Atanu Chakraborty

Atanu Chakraborty is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. He served as Economic Affairs Secretary of India till his retirement in April 2020.[1] He also served as the Expenditure Secretary of India.[2] Previously he served as the Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) under the Ministry of Finance. He is currently serving as the Chairperson of HDFC Bank, India's largest lender by market capitalization, appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021.[3]

Atanu Chakraborty
Economic Affairs Secretary of India
In office
July 2019 – April 2020
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded bySubhash Chandra Garg
Succeeded byAjay Seth
Chairperson of HDFC Bank
In office
July 2021 – Incumbent
Preceded byShyamala Gopinath
Personal details
Nationality Indian
OccupationIAS officer

Education

He holds a degree in electronics and communication engineering. He has done his post graduate diploma in business finance and an MBA from the United Kingdom.[1]

Career

Atanu Chakraborty has served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat. He had served in several departments, including finance, ports, home and labor in Gujarat government. He served as the secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) in the Ministry of Finance (India).[4] He played a key role in garnering ₹80,000 crore through disinvestment proceedings in the year 2018-19 after Chakraborty took charge as the secretary of the department in May 2018, when critics had opinion that the target was not achievable.[1]

Before being appointed as the secretary of DIPAM, he had served as the Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the Ministry of Petroleum in February 2016. He held the rank of Additional Secretary as the chief of DGH. He also served as the MD of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation.[5]

Economic Affairs Secretary

Chakraborty was appointed as the Union Economic Affairs Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) in July 2019. He was succeeded by Subhash Chandra Garg.[6]

In October 2019, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet given him additional charge of department of expenditure and was made Expenditure Secretary.[2]

References
  1. Mishra, Asit Ranjan (July 25, 2019). "Who is Atanu Chakraborty, the new economic affairs secretary?". Livemint.
  2. "Govt appoints Atanu Chakraborty as expenditure secretary". Livemint. October 30, 2019.
  3. "RBI approves appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as part-time chairman of HDFC Bank". The Hindu. April 23, 2021.
  4. Verma, Sunny; Singh, Sandeep (July 8, 2019). "DIPAM secretary Atanu Chakraborty: 'Will keep putting products for sale on the conveyor belt'". Indian Express.
  5. "Atanu Chakraborty appointed Director General of Hydrocarbons". The Economic Times. February 26, 2016.
  6. "Atanu Chakraborty appointed Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg named Power Secretary". Business Today. July 24, 2019.
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