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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Dr Ashok Sekhar Ganguly<br />
| honorific_suffix={{post-nominals|post-noms=CBE}}<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|07|28|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Patna<br />
| constituency = Nominated<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term = 18 November 2009&nbsp;– 17 November 2015<br />
| predecessor = [[Chandan Mitra]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| spouse = Shrimati Rooma Ganguly<br />
}}<br />
Dr '''Ashok Shekar Ganguly''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=CBE}} noted industry expert and former chairman of Hindustan Lever, was a nominated member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ashok Sekhar Ganguly as RS nominated member|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ashok-sekhar-ganguly-as-rs-nominated-member/18/07/79517/on|access-date=21 May 2012|newspaper=Business Standard|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> His term ended on 17 November 2015.<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|title=Detailed Profile: Dr. Ashok S. Ganguly|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2127|publisher=Rajya Sabha|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born on 28 July 1935 in Patna to Sekhar Nath and Binapani Ganguly. He was educated at the Master Tutorial High School, Mumbai, and obtained his B.Sc. degree from the Jaihind College, Mumbai.<ref name=Profile /> He completed his M.S. in 1959 and Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Illinois Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.<ref name=AlumniAward>{{cite web|title=MADHURI AND JAGDISH N. SHETH INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT&nbsp;— WINNERS|url=http://ilint.illinois.edu/grants/alumniwinners.html|access-date=21 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Much of Dr. Ganguly's working life has been with Unilever PLC, where he spent over 35 years. He was the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Ltd from 1980 to 1990 and a member of the Unilever Board from 1990 to 1997. Dr. Ganguly has held board level positions with various other multinationals, including Hindustan Lever, ICI India, British Airways, Wipro, Tata AIG Life Insurance Co, Hemogenomics, and Firstsource Solutions. He was a member of the board of British Airways Plc from 1996 to 2005.<ref name=Profile /><br />
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==Public Service==<br />
Dr Ganguly has been on various advisory boards to governments across the world<br />
* Member, Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (1985–1989)<br />
* Member, UK Advisory Board of Research Councils (1991–1994).<br />
* Director on the central board of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (2000–2009)<br />
* Member, Prime Minister of India's Council on Trade and Industry<br />
* Member, [[Investment commission of India]]<br />
* Member, India-USA CEO Council<br />
* Member, [[National Knowledge Commission]], India<br />
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==Honours and awards==<br />
* [[Padma Vibhushan]], 2008<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
* [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]], 2006<br />
* [[Padma Bhushan]], 1987<ref name="Padma Awards" /><br />
* Made Hon Professor by the Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai (1996)<br />
* Selected as ‘Outstanding Alumnus’ by University of Illinois in 1997<br />
* Recipient of the International Alumni Award, University of Illinois, 2003 <ref name=AlumniAward /><br />
* Elected Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], 1991<br />
* Honorary Fellowship of [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]], Bangalore, 1995<br />
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