BSE's Chauhan offered honorary professorship by Nottingham University Business School

Top stock exchange BSE's managing director and chief executive Ashishkumar Chauhan, has received an honorary professorship at Nottingham University Business School.

This honorary professorship is awarded for three years starting August 1, 2018, BSE said in a statement.

Chauhan is already a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University in Toronto.

In India, Chauhan is a chairman of NIT Manipur and also on the boards of IIM Raipur and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM).

The exchange said, Chauhan "has been offered an appointment as an Honorary Professor at UK's Nottingham University Business School for a period of three years from August 1, 2018".

Chauhan, who joined BSE as deputy chief executive officer (CEO) in 2009, was made MD and CEO for five years with effect from November 2, 2012. In August last year, BSE's board had approved another five-year term lasting November 2022 for him.

At BSE, he is credited with reviving Asia's oldest exchange and for making it the fastest exchange in the world with less than 6 microseconds' response time.

Chauhan holds a B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PGDM from IIM Calcutta.