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

Mehta comes from a family with a 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 Mayo College in Ajmer. He has degrees from Oxford University in England. He has a MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[3] At Oxford, Mehta was the classmate of Imran Khan and Benazir Bhutto (two time prime minister of Pakistan). All of them had PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) as their common subject.

Early career

Mehta qualified for the Indian Administrative Service in the 1970s. He joined the IAS but left it after a couple of years to pursue further education at Fletcher.[4]

Shell

After short stints working for the government of India, he accepted an offer from Shell to join its Middle East operations. Subsequently, he moved to Shell India for about 24 years. 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

  1. ↑ Brookings India
  2. ↑ Dobhal, Shailesh (20 Aug 2008). "Oilman with a public service core". Economic Times. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Sangghvi, Malavika (10 May 2012). "How Vikram met Imran". Mid Day. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Mukul, Jyoti (8 May 2012). "Lunch with BS: Vikram Mehta". Business Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Vikram Singh Mehta quits Shell Companies". Business Standard. 11 Apr 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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