Ajay Piramal Chairman, Piramal Group
Ajay Piramal
Chairman, Piramal Group
Mr. Ajay Piramal, one of India's leading industrialists and philanthropists, and Chairman of the Piramal Group, has led its transformation into a $10 billion global business conglomerate. Piramal Group has diverse interests in pharmaceuticals, financial services, real estate, information services and glass packaging, with offices in 30 countries and its products are sold in more than 100 countries.
Mr. Piramal is regarded as a torchbearer for responsible entrepreneurship, with a strong focus on 'Doing Well and Doing Good', a philosophy that has created long-term value for the Group's stakeholders and the community as a whole.
A firm believer in the tenets of the Bhagvad Gita, Mr. Piramal is a passionate advocate of trusteeship and responsible business ethos. He is deeply invested in unblocking India's socio-economic potential through the Piramal Foundation, and is an ardent promoter of social entrepreneurship. Mr. Piramal actively steers the Group's involvement in various social impact initiatives through the Piramal Foundation, to develop innovative long term and scalable solutions to resolve issues that are critical roadblocks towards unlocking India's economic potential. The Foundation currently works across 21 states and has impacted over 90 Million lives, mostly in partnership with state governments, through Piramal Swasthya, Piramal Sarvajal and Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership. Piramal Foundation has partnered with NITI Aayog, India's foremost think-tank, in 25 Aspirational Districts across 7 states in India, to improve human development indicators across Healthcare & Nutrition and Education, amongst marginalised sections of society.
Mr. Piramal holds key positions on the Boards of several companies and prestigious institutions. He serves on the Harvard Business School's Board of Dean's Advisors, is co-Chair of the UK-India CEO Forum and Non-Executive Director of Tata Sons Ltd. Passionate about contributing to education in India, Mr. Piramal also serves as President and Chairman of Anant National University and Chairman of the Pratham Education Foundation.
He has been conferred with several national and international recognitions including Outstanding Performance at the 9th Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (2018); International Advertising Association's (IAA) Business Leader of the Year Award (2018); Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) - 'Special Achievement Award' Category'(2018); CNBC India Business Leader of the Year (2018) and CNBC Asia Business Leader Award (2017) for his visionary leadership; Hurun India Philanthropy List (2017); SEN Sustainability Award – Philanthropy and Best of Best – instituted by World Presidents' Organisation (2015); Corporate Citizen of the Year award by AIMA Managing India Awards (2016); 'Outstanding Philanthropist' (2014 and 2013) by Forbes Philanthropy Awards; 'Business Leader of the Year' by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce; and 'Entrepreneur of the Year' (2006) by the UK Trade and Investment Council.
Mr. Piramal holds an Honours degree in Science from Mumbai University and a Master's degree in Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. He has completed an Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School, and has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy (D. Phil) by Amity University, India, and an Honorary Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degree by IIT-Indore.
Dr. Swati A Piramal
Dr. Swati A Piramal
Dr. (Mrs.) Swati Piramal is the Vice Chairperson of Piramal Enterprises Limited and a Whole-time Director. She is among India's leading scientists and industrialists, and is involved in public health and innovation. She earned her medical degree from Mumbai University and completed her Master's in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has used her background in medicine, public health and business to change the trajectory of healthcare, education, and public policy in India. Dr. Piramal is a member of the Dean's Advisor to Harvard Business School & Public Health and was also member of Harvard Board of Overseers (2012-2018).
In addition to her other commitments, Dr. Piramal is deeply committed to Corporate Social Responsibility activities. She is involved in projects across healthcare, education, livelihood creation and youth empowerment. She aims to resolve issues that are critical roadblocks towards unlocking India's economic potential by finding innovative solutions. She also looks at avenues for promoting health in rural India with mobile health services, women's empowerment projects and supporting community education that create young leaders.
As the first woman president of India's Apex Chamber of Commerce in 90 years, she helped influence important public policies and governance. She served as an adviser to the Indian Prime Minister in science, technology and economic policy (2006-2014).
Dr. Piramal is a leader who makes a positive difference to the community and the world. Her contributions in innovations, new medicines and public health services have touched thousands of lives.
Following are some of her achievements:
Gautam Banerjee
Gautam Banerjee
Mr. Gautam Banerjee is Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group and Chairman of Blackstone Singapore.
