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2.7. Chief guest - Convocation

List of Chief guests with the date of Convocation:

Shri Sachin Chaudhury (May 16, 1966)

Prof. Sher Sing (May 12, 1967)

Dr. D. R. Gadgil (May 13, 1968)

Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao (May 16, 1970)

Shri Bhaskar Mitter (April 12, 1971)

Prof. S. Nurul Hasan (April 15, 1972)

Shri D. P. Dhar (April 16, 1973)

Prof. Ravi J. Matthai (April 15, 1974)

Shri Fakharuddin Ali Ahmed (May 16, 1976)

Dr. Surajit Chandra Sinha (April 17, 1978)

Dr. A. B. Das Gupta (April 20, 1979)

Prof. K. N. Raj (April 25, 1980)

Dr. Manmohan Singh (April 23, 1981)

Shri B. D. Pande (April 23, 1982)

Shri L. K. Jha (April 25, 1983)

Dr. Raja Ramanna (April 27, 1984 )

Shri P. K. Kaul (April 27, 1985)

Shri K. C. Pant (April 26, 1986)

Shri Abid Hussain (April 29, 1987)

Mr. Tarun Das (March 17, 2003)

Shri Azim Hashim Premji (April 03, 2004)

Smt. Naina Lal Kidwai (April 02, 2005)

Shri. Balasubramanian Muthuraman (April 01, 2006)

Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan (April 01, 2007)

Shri Arun Maira (April 05, 2008)

Shri K. V. Kamath (April 04, 2009)

Dr. Sandeep Pandey (April 03, 2010)

Mr. M. Damodaran (April 02, 2011)

Shri Kapil Sibal (April 02, 2012)

Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri (April 06, 2013)

Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya (April 05, 2014)

Ms. Indra Nooyi (April 04, 2015)

Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram (April 02, 2016)

Shri Pranab Mukherjee (April 01, 2017)

Prof. Srikant M. Datar (April 07, 2018)

Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy (April 06, 2019)

Dr. (Mr.) Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian (May 15, 2021)

Mr. Ashish Chauhan (April 29, 2022)

Mr. Tarun Rai (April 08, 2023)

Mr. Uday Kotak (April 06, 2024)

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Uday Suresh Kotak

Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he currently serves as a non-executive director. Uday Kotak was born in Mumbai on March 15, 1959, into an upper-middle-class Gujarati Hindu Lohana…

Mr. Tarun Rai

Executive Director, APAC, Wunderman Thompson.

Mr. Ashish Chauhan, 57th Convocation (29.04.2022)

Ashishkumar Chauhanis an Indian business executive, administrator and current Chancellor ofUniversity of Allahabad. In July 2022, Chauhan is managing director and chief executive officer ofNational Stock Exchange(NSE).He was themanaging…

Dr. (Mr.) Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian, 56th Convocation (15.05.2021)

Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian(born May 5, 1971) is an Indian economist who served as the 17thChief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. Professor Subramanian is a leading expert on economic policy, banking and corporate governance, who…

Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chief Guest, 54th Convocation (06.04.2019)

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy(born 20 August 1946) is an Indianbillionairebusinessman. He is the founder ofInfosys, and has been the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentorof the company before retiring and taking the…

Prof. Srikant M. Datar, 53rd Convocation (07.04.2018)

Srikant Dataris an Indian-American economist and the Dean ofHarvard Business School. At Harvard, he concurrently serves as the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration.In 2021, he was awarded thePadma Shri, the fourth-highest…

Shri Pranab Mukherjee, 52nd Convocation (01.04.2017)

Pranab Mukherjee(11 December 1935– 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13thpresident of Indiafrom 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in theIndian National…

Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, 51st Convocation (02.04.2016)

Rajagopala Chidambaram(born 11 November 1936) is anIndianPhysicistwho is known for his integral role inIndia's nuclear weapons program; he coordinated test preparation for thePokhran-I(1975) andPokhran-II(1998). Previously served as the principal…

Ms. Indra Nooyi, 50th Convocation (04.04.2015)

