Ashish Chauhan is an Indian business executive who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) after being selected by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He also serves as the Chancellor of Allahabad University, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and a member of the Governing Council of IIM Raipur.
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Ashish Kumar Chauhan was born on Sunday, 16 March 1967 (age 54 years; as in 2022) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He studied at Dewan Ballubhai Secondary School, Paldi, Ahmedabad. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering (mechanical) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a postgraduate diploma in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Ashish Chauhan in childhood
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
There is not much information available about his parents and siblings.
Ashish Chauhan with his mother in childhood
wife and children
Ashish is married to Sonal and they also have a son.
Ashish Chauhan with his wife
Ashish Chauhan with his wife and son
livelihood
positions held
- Chairman of the Board of Governors (BOG) of NIT Manipur
- Director of ICSI Insolvency Professionals Agency
- President of South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE)
- Member of SEBI Committee on Corporate Governance to help improve the standards of corporate governance of listed companies in India.
- Advisor to the Asia-Pacific Investment Council and the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
In 1991, he was appointed as an officer of the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) through his college placement.
Ashish Chauhan during his college days
In 1993, he took over as the Deputy Chairman of the National Stock Exchange (NSE). In 2001, he started working with the company ExchangeNext.com, which was funded by the Reliance Group. Working with the Reliance Group, he became the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Reliance Infocomm in 2014, CIO of the Reliance Group in 2015, and CEO of the cricket team Mumbai Indians in 2001. In 2009, he began serving as deputy CEO. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and in 2012 he became the CEO of BSE.
Ashish Chauhan giving speech in BSE
In June 2021, he was appointed as the Chancellor of Allahabad University.
Ashish Chauhan’s tweet after being appointed Chancellor of Allahabad University
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- 2009: Listed in Information Week, US Top 50 CIOs list
- 2013: Zee Business Awards for special contribution to commodity and capital markets
- 2014: Distinguished Alumni Award at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- 2014: Best CEO in Financial Markets in Asia Pacific by Asian Banker
- 2015: CEO of the Year, Diamond Saber Awards
- 2015: RH Patil Award for Excellence in Financial Services
- 2015: Indian Business Leader of the Year, Horasis Interlaken/Switzerland
- 2016: Distinguished Alumni Award 2016 at IIM Calcutta
- 2017: Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Directors
Salary
Ashish earns Rs. 15,00,000 per month by 2022.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Ashish is known as the father of modern financial derivatives in India due to his contributions to financial market policies, information technology, organized retail, telecommunications and Indian social issues.
Ashish Chauhan is using new technology for shares
- While working at NSE, he helped build the trading infrastructure at NSE and NSE-50 (NIFTY). He was also responsible for setting up the first commercial satellite telecommunication network in India for NSE. He also introduced the concept of National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCCL) and National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).
- In 2009, when he started working at BSE, he helped make BSE the fastest exchange in the world. He also introduced the concept of mobile trading. He also led Equity, Currency, Interest Rate Derivatives and Commodity at BSE. In 2012, BSE made major strides thanks to Ashish after it launched the SME Platform for listing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In 2013, he created the mutual fund distribution platform BSE StAR MF, which became India’s largest digital platform distributing mutual funds in 2018.
- In 2017, he inaugurated India’s first international exchange ‘India International Exchange’ along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the India International Exchange
- In January 2017, he completed the IPO of BSE which was pending for a long time.
- In 2013, stock exchange conditions improved largely since 1875. In an interview, Ashish, while talking about the growth of the stock exchange, said,
You see BSE as a 137 year old stock exchange. I see it as a new company that was spun off in 2007. We have a new management who is running this business professionally. And the results are visible.”
- He was a very quiet and disciplined child since childhood, due to which many of his relatives thought that he would eventually become a monk.
- In an interview, he said that he faced a language barrier while studying at IIT Mumbai as he studied in a Gujarati medium school and was not good at speaking or understanding English. He further said that he did not run away from the situation, but as a teacher he used a dictionary and learned English.
- According to Ashish, he spends more than sixteen hours daily at his work. Talking about this in an interview he said,
I start my day with puja and end the day with puja and meditation. This is a very personal puja, part of my family tradition. My work starts at 7 in the morning and I retire around 11 in the day.
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