Ajay Piramal

Born on August 3rd 1955, Ajay Piramal is one of India's leading industrialists, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. Ajay Piramal completed his B. Sc (Hons.) from Bombay University (1975), his M.M.S. from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (1977) and AMP from Harvard Business School (1992).

He heads one of India's largest business groups, with activities in healthcare, real estate, financial services, information services, and glass packaging. The businesses of the Piramal Group have operations in the UK, US, Germany, Sri Lanka, Japan, Hong Kong and India and their products and services are sold in over a 100 countries.

In the social sector he has established the Piramal Foundation which has created break-through initiatives that have made a positive difference to millions of people in healthcare services, rural education, potable water, livelihood creation & youth empowerment, improving access to primary healthcare, leadership capacity in government schools and for generating livelihood for rural women.

He is also the Chairman of Piramal Glass, the fastest growing speciality glass players in Asia and Piramal Realty which aspires to be the most respected real estate developer in India. He is a major investor in the India financial services company, Shriram Transport and Shriram Capital.

PIRAMAL GROUP

Piramal Group is a diversified conglomerate with operations in over 30 countries and a strong presence in more than 100 markets around the world. Since the late 1980s, Piramal Group has evolved from a textile-centric business to a diversified organization, which operates across sectors such as health care, life sciences, health care information management, financial services, specialty glass packaging and real estate.

Piramal Group’s balance sheet today is in excess of USD 3 billion and over 70 percent of the revenues are generated from outside India. We are home to a team of over 7,500 people from around the world and at all times have over 21 nationalities working with it.