Ajay Shankar

Member Secretary of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, Shri Ajay Shankar IAS has played a critical role in putting together various stimulus packages and took a number of policy decisions to improve the competitiveness of the Indian industrial sector. A Distinguished Fellow with TERI after retirement, he has also been a member of committees for reform of public sector undertakings, electricity distribution, and resources for the power sector for the 10th Five Year Plan of India, besides being associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. He has also served on the Board of IDBI, EXIM Bank, NTPC, NHPC, PFC, REC and Tata Global Beverages Ltd and as Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation. He earned a Master’s Degree in both Political Science from Allahabad University and Economics from Georgetown University, Washington DC, and has taught Political Science in Allahabad University.

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