Arup Roy Choudhury

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Arup Roy Choudhury
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Professor of Practice, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
In office
28 January 2021 - present
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Born (1956-12-29) 29 December 1956 (age 68)
NationalityIndian
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Arup Roy Choudhury (born 29 December 1956) is an Indian business executive and professor. He worked as the Chairman & MD of NBCC (National Building Construction Corporation), a Navaratna Central Public Sector Company from 3 April 2001 to 31 August 2010, and as Chairman and MD of NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation), a Maharatna Central Public Sector Company from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2015.

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He also held an additional charge of Chairman of DVC (Damodar Valley Corporation), a Company owned by Govt. of India, Govt. of West Bengal, and Govt. of Jharkhand. From 6 October 2015 till 15 Dec 2020 he worked with the Govt. of West Bengal, initially as the Chief Commissioner of West Bengal Right to Public Service Commission, and thereafter as the Principal Advisor Infrastructure to the West Bengal Cabinet. Since 28 Jan 2021, he has joined as Professor of Practice with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Choudhury holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with a Post graduation in Management & Systems. He has a Ph. D from IIT Delhi in Project Management, with a special emphasis in Dispute Resolution. [1] [2]

Choudhury's ancestors came to Patna in Bihar in the 1920s. His paternal grandfather belonged to the landowning (Zamindar) class of Taki in today's West Bengal and had to leave home under adverse family circumstances due to sudden death of his father. [3] Choudhury's father was a member of the Bihar Government. [3] His mother came from the Zamindar family of Bagerhat in Khulna, in present-day Bangladesh. [3]

Career

Choudhury was appointed chairman of the National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) at the age of 44, making him the youngest CEO ever of a public sector enterprise. [1] [2] He was the corporation's chairman until 2010, and during his time in office, NBCC's turnover and net-worth grew significantly. [1]

In September, 2010, Choudhury became the chairman and managing director of NTPC Limited, [4] the 10th largest power producer in the world. NTPC is also one of the seven largest Central Public Sector Undertakings of India, designated as a Maharatna . [5]

Choudhury was the Chairman of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), a forum of over 200 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in India from April 2009 to March 2013. [6] He was ranked as number 40 on a list of "India Inc's 100 Most Powerful CEOs 2013", compiled by The Economic Times . [7]

Choudhury has written the books Management by Idiots and Delhi's New Moti Bagh. [3]

Awards and honors

Individual Awards & Recognitions

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NTPC chief Arup Roy Choudhury gets additional charge of DVC". TNN. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 NBCC's Arup Roy Choudhury is NTPC chairman timesofindia.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Choudhury, A. R. (2013). Management by Idiots. McGraw Hill Education(India) Private Limited. ISBN   978-93-5134-298-4.
  4. Arup Roy Choudhury [ dead link ], Bloomberg Business Week.
  5. List of Maharatna Companies Archived 2013-07-19 at the Wayback Machine . Department of Public Enterprises.
  6. Alumni Profiles Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine , BITS Mesra, Ranchi.
  7. 1 2 Most Powerful CEOs.Economic Times.
  8. Prime Minister Presents SCOPE Excellence Awards.Standing Conference Of Public Enterprises.
  9. 1 2 Page- Profile.NTPC Ltd.
  10. 1 2 .Financial Times Ltd.
  11. "NTPC bags 'SCOPE Meritorious Award 2010-11' - UniconDirect.com". Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014..Unidirect.
  12. .Press Information Bureau.
  13. .NBCC.
  14. Inc's most powerful CEOs 2012 [ dead link ].Economic Times.
  15. .NBCC.
  16. Outstanding Engineers Award.Economic Times.
  17. Asian CEO 2012 Award.Economic Times.
  18. Global HR Excellence Award.Economic Times.
  19. Vocational Excellence Award.NBCC.
  20. Creative Foundation.NBCC.