Indra Nooyi(néeKrishnamurthy; born October 28, 1955) is anIndian-Americanbusiness executive and former chairperson andchief executive officer(CEO) ofPepsiCo.She made $31 million in her final year at PepsiCo in 2017. She has consistently ranked among…

Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya, 49th Convocation (05.04.2014)

Arundhati Bhattacharyais a retiredIndianbankerand formerChairperson of the State Bank of India.She is the first woman to be theChairperson of State Bank of India. In 2016, she was listed as the25th most powerful woman in the worldbyForbes.She is the…

Dr. Rajendra K Pachauri, 48th Convocation (06.04.2013)

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri(20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020) was the chairman of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) from 2002 to 2015, during the fourth and fifth assessment cycles. Under his leadership the IPCC was awarded the Nobel…

Shri Kapil Sibal, 47th Convocation (02.04.2012)

Kapil Sibal(born 8 August 1948) is an Indian lawyer and politician. Sibal has represented several high-profile cases in theSupreme Court of Indiaand is widely regarded as one of the famous lawyers ofIndia.He is a Member of Parliament, in Rajya…

Mr. M. Damodaran, 46th Convocation (02.04.2011)

Meleveetil Damodaranis an Indian corporate advisor and mentor and a former senior government official. He is a Director on the Boards ofLarsen & Toubro,Hero MotoCorp,Tech Mahindra,CRISIL,BioconandExperian India. He is the founder Chairperson of…

Dr. Sandeep Pandey, 45th Convocation (03.04.2010)

Dr. Sandeep Pandey(born 22 July 1965) is an Indian social activist and the present General Secretary of theSocialist Party (India).He co-foundedAsha for Educationwith Dr. Deepak Gupta (presently Professor atIIT Kanpur) and V.J.P Srivastava while…

Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, 42nd Convocation (01.04.2007)

Ajit Balakrishnanis an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and administrator. He is the founder, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofRediff.com, an internet company based inMumbai.He was Chairman of theBoard of GovernorsofIndian…

Shri. Balasubramanian Muthuraman, 41st Convocation (01.04.2006)

Balasubramanian Muthuraman(born 26 September 1944) was theVice ChairmanofTata Steel,India's largeststeelmanufacturer and chairmanTata International. He has been awarded thePadma Bhushanby theIndian governmentin 2012.He studied metallurgical…

Smt. Naina Lal Kidwai, 40th Convocation (02.04.2005)

Naina Lal Kidwai(born 1957) is an Indian banker,chartered accountantand business executive.She was formerly a Group General Manager and the Country Head ofHSBCIndia.She is also a former President of theFederation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and…

Shri K. V. Kamath, 44th Convocation (04.04.2009)

Kundapur Vaman Kamathis the former chief of theNew Development BankofBRICScountries, previously he has also served as the Chairman ofInfosys Limited, the second-largestIndianIT services company, and as the Non-Executive Chairman ofICICI Bank, India's…

Shri Arun Maira, Chief guest - 43rd Convocation (05.04.2008)

Arun Maira(born 15 August 1943) is a management consultant and former member ofPlanning Commission of India.He is also a former Chairman ofBoston Consulting Group, India Arun Maira was part ofTata Administrative Servicesfor 25 years and held various…

Shri Azim Hashim Premji, Chief guest - 39th Convocation (03.04.2004)

Azim Hashim Premji(born 24 July 1945) is an Indian businessman, investor, engineer, and philanthropist, who was the chairman ofWipro Limited. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founder chairman. He is informally known as the Czar…

Mr. Tarun Das, Chief guest - 38th Convocation (17.03.2003)

Tarun Dasis an Indian industrialist, corporate executive, writer and a former Chief Mentor of theConfederation of Indian Industry(CII). He servedCIIfrom 1967 to 2004 as its director general and from 2004 to 2009 as its chief mentor. Das, who did his…

Shri Abid Hussain, Chief guest - 22nd Convocation (29.04.1987)

