Nachiket Mor

Mor was born into a farming family in Yavatmal, Maharashtra.^[4] He has a bachelor's degree in Physics from Mumbai University. He has a master's degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), where he was a classmate of Raghuram Rajan.^[4] He also has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, with a specialisation in Finance from the Wharton School.^[5]

After completing his MBA, he joined a non-government organisation called Pradan, where he worked with mushroom farmers.^[1] He was then recruited by K.V. Kamath for ICICI Bank in 1987. In mid-1990s, he left to do his PhD at Wharton School and returned.^[6]

In late 2007, he left ICICI Bank to head the newly founded ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth to rural development.^[6][2] In May 2009, Intuit appointed Mor to its India advisory board.^[7] In September 2010, he left the foundation to work with an organisation called SughaVazhvu (Tamil for happy life), which works to provide better health care to villages.^[2]

In May 2013, he was appointed as a director in the Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and its local board in the eastern area.^[8] In September 2013, Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households was formed which was headed by Nachiket Mor.^[9][10] In October 2013, he was included in the 4 member RBI panel led by Bimal Jalan which examine applications for new bank licenses.^[11]

In March 2016, he took over as head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's India country office,^[12] and served in that position until March 2019.

Nachiket Mor quits Gates Foundation India