The Nand and Jeet Khemka Distinguished Speaker Forum, established in May 2008 by Board of Overseers member Nand L. Khemka '56 and his wife, Jeet, brings leaders in industry, commerce, finance, and government from India and around the globe to New York to share their perspective on India's growing economy and business policies.
Past Speakers
2024
September 2024: Rahul Kanodia '93 (Vice Chairman and CEO, Datamatics)
2023
September 2023: Namita Vikas (Founder and Managing Director, auctusESG)
2021
November 2021: Gaurav Dalmia '90 (Chairman, Dalmia Group Holdings)
2020
October 2020: Ratan Tata (Chairman, Tata Trusts)
2019
April 2019: Rahul Kanodia '94 (CEO, Datamatics)
2018
February 2018: Arvind Panagariya (Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at the School of International and Public Affairs and former Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog)
2017
November 2017: Manish Sabharwal (Chairman and Co-Founder of Teamlease)
2016
October 2016: Featuring Subir Vithal Gokarn (Executive Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Sri Lanka, International Monetary Fund)
February 2016: Nirmalya Kumar (Member of the Group Executive Council, Tata Sons)
2015
March 2015: R. Gopalakrishnan (Non-Executive Director, Tata Sons)
2014
October 2014: Adil Zainulbhai (Chairman, Quality Council of India, and former Chairman, McKinsey & Co. India)
2013
March 2013: Patu Keswani (Chairman and Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels)
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2012
May 2012: Tara Thiagarajan (Chairperson, Madura Micro Finance Ltd.)
February 2012: Chetan Dave (President and CEO of Real Estate Investments, Infrastructure Development Finance Company)
2011
May 2011: Chitra Ramkrishna (Joint Managing Director, National Stock Exchange of India)
2010
November 2010: Mr. Shaffi Mather (Entrepreneur, Lawyer and Public Policy Analyst; Founder Chairman, Dial 1298 for Ambulance)
May 2010: Mr. Girish Paranjpe (Joint CEO IT Services & Member of the Board, Wipro Technologies)
February 2010: Mr. N. Chandrasekaran (CEO, Tata Consultancy Services)
2009
Spring 2009: Mr. Narayana Murthy (Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys Technologies Limited)