Ananth Narayan, an associate professor at the S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), has been appointed by the Indian government as a full-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The growth and oversight of India’s financial markets are the responsibility of SEBI. He will hold office for a term of three years beginning on the day he accepts command or until further orders, whichever comes first, according to a circular released by the government’s Department of Personnel and Training. With this appointment, Mr. Ananth Narayan joins SEBI as the fourth full-time member; the slot has been vacant since November 2021.
With over twenty years of expertise in banking and finance, Mr. Ananth Narayan has held positions at Citibank, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank. In addition to being an independent director on the boards of SBI Capital Markets, NSE Clearing Ltd, NSE IFSC Gift City, Care Ratings Ltd, Clearcorp Dealing Systems, Dvara Research, and BFIH, he previously served as the RBI-nominated extra director on the board of YES Bank (a Foxconn group company). Dr. Varun Nagaraj, the Dean of SPJIMR, responded to the news of the appointment by saying, “We are thrilled that Ananth’s experience will help India’s capital markets. We are also anticipating the fresh knowledge that Ananth’s affiliation with SEBI would provide SPJIMR students, who already see him as a role model.”
One of India’s top 10 business schools, S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) is a part of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The pioneering programmes and pedagogical innovations of SPJIMR, which has as its aim to “impact practise and foster value-based growth,” set it apart from other management education institutions.