Ajay Prakash Sawhney Appointed as Additional Independent Director of IDBI Bank

IDBI Bank Limited announced the appointment of Additional Independent Director Ajay Prakash Sawhney with effect from 28th August 2023. Ajay Prakash Sawhney is presently on the Board of the Data Security Council of India. He has served as Secretary to the Government of India, at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. As Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India, Sawhney led the Digidhan Mission for the promotion of UPI and digital payments, guided the growth of the Aadhaar ecosystem and multiple national public digital platforms like Digilocker, Umang, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (Health), Bhashini (language technologies) and helped significant growth and acceleration of electronic manufacturing in India. He actively catalysed Indian technology start-ups and Atmanirbhar Bharat Apps, supervised cyber law and cyber security, the Data Protection Bill, design of Indian micro-processors, supercomputing and the launch of the National Semiconductor Mission. During his tenure in the Government of India and the governments of his cadre, Sawhney has also served in various capacities as Director of Public Sector enterprises, viz., Oil India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Oil India International Limited, Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited, Digital India Corporation, National Internet Exchange of India, CSC E-Governance Services India Limited, Government E-marketplace and National Institute for Smart Government. He is a Graduate of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK (the equivalent of B.E. Mechanical Engineer), and is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.