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Revolving door

Officials who took company jobs or board seats after leaving government, set against the posts they had just left. Shortest interval first. 13 of 40 joined within a year, the usual cooling-off period.

  1. K.V. KamathChairperson, National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) to Reliance Strategic Investments Ltd724days overlap
  2. Gurumoorthy MahalingamIndependent Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India (state-owned seller of 30.24% of IDBI Bank) to Thomas Cook221days overlap
  3. Amitabh KantIndia's G20 Sherpa to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd10days
  4. Sanjiv SinghChairman, Indian Oil Corporation (CPSE) to Reliance Industries Ltd57days
  5. Maheshwar SahuPrincipal Secretary, Department of Industries and Mines, Government of Gujarat to Heubach Color130days
  6. K. V. ChowdaryCentral Vigilance Commissioner to CCL Products, Reliance Industries Ltd131days
  7. Sutanu BehuriaSecretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises to Escorts Ltd169days
  8. P V BhideRevenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance to L&T Finance267days
  9. Aruna SundararajanTelecom Secretary (earlier IT Secretary and Steel Secretary) to L&T Infotech293days
  10. Vijay ChhiberSecretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways to Unibrain Consultancy306days
  11. M F FarooquiSecretary, Department of Telecommunications (earlier Heavy Industries) to TVS Electronics310days
  12. Desh DeepakSecretary General, Rajya Sabha (earlier Chairman, UP Electricity Regulatory Commission, about 2013-2017) to JSW Energy Ltd324days
  13. D K MittalSecretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance to Business Strategy Advisory Services342days
  14. Giridhar AramaneDefence Secretary, Ministry of Defence to Go Digit General Insurance Ltd, Cyient DLM Ltd366days
  15. Atanu ChakrabortySecretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance to HDFC Bank Ltd370days
  16. Arundhati BhattacharyaChairman, State Bank of India to Reliance Industries Ltd376days
  17. Vijaylaxmi JoshiSecretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Secretary/head, Swachh Bharat Mission (Drinking Water & Sanitation) to Adani Enterprises Ltd398days
  18. Shashi ShankerChairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to Adani Total Gas Ltd399days
  19. Rakesh AsthanaCommissioner of Police, Delhi to Religare Enterprises Ltd459days
  20. G.K. PillaiUnion Home Secretary (earlier Commerce Secretary, Sep 2006 to Jun 2009, chairing the SEZ Board of Approval) to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd477days
  21. Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner to HDFC Bank Ltd497days
  22. P.K. PujariChairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd789days
  23. Rajiv MehrishiComptroller and Auditor General of India to Reliance Strategic Investments Ltd1064days
  24. Bibhu Prasad KanungoDeputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India to IIFL Finance Ltd1536days
  25. Vineet ChawdhryChief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh to Virbhu India Pvt Ltd1618days
  26. U.K. SinhaChairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to New Delhi Television Ltd2218days
  27. Biswamohan MahapatraExecutive Director, RBI (banking regulation and policy) to CSB Bank Ltd3215days

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The record names the company post but not a date precise enough to measure the gap.

  1. D N Narasimha RajuAdditional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, Karnataka; later Karnataka State Chief Information Commissioner (sworn in 2016) to CSB Bank Ltd, Bangalore International Airport Ltd–
  2. Kapil RajJoint Director, Enforcement Directorate to Reliance Industries Ltd–
  3. Raminder Singh GujralFinance Secretary, Government of India to Reliance Industries Ltd, Adani Power Ltd–
  4. Prabhat SinghMD & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd (promoted by GAIL, ONGC, IOC and BPCL) to India Gas Solutions Pvt Ltd–
  5. A.K.Chairman, State Bank of India to Reliance Communications Ltd–
  6. Sarthak BehuriaChairman, Indian Oil Corporation to Reliance Industries Ltd–
  7. M.V. BhanumathiDirector General of Income Tax (Investigation), Mumbai to Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd–
  8. Dr. Amiya ChandraDevelopment Commissioner, Mundra SEZ (developer: APSEZ) from 30 Nov 2017; also Kandla SEZ (additional charge, Dec 2018); Additional DGFT from Aug 2021 while retaining additional charge of Mundra SEZ to Adani Energy Solutions Ltd–
  9. RajarangamaniMember, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB); earlier Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (to 31 Jul 2012), which chaired the FIPB to Vedanta Ltd–
  10. K. JairajAdditional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka (Principal Secretary/ACS, Energy Department from June 2008; chairman of BESCOM and the other state distribution companies) to Adani Transmission Ltd–
  11. Meera ShankarAmbassador of India to the United States to Adani Transmission Ltd–
  12. Sunil KumarChief Secretary, Chhattisgarh (later: Vice-Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Planning Commission from about May/June 2014; independent director, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd from 17 Nov 2015) to New Delhi Television Ltd–
  13. V.Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to Adani Enterprises Ltd–

Dates and filings placed side by side. Being listed is not a finding of wrongdoing; where no departmental decision on the company was found, the page says so.