Ashwajit Singh
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Biography
Ashwajit Singh (born 7 November 1961) is an Indian entrepreneur, Chartered accountant, development practitioner and Managing Director of IPE Global Group; a development consulting firm.
Education
Ashwajit Singh is an alumnus of Modern School, Barakhamba, New Delhi. He graduated in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and was also the president of the Student Council of SRCC (1982-83). He was awarded the President’s Gold Medal for securing first rank in Company Secretary, Final exam in India (1986), and the Dipak Gupta memorial prize for the best paper on Taxation in the Northern Region in the CA final examination, 1986.
Singh is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Chartered Secretary, Certified Internal Auditor certificate holder (Florida, USA), inlaks Scholar and a post graduate degree holder from London School of Economics, UK.He is currently pursuing the Owner President Management (OPM) program at Harvard Business School (HBS).
Career
Ashwajit Singh has been a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary for decades. He is a former Member, Central Council Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1994-97.
Singh started his journey as a first generation entrepreneur after completing his education. He began by promoting an Investment Banking and Financial services company in India in 1989. After running it for over a decade (including getting it listed through an IPO), he dis-invested in 2001 after establishing IPE Global Ltd; an international development consulting group.
Singh has been actively involved in various associations & alumni groups. He is currently the Chairperson of the London School of Economics Alumni Delhi as well as former president of Modern School Alumni Association. He is also advisory board member of Indian School of Business & Finance (ISBF).
Awards and recognitions
- 2015 - Singh was awarded CA Business Leader- CA Global Achiever by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
- 2015 - Singh bagged the Global Punjabi Society Achievers Award by Dr. Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India.