[3] Satya Pal Wahi, born in Khushab, a small village near Lahore of the British India[4] graduated in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University.

[2] After his stint at ONGC, he was associated with Bharat Ophthalmic Glass Limited and served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Public Enterprises (SCOPE).

[5] He was a former director of public sector undertakings such as Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Malabar Cement Limited and UP Cements, a former member of the governing councils of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Administrative Staff College of India, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a former member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board.

[5] His autobiography, Leading from the Front: From Army to Corporate World, published in 2008,[11] is reported to have details about the political interference and bureaucratic malpractices prevalent in the Indian industrial sector during that period.

[4] Satya Pal Wahi was honored by the Indian School of Mines with the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) in 1985 and Roorkee University (the present-day Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) and his alma mater, Banaras Hindu University followed suit with DSc degrees in 1987 and 1989 respectively.