Distinguished Fellowships 2026 | Institute Of Directors, India Distinguished Fellowships

IOD Distinguished Fellowships

Each year, the Executive Council of the Institute of Directors selects the persons(s) of eminence for conferring the Award of ”Distinguished Fellowship” for their outstanding contribution to public service and society.

The first Distinguished Fellowship of Institute of Directors was conferred upon Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in 1994.

IOD'S Roll Of Honour

An individual, who is duly admitted by the Council as a Distinguished Fellow, either in recognition of his services to the Institute, or because of his status, expertise, experience, or standing in matters relating to public affairs, companies or other bodies is such, that he appears to the Council to be able to render assistance in promoting the aim and objects of the Institute
Distinguished Fellow shall, be for life, and be entitled to the normal privileges and obligations of membership of the Institute. He will not be liable to pay any Annual Subscription to the Institute, but have no voting rights at the AGM. He is entitled to use the initials DF.IOD, after his name.

Some Glimpses of

IOD Distinguished Fellowships

Eugene Mayne

Founder & CEO

Tristar Holdings Ltd., UAE

Alok Sharma, MP

Hon'ble Minister of State for Housing & Planning Dept. for Communities

Govt of UK

H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer

MD & CEO

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), UAE

Baba N. Kalyani

Chairman

Bharat Forge & Group | Chairman, Kalyani Group

Mrs. Rajashree Birla

Chairperson

Aditya Birla Group Centre for Community Initiatives & Rural Development India

Peter Seah Lim Huat

Chairman

DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Singapore

Gopichand P. Hinduja

Co-Chairman

Hinduja Group of Companies India

KWA Chong Seng

Chairman, Singapore Exchange Ltd.

Chairman, ST Engineering
Dy. Chairman, PSC, Singapore

Chua Sock Koong

Group CEO

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.
(Singtel), Singapore

Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS

Secretary

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India

Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, IAS

Chief Secretary

Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir

V Adm Narayan Prasad AVSM, NM, IN (Retd.)

Chairman and MD

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited

Peter Ong Boon Kwee

Chairman

Enterprise Singapore & Sr. Economic Advisor, Ministry of Trade & Industry Govt. of Singapore

Sunil Kant Munjal

Chairman

Hero Corporate Services &
Jt. MD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd., India & President, AIMA

Donald H. Brydon CSE

Chairman

London Stock Exchange Group &
The Sage Group plc, UK

Dr. Raghupati Singhania

Chairman & MD

JK Tyre & Industries, India

Sanjiv Goenka

Chairman

RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group, India

IOD Distinguished Fellows

Over the Years

Select Distinguished Fellows - Year Wise

Distinguished Fellows 2025

Nara Bhuvaneswari

Vice Chairperson & MD
Heritage Foods Limited

Dr. Krishna Prasad Chigurupati

Chairman & MD
Granules India Limited

Prof. Peter Bonfield<br /> OBE FREng FIET

Prof. Peter Bonfield
OBE FREng FIET

Vice-Chancellor
University of Westminster, UK

M. Nagaraju, IAS

Secretary
Dept. of Financial Services
Ministry of Finance, India

Chanchal Kumar, IAS

Secretary
Ministry of DoNER, Govt. of India

Nadir B. Godrej

Chairman & Managing Director
Godrej Industries Limited

Angelo George

Chief Executive Officer
Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.

H.E. Abdulla Al Saleh

Undersecretary
Ministry of Economy
UAE

H.E. Lt. Gen. Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri

Director General
General Directorate of Residency
and Foreigners Affairs

Puneet Chhatwal

Managing Director & CEO
The Indian Hotels Company Limited

Distinguished Fellows 2024

Mohit Burman

Chairman
Dabur India Ltd.

Alka Upadhyaya, IAS

Secretary
Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Govt. of India

Dilip Shanghvi

Chairman & MD
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

Vivek Kumar Dewangan, IAS

Chairman & MD
REC Limited

G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, IAS

Chief Executive Officer
Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Chairman & MD
GAIL (India) Limited

H. E. Abdulla Mohamed Al Mazrui

Chairman
Abu Dhabi Chamber

Dr. Surender Singh Kandhari

Chairman and Founder
Al Dobowi Group, UAE

H.E. Hamad Sayah Al Mazrouei

Chief Executive Officer
ADGM Registration Authority

Distinguished Fellows 2023

Shriti Vadera

Chair, Prudential plc

Mohit Ralhan

Global CEO & Managing Partner
TIW Capital, Singapore

Dr. Ronald Colaco

Founder Chairman
Clarks Exotica, India

Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi

Judicial Member, Lokpal of India
former Chairperson, Law Commission of India, Former Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court

Pradeep K. Kheruka

Chairman
Borosil Renewables & Borosil Ltd.

C. K. Mishra, IAS (Retd.)

Former Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India

Sushma Paul Berlia

Co-Promoter & President, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group
Chairperson, Apeejay Stya Education Research Foundation

Dr. Anup Wadhawan, IAS (Retd.)

Former Secretary
Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

Nasser Munjee

Chairman of Board of Directors
Tata Motors Finance