Shri Devendra Raj Mehta

Mr. D. R. Mehta joined Indian Administrative Service in 1961 and held important positions in the Government of Rajasthan and later in Government of India. He was the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), an apex regulatory body that deals with the regulation and development of the capital market in India. He has been credited with transforming the capital market in India into a modern, efficient, safe, vibrant and a very investor friendly one. His prior prestigious postings include the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Director General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, and Additional Secretary, Banking, Ministry of Finance. Born in 1937, he is graduate of Arts and Law from Rajasthan University. He also studied at Royal Institute of Public Administration, London and Alfred Sloan School of Management, MIT, Boston. There is another side to this sterling personality-humane side. A man of compassion, he set up the Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti in 1975.