Dr Y C Halan is on the governing body of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management at New Delhi and Bareilly, and Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi. Earlier he was on the Board of Directors of American Studies Reasearch Centre, Hyderabad. Dr Halan, a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, has held the editor`s position in various newspapers- The Times of India, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times and Observer.
He was Business Advisor to the Duncan Goenka group of industries. He has also authored The Success System, a well known book published in India and Malaysia.