Vasudev Rao is as President - Group General Counsel in the Hinduja Group Limited and was earlier associated with National Stock Exchange of India Limited as its Group General Counsel and Head CSR and Bennett Coleman and Co. Limited (The Times of India Group) as Associate Vice President, Group Legal.

He is a lawyer with nearly 3 decades of diverse experience in Governance, Legal Policy Framework, Capital Markets and Financial Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Enterprise Legal Risk Management, State Engagement (including with Regulators & Enforcement Agencies), Dispute management, Inquiries and Investigations, Forensic Audit, Regulatory proceedings and Compliance. He is a Commerce graduate, holds an LLB degree, is a Fellow member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has completed certification in Global Corporate Counsel from Harvard Law School. He is also a member, National Committee of Legal and Regulatory affairs of Confederation of Indian Industry.