Mr Gaurav Dalmia, Chairman, Dalmia Group Holdings will be the Chief Guest at the Convocation Ceremony.

Profile of Mr Gaurav Dalmia

Mr Gaurav Dalmia is the Chairman of Dalmia Group Holdings, a holding company for business and financial assets. It invests in private equity, real estate, public markets, and structured debt.

He is an early investor in and a Board member of True North, a leading Indian private equity fund, which manages approximately $3.5billion. He is also the founder and Chairman of Landmark Holdings, a real estate investment firm.

He is a member of the Governing Board of The Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York. He is on the Advisory Board of Project Syndicate, a leading international media organization for expert analysis of global issues. He has been the Chairman of the Indian Advisory Board of Room to Read, a global education charity. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust, which works to promote rural entrepreneurship in India. He is a Board member of the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, a leading Indian think tank. He is an op-ed contributor to The Economic Times, The Times of India and Financial Times.

Gaurav Dalmia was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000. Gaurav Dalmia received an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Columbia Business School.