Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner and the first CBDT Chairman under the Modi Govt K V Chowdary (Retd IRS IT:1978) has joined the board of India's most valuable company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) as an independent director.

Chowdary was in August 2014 appointed as CBDT Chairman. Following his retirement he was appointed advisor to the Department of Revenue on issues relating to black money, before being made the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) in June 2015.

It may be mentioned that he was elected as a Member of the Executive Committee of International Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies. He is also a Member on the Advisory Board of CAG of India. Chowdary also holds directorship in CCL Products (India) Ltd, a listed company.