27th International Conference on Environment Management and Climate Change 2026 | Theme: Board Strategy for Securing the Future: Risk and Resilience in Nature and Climate Governance | July 03 - 04th, 2026, Radisson Gift City Club, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)

IOD Executive Committee

Leaders Begins with Dynamic Thinkers

Executive Committee

  • Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)
    President

    Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

    President
    Institute of Directors

    former Chairman, UPSC
    former Vice Chief of Army Staff and
    former Independent Director, L&T Ltd.

  • Reji Mathew
    Member

    Reji Mathew

    Treasurer
    Institute of Directors

  • Ashok Kapur, IAS (Retd.)
    Member

    Ashok Kapur, IAS (Retd.)

    Member GC & DG IOD Secretariat
    Institute of Directors
    former Principal Secretary
    Govt. of West Bengal

  • Pradeep Chaturvedi
    Member

    Pradeep Chaturvedi

    Vice President
    Institute of Directors
    former Advisor, FAO

  • Manoj K. Raut
    Member

    Manoj K. Raut

    Secretary-General
    Institute of Directors

Membership Committee

  • Pradeep Chaturvedi
    Member

    Pradeep Chaturvedi

    Vice President
    Institute of Directors
    former Advisor, FAO

  • Manoj K. Raut
    Member

    Manoj K. Raut

    Secretary-General
    Institute of Directors

  • Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)
    Chairman

    Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

    President, Institute of Directors

    former Chairman, UPSC
    former Vice Chief of Army Staff and
    former Independent Director, L&T Ltd.

NRC Committee

  • Pradeep Chaturvedi
    Chairman

    Pradeep Chaturvedi

    Vice President
    Institute of Directors
    former Advisor, FAO

  • Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)
    Member

    Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)

    former Secy-General
    Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

Internal Audit & Finance Committee

  • Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)
    Chairman

    Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)

    former Secy-General
    Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

  • A. K. Tiwari
    Member

    A. K. Tiwari

    Member, Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board & former Director (finance) GAIL

  • Satish Kochhar
    Member

    Satish Kochhar

    former Managing Director
    ALNI & ID on Multiple Boards

Golden Peacock Awards Committee

  • M. N. Venkatachaliah
    Chairman Emeritus

    M. N. Venkatachaliah

    Chairman Emeritus
    Institute of Directors

    former Chief Justice of India

  • Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Surinder Nath, PVSM AVSM (Retd.)

    President, Institute of Directors

    former Chairman, UPSC
    former Vice Chief of Army Staff and
    former Independent Director, L&T Ltd.

  • Ritu Raj Awasthi
    Jury Member

    Ritu Raj Awasthi

    Vice-Chairman, Institute of Directors

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

  • U. U. Lalit
    Chairman

    U. U. Lalit

    Former Chief Justice of India

    Chairman, Institute of Directors

  • Anil Baijal
    Jury Member

    Anil Baijal

    former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
    former Union Home Secretary
    Govt. of India

  • Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Vivek Agnihotri, IAS (Retd.)

    former Secy-General
    Rajya Sabha, Parliament of India

  • Desh Deepak Verma, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Desh Deepak Verma, IAS (Retd.)

    Principal Advisor, IOD
    (former Secy-General Rajya Sabha,
    Parliament of India)

  • Dhanendra Kumar, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Dhanendra Kumar, IAS (Retd.)

    Chairman, Committee on NCP of India
    former Chairman, CCI
    former Secretary, Govt. of India &
    former ED, World Bank

  • Hem Pande, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Hem Pande, IAS (Retd.)

    former Secy. Ministry of CAF & Public Distribution, & former Secy. Ministry of Envt, Forests & CC

  • Anup Wadhawan, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Anup Wadhawan, IAS (Retd.)

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

  • Ruchi Ghanashyam, IFS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Ruchi Ghanashyam, IFS (Retd.)

    former, High Commissioner
    of India to UK

  • Aruna Sharma, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    Aruna Sharma, IAS (Retd.)

    Board Member on multiple Boards & former Secy., Ministry of Steel & IT, Govt. of India

  • Uddesh Kohli
    Jury Member

    Uddesh Kohli

    Secretary General IFTDO
    Sr. Advisor Global Compact Office, UN & former Chairman and MD Power Finance Corporation

  • C. K. Mishra, IAS (Retd.)
    Jury Member

    C. K. Mishra, IAS (Retd.)

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

  • Ovais Sarmad
    Jury Member

    Ovais Sarmad

    former Deputy Executive Secretary United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)

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