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'''Vikram Singh Mehta''' is an Indian business executive turned analyst. He is a former CEO of Shell India. Mehta was executive chairman of [[Brookings Institute|Brookings]] India and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/author/vikram-singh-mehta/|title=Vikram Singh Mehta|website=brookings.edu|accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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Mehta is currently a director with the HT Media group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.htmedia.in/about-us.html/|title=Board of Directors|website=htmedia.in|accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref> Mehta is Chairman and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP).<ref name="csep">{{cite web|url=https://csep.org/team/vikram-singh-mehta/|title=Vikram Singh Mehta|website=csep.org|accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/csep-appoints-vikram-singh-as-chairman-rakesh-mohan-as-president-120092401474_1.html|title=CSEP appoints Vikram Singh as Chairman, Rakesh Mohan as President|agency=Press Trust of India|website=Business Standard|date=24 September 2020|accessdate=11 October 2020}}<br />
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Mehta also serves as an independent, non-executive director of [[Larsen & Toubro]], [[Mahindra & Mahindra]], Colgate Palmolive India, and Apollo Tyres.<ref name="csep"/><br />
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==Background==<br />
Mehta comes from a family with a tradition of government service. His grandfather and father were both senior officers with the Government of India. His father retired as the Foreign Secretary.<ref name="ET">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-08-20/news/28487819_1_civil-services-exam-family-tradition-vikram-singh-mehta | title=Oilman with a public service core | work=The Economic Times| date=20 August 2008 | accessdate=19 August 2012 | author=Dobhal, Shailesh}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Mehta completed his schooling from the [[Mayo College]] in [[Ajmer]]. He has degrees from [[Oxford University]] in [[England]]. He has a MALD from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at Tufts University.<ref name="MD">{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/columnists/2012/may/100512-How-Vikram-met-Imran.htm | title=How Vikram met Imran | publisher=Mid Day | date=10 May 2012 | accessdate=19 August 2012 | author=Sangghvi, Malavika}}</ref><br />
At Oxford, Mehta was the classmate of [[Imran Khan]] and [[Benazir Bhutto]] (two time prime minister of [[Pakistan]]). All of them had PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) as their common subject.<br />
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==Early career==<br />
Mehta qualified for the Indian Administrative Service in the 1970s. He joined the IAS but left it after a couple of years to pursue further education at Fletcher.<ref name="bs india">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/lunchbs-vikram-mehta/473649/ | title=Lunch with BS: Vikram Mehta | work=Business Standard| date=8 May 2012 | accessdate=19 August 2012 | author=Mukul, Jyoti}}</ref><br />
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==Shell==<br />
After short stints working for the government of India, he accepted an offer from [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] to join its Middle East operations. Subsequently, he moved to Shell India for about 24 years. He retired from this position on 1 October 2012 and was succeeded by Yasmine Hilton.<ref name="business">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/vikram-singh-mehta-quits-shell-companies/162721/on | title=Vikram Singh Mehta quits Shell Companies | work=Business Standard| date=11 April 2012 | accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref><br />
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After retiring from Shell, Vikram Mehta became the chairman of [[Brookings Institute|Brookings India]] for many years before joining the Centre for Social and Economic Progress as Chairman.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111231160035/http://www.shell.com/home/content/chemicals/aboutshell/who_we_are/leadership/other_execs/biography_vikram_mehta.html Vikram Mehta at Shell]<br />
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