Shri Ashish Kumar Chauhan
Shri Ashish kumar Chauhan is the MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). A technocrat from IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta, he was part of the founding team at NSE. He is credited with setting up first screen-based trading in India, mobile trading, mutual fund distribution through exchanges, markets for SME shares, satellite telecom, the NIFTY index, derivatives trading and many other modern developments in the Indian stock markets. He is considered as the father of modern financial derivatives in India.
Ashish has been fulfilling NSE’s mandate of being a frontline regulator that extends well beyond any comparable exchange in the world. NSE, today, is the largest exchange in the world in terms of the number of orders and trades per day. He has been instrumental in the success of NSE IFSC and in bringing SGX NIFTY to GIFT IFSC which is a pivotal moment in Indian Financial Markets in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modiji’s vision for Amrit Kaal. He has also played a significant role in the establishment of the Social Stock Exchange.
Ashish was the MD and CEO of the Bombay Stock Exchange for 10 years before he joined back NSE in 2022. He is a member of the University Grants Commission, is the Chancellor of the University of Allahabad and is on the board of IIM Calcutta and other institutions of repute. He is a faculty at Nottingham University, UK and Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. He has also worked in the Reliance group as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) and as the CEO of Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team in its formative years.
A Book titled ‘Sthithpragya: The Process of Maintaining an Equilibrium’ addresses his life’s journey. He has been awarded many awards in India and abroad including the Most Influential CEO Award by CEO Monthly in 2024, Lifetime achievement award from Global Custodian at Singapore in 2023, Digital Icon of the Year in 2019, Best CEO in the Financial Markets in the Asia Pacific by the Asian Banker in 2014, Top 50 CIOs in the world by Information Week, US in 2009, Lifetime Achievement award in the field of Information Technology by CTO Magazine, Istanbul in 2007, and many more.