Mr. Desh Raj Dogra

- MBA

Mr. Desh Raj Dogra holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Agriculture from Himachal Pradesh University and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He is also a certified associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. He retired in 2016 as Managing Director and CEO of CARE Ratings, which is the second largest credit rating agency in India in terms of rating income. After a stint of 15 years in Dena Bank, he joined CARE in 1993. He has over 37 years of experience in the financial sector in the areas of banking and credit rating. Several initiatives have been successfully taken such as acquisition of Kalypto Risk Technologies (a risk management solutions company), opening of first global office in the Republic of Maldives, setting up the first credit rating agency in Mauritius, forging ties with other global rating agencies in creation of a global rating agency, ARC Ratings (with partners from Brazil, Malaysia, Portugal and South Africa). He also worked closely with the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, where CARE has prepared a dossier on the Indian Economy as well as white papers on both the equity and debt markets for the Ministry.