Abid Hussain(26 December 1926– 21 June 2012) was an Indian economist, civil servant and diplomat. He was India's ambassador to the United States of America from 1990 to 1992 and a member of thePlanning Commissionfrom 1985 to 1990.He was married to…

Shri K. C. Pant, Chief guest - 21st Convocation (26.04.1986)

Krishna Chandra Pant(10 August 1931 – 15 November 2012) was an Indian Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the Prime Minister's interlocutor on Kashmir.He was a cabinet minister in theGovernment of Indiaand held several constitutional positions…

Shri P. K. Kaul, Chief guest - 20th Convocation (27.04.1985)

Pratap Kishen Kaul(3 July 1929– 2 March 2007) was anIndianCivil Servant and held several important and sensitive posts in the Government of India. He was from the 1951 batch of the Indian Administrative Service and served as the Cabinet Secretary,…

Dr. Raja Ramanna, Chief guest - 19th Convocation (27.04.1984)

Raja Ramanna(28 January 1925– 24 September 2004) was anIndianphysicistwho is best known for his role inIndia's nuclear programduring its early stages. Having joined thenuclear programin 1964, Ramanna worked underHomi Jehangir Bhabha, and later…

Shri L. K. Jha, Chief guest - 18th Convocation (25.04.1983)

Lakshmi Kant Jha,MBE(22 November 1913 – 16 January 1988), born inDarbhanga district,Biharwas theeighth Governorof theReserve Bank of Indiafrom 1 July 1967 to 3 May 1970.Jha was a member of the 1936 batch of theIndian Civil Service. He was educated…

Shri B. D. Pande, Chief guest - 17th Convocation (23.04.1982)

Bhairab Dutt Pandey(17 March 1917 – 4 April 2009)was a member of theIndian Civil ServiceandUnion Cabinet Secretaryof theGovernment of IndiaunderIndira Gandhi. He served as theGovernor of West Bengal(1981–1983), andPunjab(1983–1984), and…

Dr. Surajit Chandra Sinha, Chief guest - 13th Convocation (17.04.1978)

Surajit Chandra Sinha(1 August 1926 – 27 February 2002) was an Indiananthropologist.Born inDurgapur Upazilain theBengal Presidency(now inBangladesh), he was the eldest son ofMaharajaBhupendra Chandra Sinha of Susang, who was a student ofPresidency…

Shri Fakharuddin Ali Ahmed, Chief guest - 11th Convocation (16.05.1976)

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed(13 May 1905– 11 February 1977) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 5thpresident of Indiafrom 1974 to 1977. He was the second Muslim President of India, and also the second President of India to die in…

Prof. Ravi J. Matthai, Chief guest - 9th Convocation (15.04.1974)

Ravi John Matthai(1927–1984) was an educationist and a professor and the first full-time Director of theIndian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also the co-founder, along with Dr. K. Varghese, ofInstitute of Rural Management, Anand.Ravi was…

Shri D. P. Dhar, Chief guest - 8th Convocation (16.04.1973)

Durga Prasad Dhar, commonly known asD. P. Dhar(1918–1975), was aKashmiripolitician and an Indian diplomat, who is a considered a chief architect of the Indian intervention in the 1971Bangladesh Liberation War.Dhar was a close adviser and confidant…

Prof. S. Nurul Hasan, Chief guest - 7th Convocation (15.04.1972)

SaiyidNurul Hasan(26 December 1921 – 12 July 1993) was an Indian historian and an elder statesman in theGovernment of India. A member of the Rajya Sabha, he was the Union Minister of State (with Independent Charges) ofEducation,Social…

Dr. V. K. R. V. Rao, Chief guest - 5th Convocation (16.05.1970)

Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao(8 July 1908 – 25 July 1991) was an Indian economist, politician and educator. Rao was born in a Kannada speakingMadhwa Brahminfamilyon 8 July 1908 atKancheepuraminTamil Naduto Kasturirangachar and Bharati Amma.…

Dr. D. R. Gadgil, Chief guest - 3rd Convocation (13.05.1968)