Tarun Das is an Indian industrialist, corporate executive, writer and a former Chief Mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He served CII from 1967 to 2004 as its director general and from 2004 to 2009 as its chief mentor. Das, who did his college education at the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

and

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, is a recipient of honoris causa degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) from the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

. He has chaired the ''U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue'' and the ''U.S.-India -Japan Strategic Dialogue'' and has served many corporate houses such as

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, Associated Cement Companies,

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, Asian Hotels and Properties, Bajaj Auto Finance and

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as their director. A former member of the International Advisory Board of

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, he is a trustee of the Indian chapter of the Aspen Institute. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...

, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian trade and industry. Das' name was mentioned in the media reports related to

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which was later refuted by him. He has delivered several keynote addresses; his lecture on ''Adapting Indian industry to globalisation'' at the golden jubilee of the ''Forum for Free Entrepreneurs'' in Mumbai in 2006 is one such address. He has published a book, ''Crossing Frontiers: The Journey of Building CII'', which is an account of his years at the Confederation of Indian Industry.

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