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Atanu Chakraborty
Chairperson of HDFC Bank
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 July 2021
Economic Affairs Secretary of India
In office July 2019 – April 2020
Appointed by	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded by	Subhash Chandra Garg
Succeeded by	Ajay Seth
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-05) 5 April 1960 (age 64)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Civil Servant

Atanu Chakraborty (born 5 April 1960) is the chairperson of HDFC Bank. He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021. He is a retired 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service and Gujarat cadre, and served as the Economic Affairs Secretary of India until his retirement in April 2020. His participation in the economic policy making for India included Budget formulation, its passage in Parliament as well as fiscal management.

Education

He holds a degree in Electronics and Communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He completed his post-graduate diploma in business finance (ICFAI, Hyderabad) and an MBA from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.

Career

Atanu Chakraborty is a retired 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Gujarat cadre and has served various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat. He has held positions in the Ministries of Finance, Ports, Industries, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Labour, and Home. He also served on the Boards of state-owned enterprises.

In the Government of Gujarat, Chakraborty served as the Additional Chief Secretary of Industries and as Principal Secretary of the Finance Department. He was the chief executive of GSPC Group of companies, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC), GSFS Limited, and the Vice Chairman & CEO of Gujarat Maritime Board. He was also the CEO of Gujarat Alkalis and Chemicals Ltd (GACL). He has held the office of chief executive officer of Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board. This organisation manages the preparation and bidding of infrastructure projects, including preparing risks, sharing templates within the state of Gujarat. and He also served as the chairperson of National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF). Chakraborty has held positions in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He held the posts of Secretary, DIPAM, and Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs. Chakraborty managed economic policy, tax policy, and budget management for the state of Gujarat as Secretary to the Government of Gujarat.

Chakraborty was an Independent Chairman on the Board of Yubi, formerly known as CredAvenue.He also Chairs the Boards of HDFC Bank Ltd, BAE (India) System Ltd.

Atanu Chakraborty was appointed as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in July 2019. He was preceded by Subhash Chandra Garg.

He has served as Secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) in the Ministry of Finance (India) where he handled divestment of state-owned enterprises.

Chakraborty has served as the Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the Ministry of Petroleum.

He also served as Managing Director of Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd.

Chakraborty was the MD of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, an Indian Oil & Gas company.

Bibliography

• BOT Law in the State of Gujarat; India Infrastructure Report (2000) ; Oxford University Press.
• Project Preparation – Cindrella of PSP (Private Sector Participation); India Infrastructure Report (2001); Oxford University Press.
• Gas Law in Gujarat; India Infrastructure Report (2002); Oxford University Press.
• Tariff Setting in Gas Transmission; India Infrastructure Report (2004); Oxford University Press.
• Status of Gas in India’s Fuel Basket; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol.40, Issue no 14, 02 April (2005)
• Management of Contingent liabilities in Public Finances; Administrator, Volume 54, November 2013, Number 4, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration.

References

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4. ^ Mishra, Asit Ranjan (July 25, 2019). "Who is Atanu Chakraborty, the new economic affairs secretary?". Livemint.
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9. The Board Of Directors Of HDFC Bank
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11. "India Pitches Bigger Oil Resource Pie in Bid to Lure Investments". Bloomberg.com. 16 January 2018.
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