There are also damehoods for Glenys Stacey, chief regulator and chief executive of Ofqual, which regulates exams and qualifications in England; and for Heather Rabbatts, non-executive director of the Football Association and former chief executive of Lambeth council.
Usha Thorat, its chief regulator, says the aim is to bring Indian regulation into line with international practice.
Chief regulator and chief executive, Ofqual (Office for Qualifications and Examinations Regulation).
But the chief regulator is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenys Stacey, Ofqual's chief regulator, says there was no political interference.
The retailer has also contacted the Financial Conduct Authority, the City's chief regulator.
Glenys Stacey, Ofqual's chief regulator, rejected suggestions that the changes would be too late.
Glenys Stacey, Ofqual's chief regulator, said there was "an appetite for change and improvement".
The chief regulator, Sally Collier, said: "Quality of marking is a very important issue for us.
The Financial Services Authority, the chief regulator, will not be formally wound up until 2012.
The delay was confirmed in a letter from the school reform minister, Nick Gibb, to Ofqual's chief regulator, Glenys Stacey.
