Gauri Kumar, IAS (Retd)
\nMPA (Harvard University),
\n-Recipient of Littauer Fellowship for her commitment to excellence, academic achievement, and public service, by Harvard University
\n-Former Secretary to Government of India
\n-Former Chairperson, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), Government of India
\n-Tata Nano was relocated to Gujarat during her tenure as Principal Secretary, Industries & Mines, Govt of Gujarat. Japan joined Vibrant Gujarat 2009 as a Partner Country.
\n– Universal Account Numbers (UAN) in Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) were introduced for subscribers, during her tenure as Secretary, Govt of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment
\n– National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) was re-engineered with the passing of NIFT Act, President of India as the Chief Guest at NIFT Convocation and the Futures Group recruiting 50 graduates, during her tenure as Director General, NIFT. .<\/p>\n
Currently
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC)
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GSFC)
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC)
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd (GSpC)
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, TVS Supply Chain Systems (TVSSCS), India
\n\u25cf Director, Board of Directors, TVS Supply Chain Systems (TVSSCS), North America
\n\u25cf CVC appointed Independent External Monitor (IEM) on RITES Ltd
\n\u25cf CVC appointed Independent External Monitor (IEM) on India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL).
\n\u25cf Founder Trustee, Vayah Vikas, Bengaluru, which works for the elderly, in partnership with the M\/o Social justice & empowerment
\n\u25cf Advisor, wheels Global foundation and former Chairperson, WHEELS Water Council (a pan IIT philanthropic initiative), with holistic spring & pond rejuvenation projects, in partnership with state government of HP and Yeida
\n\u25cf Delhi Public School (DPS) Society nominee on the Management Committees of 6 DPS schools in Gujarat and UP
\n\u25cf Author of the chapter on \u2018Industry and Labour\u2019 of the book \u2018Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government\u2019
\n\u25cf Co-Founder & CEO, Gcap World Softech Pvt Ltd, an Ed tech startup, which has developed Scholar Planet, an AI-enabled, multi-platform learning ecosystem designed to improve academic outcomes across underserved public school ecosystems. It has strategic partnerships with 2000+ government secondary schools across Uttar Pradesh (after a successful pilot), Kendriya Vidyalayas and in Ladakh, with >75%engagement since July, 2025, potentially reaching ~5 L students.
\nLinkedIn profile: http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gauri-kumar-b0a5ba312<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007,"menu_order":0,"template":"","team_designation":[],"team_department":[7],"class_list":["post-1996","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","team_department-speakers-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_designation?post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/beb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_department?post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}