NADIR GODREJ Managing Director, Godrej Industries Ltd., and Chairman, Godrej Agrovet Ltd.
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adir Godrej serves as the Managing Director of Godrej Industries, a family business group operating in India since 1897. The group consists of 6 divisions – Godrej Properties, Godrej Consumer Products, Godrej Household Products, Godrej Hershey, Godrej Agrovet and Nature’s Basket Ltd. With a large work force and commendable progress the superlatives just keep adding for this highly respected business house operating across several industry sectors of the global economy. Armed with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University, Nadir Godrej is also the Chairman of Godrej Agrovet Limited (GAVL) a diversified agribusiness company dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields. Nadir Godrej also serves on the board of several companies in Godrej Group and sits on the boards of Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Teleservices and Taj Hotels. He is President of The Alliance Française De Bombay, and Member of CII National Council; Harvard Business School Association of India; MIT Alumni Association; and Stanford Alumni Association. Deeply known for his fondness for poetry and mathematics, he speaks 7 languages Hindi, Gujarati, English, French, Spanish, German and Italian. He was conferred by the Government of France the prestigious Awards - 'Chevalier De L’Ordre National Du Merite' (2002) and 'Chevalier De La Legion D’ Honneur' (2007).
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