Mr. Banerjee’s non-executive corporate roles outside of Blackstone include serving as an Independent Director of Singapore Airlines, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, GIC (Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund), The Indian Hotels Company, and Piramal Enterprises. He also serves as member of the Singapore Legal Service Commission and Defence Science & Technology Agency, and Chairman of raiSE, Centre for Social Enterprise in Singapore. His other roles in the not-for-profit sector include being a term Trustee of SINDA and a Member of the Governing Board of Yale NUS College. He has also been appointed as Pro-Chancellor of the National University of Singapore.
Previously, Mr. Banerjee served as Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Singapore, for nine years until his retirement in December 2012. He spent over 30 years with the firm in various leadership roles in Singapore, India and East Asia. His previous non-executive appointments included serving as a Member of Economic Development Board and National Heritage Board.
He is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Singapore Institute of Directors. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Warwick University in 1977 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by the same university in 2014.
He was a nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2007 to 2009 and a Member of Singapore Economic Strategies Committee (2009/2010). He was awarded Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government in 2014.
Keki Dadiseth
Keki Dadiseth
Mr. Keki Dadiseth joined Hindustan Lever Ltd. in India in 1973 as Manager in the Audit Department. His tenure in the Company included a three-year secondment to Unilever PLC in London (1984-87) where he held senior financial and commercial positions. On his return to India in 1987, Mr. Dadiseth joined the Board of Hindustan Lever and, until he became Chairman in 1996, headed several businesses (Detergents and Personal Products) and functions (Personnel and Mergers & Acquisitions) for the Group in India.
He was appointed Director on the Board of Unilever PLC and Unilever NV in May 2000 and Member of the Executive Committee. On January 1, 2001, he took over as Director, Home and Personal Care, responsible for the HPC business of Unilever worldwide. He retired from Unilever in May 2005. He was also Non-Executive Director of Prudential PLC from 2005-2013, and Chairman and Senior Advisor to Sony India Ltd. for four years, till early 2013. He retired as Member of the International Advisory Board of Goldman Sachs in October 2012 after serving for six years. Mr. Dadiseth served on the Boards of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Trust till April 2016 and Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. and PIEM Hotels Ltd. till April 2017. He was a Trustee of Sir Ratan Tata Trust till April 2017.
In India, Mr. Dadiseth is closely associated with various industry, educational, management and medical bodies. He is Member of Managing Committee, Breach Candy Hospital Trust. He is on the Boards of Britannia Industries, Piramal Enterprises, Siemens, Godrej Properties Ltd., JM Financial Ltd. and JM Financial Services Ltd. He is a Director on the Board of Indian Business School. He is also Chairman/Member of Audit/Remuneration/Corporate Governance committees in most of these companies.
Mr. Dadiseth is Non-Executive Chairman of Omnicom India, and Chairman of the Convening Board of Marsh & McLennan Companies, India. He is also Chairman of the India Advisory Board of World Gold Council, India. Till recently, he was also Member of the Advisory Boards of Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., India Infoline and PwC.
Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, National Research Professor, served as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with 38 laboratories and about 20,000 employees (1995- 2006).
He was also the President of Indian National Science Academy (2004- 2006), President of UK Institution of Chemical Engineers (2007) as also the President of Global Research Alliance.
Forty-two universities from around the world have honoured him with honorary doctorates, which include Universities of London, Salford, Pretoria, Wisconsin, Swinburne, Monash and Delhi.
Dr. Mashelkar is only the third Indian engineer to have been elected (1998) as Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London in the 20th century. He was elected Foreign Associate of US National Academy of Science (2005) and also National Academy of Engineering (2003), Associate Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences (2011), Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (1996), Foreign Fellow of Australian Technological Science and Engineering Academy (2008), Corresponding Member of Australian Academy of Sciences (2017), Fellow of World Academy of Arts & Science, US (2000), Fellow of US National Academy of Inventors (2017), the first ever Indian from India to be elected and TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize (2018), which is considered as mini – Nobel Prize for developing world scientists.
Deeply connected with the innovation movement in India, Dr. Mashelkar served as the Chairman of India’s National Innovation Foundation (2000-2018). Currently, he chairs Reliance Innovation Council, KPIT Technologies Innovation Council, Persistent Systems Innovation Council and Marico Foundation’s Governing Council. He co-chairs the Maharashtra State Innovation Council.
Dr. Mashelkar has been a member of External Research Advisory Board of Microsoft (USA), Advisory Board of VTT (Finland), Corporate Innovation Board of Michelin (France), Advisory Board of National Research Foundation (Singapore), among others.
