both senior officers with the Government of India. His father retired as the Foreign Secretary.[2]
Education
Mehta completed his schooling from the well known Mayo College in Ajmer. He has degrees from Oxford University in England. He has advanced degrees in economics from Harvard.[3] At Oxford, Mehta was the classmate of Imran Khan and Benazir Bhutto (two time prime minister of Pakistan). All of them had economics as their common subject.
Early career
Mehta qualified for the Indian Administrative Service in the '70s. He joined the IAS but left it after a couple of years to pursue further education at Harvard.[4]
Shell
After short stints working for the government of India, he accepted an offer from Shell to join its Indian operations. He has been with Shell for about 24 years now. He retired from this position on 1 October 2012 and was succeeded by Yasmine Hilton.[5] After retiring from Shell, Vikram Mehta became the chairman of Brookings India.
References
- ↑ Brookings India
- ↑ Dobhal, Shailesh (20 Aug 2008). "Oilman with a public service core". Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ Sangghvi, Malavika (10 May 2012). "How Vikram met Imran". Mid Day. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ Mukul, Jyoti (8 May 2012). "Lunch with BS: Vikram Mehta". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Vikram Singh Mehta quits Shell Companies". Business Standard. 11 Apr 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.