Deena Mehta

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{{Infobox person
| name = Deena Mehta
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| birth_date = 18 February 1961
| birth_place = [[Valsad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Managing director]] of Asit C. Mehta Investment Interrmediates Ltd
| alma_mater = [[H.R. College of Commerce and Economics| H.R. College]]<br>[[SVKM's NMIMS]]<br>[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India| ICAI]]
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| spouse = Asit C Mehta
| children = Aakash Mehta , Aditya Mehta
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| website = {{URL|https://www.investmentz.com/about-us/|www.investmentz.com}}
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'''Deena Mehta''' ({{lang-gu | દીના મહેતા}}) born on 18 February 1961, is an Indian businesswoman, broker, investor, financial adviser, chartered accountant and social activist. She is the managing director and chief executive officer of Asit C. Mehta Investment Intermediates Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=33663071&ticker=ASIT:IN|work=Bloomberg|title=Asit C Mehta Financial Serv (ASIT:Mumbai)|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref> Mehta was one of the first female members of [[Bombay Stock Exchange]], [[Mumbai]] and eventually went on to become its first woman president.

==Early life and education==
Deena Mehta completed her schooling from [[Mary Immaculate Girls' High School]] in Mumbai. A commerce graduate from [[H.R. College of Commerce and Economics|H.R. College]] and a chartered accountant, Mehta has a master's degree in management studies (finance) from the [[SVKM's NMIMS]]. She also holds a diploma in stock exchange studies from BSE Training Institute and a post graduate diploma in securities law from [[Government Law College, Mumbai]]

==Career==
With her husband Asit Mehta, she set up the Mumbai-based brokerage firm Nucleus Securities in 1986. This firm eventually became the Nucleus Group of Companies. Asit C. Mehta Investment Interrmediates Limited is a part of the Nucleus Group.<ref name=MC>{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/elite/profile/deena-mehta-1066.html|title=MoneyControl|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref>

Mehta was the first woman director on the board of the Bombay Stock Exchange. She was vice-president for two years and was elected president of the Exchange in 2001.<ref name=MC /> Her tenure lasted a total of six years from April 1996 to March 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bseindia.com/static/about/deena_mehta.htm|title=BSEIndia|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref>

She is on the Board of Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, Magma Housing Finance Limited, Fino Payments Bank Limited and Gandhar Oil Refinery (India) Limited as Independent Director. She is the promoter director of Central Depository Services Ltd. as well as South Asian Federation of exchanges, the association of stock exchanges of SAARC countries. She has been an invitee to International Securities Regulators Organization, and member of Index Committee and Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds of Stock Exchange, Mumbai and a member of SEBI Committees such as Review of Eligibility (CORE) norms of SEBI, Derivative Committee, Delisting Committee, Ethics Committee and Investor Education. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finobank.com/about-us/about-fino/board-of-directors/deena-mehta/|title=Deena Mehta}}</ref>

Mehta has been a member of the board of directors of the following organizations:

*Cotton Association of India<ref>{{cite web|title=Cotton Association of India to launch 1st price index|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/cotton-association-of-india-to-launch-1st-price-index-108090301057_1.html|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref>
*Board of Central Depository Services (India) Limited<ref>https://www.cdslindia.com/downloads/annual_rep/CDSLANNREP1999-2000.pdf</ref>
*[[National Payments Corporation of India|National Payment Corporation of India]] since August 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=NPCI|url=http://www.npci.org.in/DeenaMehta.html|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref>

She is also a visiting faculty{{vague|date=February 2018}} on stock markets at [[IIM Ahmedabad]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sify Article|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13426677&cid=20676|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130912060732/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=13426677&cid=20676|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 September 2013|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
*First woman president of [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] in the 125 years of the exchange's existence<ref>{{cite web|title=Deena Mehta is first woman to head Bombay Stock Exchange|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/mar/09deena.htm|website=Rediff.com|date=9 March 2001|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref>
*Awarded for outstanding contribution in the field of banking and financial services by Ladies Wing, [[Indian Merchants' Chamber|Indian Merchant Chamber]]
*Honoured by [[Cosmos Bank]] for outstanding contribution in the field of finance in December, 2005
*Awarded as outstanding Young Indian in Business Category by Indian Jaycees in 1998{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

==Personal life==
Mehta has been married to Asit Mehta since 1984 and has two sons, Aditya and Aakash.<ref name=ToI>{{cite web|title=The power broker |work=Times of India |date=18 March 2001|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/The-power-broker/articleshow/34353807.cms}}</ref> In August 2018, Mehta discussed her upbringing and personal interests on the ''VartaLab'' podcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ivmpodcasts.com/vartalab-episode-list/2018/4/30/ep-02-feat-deena-mehta|title=Ep. 02: Feat. Deena Mehta|website=IVM Podcasts - Indian Podcasts for you to listen to|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.asitmehta.com/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx Official website]
*[https://www.caswetamakwana.com/virtual-cfo-services.php Virtual CFO services in Mumbai ]

==References==
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[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:Businesswomen from Maharashtra]]

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