In August 1997, Business India named Dr. Mashelkar as being among the 50 path-breakers in the post- Independent India. In 1998, Dr. Mashelkar won the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, the only scientist so far to win it. In June 1999, Business India did a cover story on Dr. Mashelkar as "CEO OF CSIR Inc.", a dream that he himself had articulated, when he took over as DG, CSIR in July 1995. On November 16, 2005, he received the Business Week (USA) award of ‘Stars of Asia’ at the hands of George Bush (Sr.), the former President of USA. He was the first Asian Scientist to receive it.
Dr. Mashelkar has been on the Board of Directors of several reputed companies such as Reliance Industries Ltd., Tata Motors Ltd., Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Thermax Ltd., Piramal Enterprises Ltd., KPIT Technologies Ltd., etc. He chairs the Boards of GeneMedix Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Vyome Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. and Invictus Oncology Pvt. Ltd.
Dr. Mashelkar’s contributions have been multifarious.
When Dr. Mashelkar took over as the Director General of CSIR, he enunciated “CSIR 2001: Vision & Strategy”. This was a bold attempt to draw out a corporate like R&D and business plan for a publicly funded R&D institution. This initiative has transformed CSIR into a user-focused, performance-driven and accountable organization. This process of CSIR transformation has been recently heralded as one of the 10 most significant achievements of Indian Science and Technology in the 20th century.
Dr. Mashelkar has been propagating a culture of innovation and balanced intellectual property rights regime for over two decades.It was through his sustained and visionary campaign that growing awareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has dawned on Indian academics, researches and corporates. He spearheaded the successful challenge to the US patent on the use of turmeric for wound healing and also the patent on Basmati rice. These landmark cases have set up new paradigms in the protection of India's traditional knowledge base, besides leading to the setting up of India's first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library. In turn, at an international level, this has led to the initiation of the change of the International Patent Classification System to give traditional knowledge its rightful place.
As Chairman of the Standing Committee on Information Technology of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as a member of the International Intellectual Property Rights Commission of UK Government and as Vice Chairman on Commission in Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) set up by World Health Organization (WHO), he brought new perspectives on the issue of IPR and the developing world concerns.
In the post-liberalized India, Dr. Mashelkar has played a critical role in shaping India's S&T policies. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet set up by successive governments. He has chaired high-powered committees set up to look into diverse issues of higher education, national auto fuel policy, overhauling the Indian drug regulatory system, dealing with the menace of spurious drugs, reforming Indian agriculture research system, etc. Currently, he is the Chairman of Government of India’s two High Powered Technology Expert Committees on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan set up by Ministry of Rural Development as well Ministry of Urban Development.
Dr. Mashelkar has won over 50 awards and medals, which include S.S. Bhatnagar Prize (1982), Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Technology Award (1991), G.D. Birla Scientific Research Award (1993), Material Scientist of Year Award (2000), IMC Juran Quality Medal (2002), HRD Excellence Award (2002), Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration and Management Sciences (2002), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) Medal of Engineering Excellence by WFEO, Paris (2003), Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Science Congress (2004), the Science medal by the Academy of Science for the Developing World (2005), Ashutosh Mookherjee Memorial Award by Indian Science Congress (2005), etc.
The President of India honoured Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri (1991), Padmabhushan (2000) and Padma Vibhushan (2014).
Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
Prof. Goverdhan Mehta is a leading researcher in Chemical Sciences and is presently a University Distinguished Professor and Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy Chair at University of Hyderabad. He has held positions such as Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad; Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Srinivas Ramanujam Research Professor of the Indian National Science Academy; CSIR-Bhatnagar Fellow, National Research Professor; and Lilly-Jubilant Chair Professor at University of Hyderabad. He has published over 500 research papers, delivered over 200 named and distinguished lectures worldwide and has received over 100 medals, awards and honorary Doctorate degrees.
Prof. Mehta is a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), a Foreign Member of Russian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of all the three Science Academies in India, and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He was President of Indian National Science Academy and International Council for Science. He has been conferred ‘Padma’ award by the President of India, ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’ by the President of France and ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’ by the President of Germany.
Siddharth N. (Bobby) Mehta
Siddharth N. (Bobby) Mehta
Mr. Siddharth Mehta was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of TransUnion, a global provider of credit information and risk management solutions, from 2007 to 2012. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Mehta held a variety of positions with HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC North America Holdings, including as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC North America Holdings and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Finance Corporation. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice-President at The Boston Consulting Group and led their North American Financial Services Practice. He has been on the Board of TransUnion Corporation since 2013. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Allstate Corporation, Piramal Enterprises Limited, Avant, Northern Trust and Entrust Datacard, and also serves on several not-for-profit Boards, including The Field Museum and The Chicago Public Education Fund.
