Sri. K. V. Chowdary is a retired officer of the 1978 batch of Indian Revenue Service(IRS). He assumed the charge as Central Vigilance Commissioner on 10 June 2015 and served there till 9 June 2019. He has served as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). In 2015, he was appointed as the chairman of Central Vigilance Commission. He has been appointed as a member of the board directors of Reliance Industries in October 2019.

Currently the Executive Chairman at Eugia Pharma Specialities Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Tata Motors Ltd., Independent Director at Reliance Industries Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Divi’s Laboratories Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at CCL Products (India) Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Anant Raj Ltd., Independent Director at GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, Independent Non-Executive Director at Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., Independent Director at Genome Foundation, Director at My Home Industries Pvt Ltd., Director at Reliance International Ltd., and Independent Non-Executive Trustee at The Akshaya Patra Foundation.

Previously, Mr. Chowdary held positions as Chairman at Central Board of Direct Taxes, Director at Jio Platforms Ltd., Deputy Secretary-Company Affairs Department at Indian Revenue Service Association, and Principal at Andhra Bank Ltd.Mr. Chowdary graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1975 and completed his undergraduate degree at Loyola College (India) in 1973.

Education:

• Graduation: Loyola College, Chennai
• Post Graduation: Mathematics, IIT-Chennai
• He started his career as a Probationary Officer in Andhra Bank.

Directorship:

• 1978: Indian Revenue Service
• 2014: Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
• 2015: Central Vigilance Commissioner
• 2019: Board Director, Reliance Industries
• CCL Products (India) Limited,
• Divi’s Laboratories Limited,
• Tata Motors Limited,
• Eugia Pharma Specialities Limited,
• Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited,
• My Home Industries Private Limited,
• Anant Raj Limited.
• GMR Varalakshmi Foundation &
• Genome Foundation

Member of –

• Executive Committee of International Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies.
• Advisory Board of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
• Audit Committee of CCL Products (India) Limited.
• Audit Committee, Compensation Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee of Divi’s Laboratories Limited.
• Audit Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of Tata Motors Limited.
• Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Chairman of Audit Committee of Eugia Pharma Specialties Limited.

Non-Executive Independent Trustee of –

• The Akshaya Patra Foundation A charitable trust dedicated to Mitigation of Hunger and Education.

Chairman of –

• The Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Reliance Industries Limited.