Subhash C. Khuntia

Dr. Subhash C. Khuntia has had a career in Civil service spanning over 36 years as a member of the Indian Administrative Service. His latest assignment was as Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. He has been Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka and before that he worked as Secretary (School Education and Literacy), Government of India in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

In Government of Karnataka, he has served in various capacities in the Departments of Revenue, Personnel, Urban Development, Rural Development and as Principal Secretary, Public Works, Ports and Inland Waterways Department and as Secretary, Finance Department. In Government of India, he has served in Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He also served as Government nominee Director on the Boards of Indian Oil Corporation, ONGC and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, and several PSUs of Karnataka State Government. He has been Chairman of the Boards of Bangalore International Airport Limited and Institute of Insurance and Risk Management.

Dr. Khuntia is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur from where he did his post-graduation in Computer Science and Physics. He is also an alumnus of London School of Economics from where he did his M.Sc. He has a Ph.D. in Economics and is also a Law Graduate.