S. Ramadorai
S. Ramadorai
Mr. S. Ramadorai has been in public service since February 2011 having completed a 5 year term in 2016 in the area of Skill Development. During his tenure as the Chairman of National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) his approach was to standardize the skilling effort, ensure quality and commonality of outcomes by leveraging technology and create an inclusive environment to co-operate, collaborate & co-exist. He strongly believes that empowering youth with the right skills can define the future of the country. Mr. Ramadorai is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Tata STRIVE, which is the Tata Group’s CSR skill development initiative that aims to address the pressing national need of skilling youth for employment, entrepreneurship and community enterprise.
In addition to the above, he continues to be Chairman of Tata Technologies Limited. In March 2016, he retired as the Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE Limited) after having served for a period of 6 years on the board. He continues to be an Independent Director on the Boards of Hindustan Unilever Limited and Piramal Enterprises Limited.
Mr. Ramadorai took over as the CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in 1996 when the company’s revenues were at $ 155 million and since then led the company through some of its most exciting phases, including its going public in 2004. In October 2009, he retired as CEO, leaving a $6 billion global IT services company to his successor. He was then appointed as the Vice Chairman and held office until he retired in October 2014, after an association of over 4 decades with the company.
Given his keen passion to work for the social sector and community initiatives, he also serves as the Chairman on the Council of Management at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and the Chairman of the Governing Board at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He is also the President of the Society for Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC) – which has recently built a super specialty children’s hospital in Mumbai.
In recognition of Mr. Ramadorai’s commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded the Padma Bhushan (India's third highest civilian honour) in January 2006. In April 2009, he was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the Indo-British economic relations. In 2016, he was also awarded The Economic Times - Lifetime Achievement Award for his glorious contribution to Tata Consultancy Services
His academic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University (India), a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (India) and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of California – UCLA (USA). In 1993, Mr. Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management’s highly acclaimed Senior Executive Development Program.
Mr. Ramadorai is a well recognized global leader and technocrat who has participated in the Indian IT journey from a mere idea in 1960’s to a mature industry today. Mr. Ramadorai captured this exciting journey in a wonderfully personalized book titled 'The TCS Story... and beyond' which was published in 2011 and remained on top of the charts for several months.
Among his many interests, Mr. Ramadorai is also passionate about photography and Indian classical music.
Deepak M. Satwalekar
Deepak M. Satwalekar
Mr. Deepak M. Satwalekar serves on the India Advisory Board of a large European bank. He is currently active on the Advisory Board of a few non-profit organisations that are engaged in primary education for low-income and underprivileged members of society in rural and urban India. He is on the Board of a technology incubator and also advises a venture capital fund. He was Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd. till 2008. He has also been a consultant to World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (HABITAT).
Mr. Satwalekar is a recipient of ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. He is on the Advisory Council of IIT Bombay, and has chaired or been a member of several industry/Government/Reserve Bank of India expert groups. He is the Chairman, Board of Governors, of Indian Institute of Management, Indore.
Narayanan Vaghul
Narayanan Vaghul
Mr. Narayanan Vaghul has served as a director on our Board since August 1997. He is the Chairman of our Audit & Risk Management Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee. He was the Chairman of the Board of ICICI from September 1985 to April 2009 and was on the boards of Piramal Finance Limited, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited and Mahindra World City Developers Limited until May 2018, March 2019 and April, 2019 respectively. He is currently on the board of Wipro Limited and IKP Trusteeship Services Private Limited. He was a board member of Arcelor Mittal, Luxembourg from July 1997 to May 2017. He was on the board of Universal Trustees Private Limited until March 2019. He is the Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, and a member of the Board Governance, Nomination and Compensation Committee of Wipro Limited.
Mr. Vaghul holds a Bachelor (Honors) degree in Commerce from Madras University. He was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India in 2010. He also received the Lifetime Achievement Awards from Economic Times, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Program and Mumbai Management Association. He was given an award for the contribution to the Corporate Governance by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India in 2007.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Mrs. Arundhati Bhattacharya was the first woman to chair SBI in its 210 years history.
Mrs. Bhattacharya’s has more than 40 years of rich and varied experience coupled with thorough insights of banking industry and its related technology, which not only enabled her to put her imprint on the Indian financial world but was also acknowledged / acclaimed globally.
Despite SBI being a PSU Bank, she transformed SBI to a tech savvy bank, ranked above private and foreign banks. She also overhauled banks’ risk structure, inculcating risk awareness at every level.
