Dr. Ashok Misra
Independent Director
Dr. Ashok Misra, 67 years, is an Independent Director of the Company. He is B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. He was conferred a Doctorate Degree in Polymer Science & Engineering by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA in 1974.
Presently, Dr. Ashok Misra is Chairman-India, Intellectual Ventures. He is on the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Member of the IIT Council. He is also a member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee of Aditya Birla Private Equity. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and a Fellow as well as past President of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). He is the Founder President of the Polymer Processing Academy and past President of the Society of Polymer Science, India. He has rich experience in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering.
He has been conferred with many awards of National and International importance for his contribution to Education and Society.
Dr. Misra is on the Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Ltd.