Nationality Indian Name Prahlad Basu | Spouse Dr. Aparna Basu | |
Born 16 December 1931 (age 92)
Kolkata ( 1931-12-16 ) Occupation Management professor, Indian government official Children Anuradha Basu, Priya Basu | ||
Prahlad Basu, now retired, is a distinguished professor of management and holder of leadership roles in the Indian government. His expertise is in the management of public sector undertaking also called state owned enterprises which comprise a large share of the economy of India, China, Africa and pre-Margaret-Thatcher Britain.
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Indian government positions
Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises 1979-1982
Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Steel, Mines and Programme Implementation 1982-1990
Past academic positions
Chairman, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Director, Cambridge Advanced Management Programme
Professor of Management, Jamia Millia Islamia
Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge
Past corporate leadership roles
Chairman, National Aluminium Company
Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India
Member of the Board of Directors of Tata Iron & Steel, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals
Past advisor to international institutions
United Nations Advisor, APDAC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
World Bank Advisor, Kampala, Uganda
Author of management books
Strategic issues in the management of Indian public sector enterprises
Education
Prahlad Basu graduated in Economics from King's College, Cambridge in the 1950s. He was a peer of economists Manmohan Singh and Amartya Sen. He is an alumnus of Presidency College in Calcutta.
Personal
He is one of the sons of Birendra Basu, a well-known member of the Indian Civil Service who graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge.