Yogesh Chandra

Yogesh Chandra is a distinguished alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and an Edward S. Mason Fellow at Harvard University. 

A 1962-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service, he served across Uttar Pradesh and was among the first chairmen and chief executive officers of Noida, as well as Economic Adviser to the King of Bhutan. Over the course of a distinguished career, he held several senior positions in the Government of India, retiring with the rank of Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. 

His later work in corporate social responsibility culminated in his leadership of the Coca-Cola India Foundation. A keen observer of people and places, he brings warmth and wit to his recollections of an India that once lived close to the wild. He is the father of senior journalist Vikram Chandra, who anchored the Save Our Tigers campaign in the late 2000s.