Neeraj Gupta Appointed as Chairman and Public Interest Director of NSE IFSC Ltd (NSE IX).

Appointment

In April 2025, GIFT City (Gujarat)-based NSE International Exchange (NSE IX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mumbai (Maharashtra)-based National Stock Exchange (NSE), announced the appointment of Neeraj Kumar Gupta as its Chairman and Public Interest Director.


      - The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) approved his appointment with effect from April 1, 2025, and Gupta officially assumed the role on April 19, 2025.

      - Neeraj Kumar Gupta is a distinguished former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1982 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre.

      - He retired as the Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Ministry of Finance (MoF) in 2018.

Main Point :-   (i) Neeraj Kumar Gupta played a key role in shaping three Union Budgets (2016–2018) and also chaired the National Taskforce for Promotion of Digital and Cashless Economy.

      (ii) NSE IX operates within India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City, Gujarat.


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