She has won many International Awards, recognitions in the past viz. inclusion in Forbes and Fortune Most Powerful Women’s list and Most Powerful Women in Finance list, ranking amongst World's Top 100 thinkers, ranking in Fortunes Greatest Leaders List, also acknowledged internationally for her Bank's employee satisfaction level. Recently she was bestowed with Life Time Achievement Award by Financial Express Group in Best Banker Category.
Presently she is on the boards of few prominent Indian Companies, also offering advisory services to select Private Equity firms, consultancy, law firms and foreign banks.
Indian Government has nominated her for few select Committees. She is also on the Governing board of IIT Kharagpur and IIM Sambalpur.
She is a post graduate in English, and an Associate Member of Indian Institute of Bankers. Her interest includes reading and travel. She is also associated and working with various initiatives and institutions for empowering the challenged and the differently abled with the aim of integrating them in our society.
Nandini Piramal
Nandini Piramal
Ms. Nandini Piramal leads the Over-The-Counter (OTC) business of the company. She heads the Human Resources function at Piramal Group and the Quality & Risk functions at Piramal Enterprises.
Under Nandini’s leadership, the OTC business is one of the fastest growing Indian OTC companies and all its brands are either No.1 or No.2 in their respective categories. She is leading a five-year transformation agenda across the Piramal Group for top talent identification and development process across levels. She has been instrumental in setting up the Risk Function with Jaideep Sen (Chief Risk Officer).
Piramal Enterprises is also the only Indian company to be part of Willis Towers Watson Global High Performing Norm.
In 2014, World Economic Forum recognised Nandini as a ‘Young Global Leader’.
Nandini is passionately involved with Piramal Foundation (the philanthropic arm of the Piramal Group), Piramal Foundation Education Leadership programs, Piramal Sarvajal and Piramal Swasthya. She graduated with BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, followed by an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Anand Piramal
Anand Piramal
Mr. Anand Piramal is the Non-Executive Director at Piramal Enterprise Ltd. and he heads Piramal Realty and Executive Director at Piramal Group.
Anand Piramal, founded Piramal Realty, one of India’s largest and fastest growing real estate companies in 2012. Piramal Realty is a Mumbai centric real estate developer with over 20 million sq./ft. under development in Worli, Mahalaxmi, Mahim, Byculla, Kurla, Thane and Mulund. In 2015, Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs committed to invest $434 million for a minority stake in the company.
Prior to Piramal Realty, Anand founded a rural healthcare start-up called ‘Piramal eSwasthya’. At eSwasthya, he led the acquisition of HMRI (Health Management Research Institute). Today the merged entity ‘Piramal Swasthya’ is India’s largest private primary healthcare initiative, with over 2,260 employees, 250 doctors serving 20,000 patients daily across 20 states through its health hotlines, mobile medical units and telemedicine centres. Piramal Swasthya has impacted 107 million lives since inception. In 2015, it won the ‘Times Social Impact’ Award and in 2013 the Forbes Philanthropy Award. It is also taught as a case study at prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business school and IIM-A.
Anand was conferred with the Hurun Real Estate Unicorn of the Year 2017 and Young Business Leader 2018 award by Hello! Magazine.
Anand graduated in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2011. Anand was also the youngest President of the Youth Wing of the 100-yearold Indian Merchant Chambers. Anand is on the board of Piramal Enterprises.
Vijay Shah
Vijay Shah
Mr. Vijay Shah is Executive Director at Piramal Enterprises Ltd. He is also Member of Financial Services Advisory Committee and the Pharma Operations Board at Piramal Enterprises Ltd. He is also Vice Chairman at Piramal Glass Pvt Ltd.
Mr. Shah started his career in 1982 as Senior Consultant with Management Structure & Systems Pvt. Ltd., a management consultancy organization providing services for large firms such as Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Siemens, etc. He joined Piramal Group’s Strategic Planning function in 1988 and later moved to Piramal Glass as Managing Director. Under his leadership, Piramal Glass’s sales grew from `26 crores in FY1992 to `238 crores in FY2000 (CAGR of 32%). After his successful stint at Piramal Glass, he was entrusted the responsibility of Pharmaceutical formulations business at Piramal Healthcare in 1999. Under his leadership, the company moved from Rank 23 to Rank 4 in Indian Pharma industry, achieving sales of `932 crores in FY2006 (CAGR of ~28% during his tenure). After this turnaround at Piramal Healthcare, he moved back to Piramal Glass as Managing Director in 2006, where again during his tenure the sales grew at CAGR of 20% (between FY2006-11).
Mr. Shah has done B.Com (1980) and is a rank holder of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1981). He has also done a Management Education Programme from IIM, Ahmedabad (1987), and Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA (1997).