Ashish Kumar Chauhan is an Indian business executive, administrator and current Chancellor of University of Allahabad. He is the current managing director and chief executive officer of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). He also serves as the member of Governing council of one of the premier B school in India - IIM Raipur. Ashish is best known as the father of modern financial derivatives in India, and is considered as one of the foremost experts in financial market policies, Information technology, organized retail, telecommunications and Indian social issues.