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.