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- 2.2. Chairman, BOG
2.2. Chairman, BOG
Period of holding the position:-
Bidhan Chandra Roy (14.11.1961 to 01.07.1962)
Prafulla Chandra Sen (01.07.1962 to 13.07.1967)
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (14.07.1967 to 31.03.1968)
Biren Mukherjee (01.04.1968 to 26.03.1969)
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (27.03.1969 to 21.07.1974)
Siddhartha Sankar Ray (22.07.1974 to 25.07.1976)
Anthony L. Dias (25.05.1976 to 29.08.1984)
Prahlad K. Basu (01.10.1984 to 28.02.1990)
I.S. Gulati (01.03.1990 to 05.04.1992)
D. Bandyopadhyay (06.04.1992 to 05.04.1997)
Subrata A Ganguly (06.04.1997 to 12.02.2002)
Y.C. Deveshwar (04.04.2002 to 03.04.2007)
Ajit Balakrishnan (05.04.2007 to 03.04.2017)
Kewal Kumar Sharma (12.06.2017 to 24.10.2017)
Shrikrishna Kulkarni (25.10.2017 - 12.12.2025)
Mr. Ashish Chauhan ( 13.12.2025 - 08.03.2026 )
Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar ( 09-03-2026 - Present)
Collection Items
Bidhan Chandra Roy, 1st Former Chairman, BOG (14.11.1961 - 01.07.1962)
1st Chairman of BOG Bidhan Chandra Roy's Period of holding the position - (14.11.1961 to 01.07.1962) Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on July 1, 1882, at Bankipore in Patna, Bihar. His father Prakash Chandra was an Excise Inspector. Bidhan was the…
Prafulla Chandra Sen, Former Chairman, BOG (01.07.1962 - 13.07.1967)
Chairman of BOG Prafulla Chandra Sen's Period of holding the position -(01.07.1962 to 13.07.1967)
Prafulla Chandra Sen (10 April 1897 – 25 September 1990) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from…
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, Former Chairman, BOG (14.07.1967 - 31.03.1968 & 27.03.1969 - 21.07.1974)
Chairman of BOG Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee's Period of holding the position - (14.07.1967 to 31.03.1968) & (27.03.1969 to 21.07.1974)
Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee (15 April 1901 – 27 May 1986) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served…
Siddhartha Sankar Ray, Former Chairman, BOG (22.07.1974 - 25.07.1976)
Chairman of BOG Siddhartha Sankar Ray's Period of holding the position - (22.07.1974 to 25.07.1976).
Siddhartha Shankar Ray (20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal.…
Anthony L. Dias, Former Chairman, BOG (25.05.1976 - 29.08.1984)
Chairman of BOG Anthony L. Dias's Period of holding the position - (25.05.1976 to 29.08.1984)
Anthony Lancelot Dias, also known as A. L. Dias (14 March 1912 – 22 September 2002), was an Indian Civil Service officer of Goan Origin born in Mumbai who…
Mr. Shrikrishna G Kulkarni, Former Chairperson, BOG (25.10.2017 - 12.12.2025)
Chairperson, BOG Mr. Shrikrishna G Kulkarni's date of holding the position - (25.10.2017 -
Chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Managing Director, COO, CSO 2004 – 2009 Panasonic India. CEO Assistant to Group…
Mr. Ashish Chauhan, Former Chairperson (Acting), BOG ( 13.12.2025 - 08.03.2026)
Mr. Ashish Chauhan is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Bombay and a PGDM alumnus (Batch 26) of IIM Calcutta. He is currently the Chairperson (Acting) of the Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta and also serves as the Managing Director & CEO of the…
Prahlad K. Basu (01.10.1984 - 28.02.1990)
Dr Basu was the chairman of Strategic Management Group of India. He was the director of Cambridge AMP from 2004 to 2009 in the UK and was also the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises from 1979 to 1982. Dr Basu had been a Permanent…
Y.C. Deveshwar, Former Chairman, BOG (04.04.2002 - 03.04.2007)
Chairman of BOG Y.C. Deveshwar's Period of holding the position - (04.04.2002 to 03.04.2007).Yogesh Chander Deveshwar(4 February 1947 – 11 May 2019) was an Indian businessman. He was the chairman ofITC Limited. He was the longest-serving CEO of any…
Ajit Balakrishnan, Former Chairman (05.04.2007 - 03.04.2017)
Period of holding the position:- 05.04.2007 to 03.04.2017
Ajit Balakrishnan is an Indian entrepreneur, business executive and administrator. He is the founder, current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rediff.com, an internet company based in…