| BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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| Our overall management and supervision is undertaken by the Board. Our day-to-day management is the responsibility of the Managing Director who is assisted by two Wholetime Directors under the supervision, direction and control of the Board. A team of professionals forms the next level of management with responsibility for the divisions or functional areas that they lead. |
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| The Board is composed of the following members |
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| Dilip S. Shanghvi |
| Chairman and Managing Director |
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| Dilip S. Shanghvi is a graduate in commerce from Kolkata University. He founded our company in 1982 and has extensive industrial experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Shanghvi is actively involved in international pharmaceutical markets and research and development functions in our company and is also the Chairman of our primary subsidiary, Caraco, in Detroit, U.S.A. |
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| Sudhir V. Valia |
| Executive Director |
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| Sudhir V. Valia is a fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and carries more than two decades of taxation and finance experience. He joined our company in 1994, prior to which he was in private taxation practice. In addition to being on the Board of Directors of a number of companies in our group, he is also on the Board of Directors of Caraco. |
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| Sailesh T. Desai |
| Executive Director |
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| Sailesh T. Desai is a science graduate from Kolkata University, with more than 28 years of industrial experience, 18 of which have been in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Desai has had comprehensive corporate affairs experience, being involved in the turnaround at Milmet prior to our acquisition of it, as well as in the early stages of our company's growth. |
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| Hasmukh S. Shah |
| Non-Executive Independent Director |
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| Hasmukh S. Shah has four decades of experience in senior management, and was formerly the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Petrochemical Corporation Ltd, as well as the Vice Chairman of GE Capital and advisor to GE in India. He has had wide experience in various government departments, including as Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister, as Secretary, Post & Telegraph and as Chairman, National Institute of Design, as well as the Institute of Rural Management, Anand and the Gujarat Council of Science & Technology. |
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| Keki M. Mistry |
| Non-Executive Independent Director |
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| Keki M. Mistry is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, USA. He is the Managing Director of the Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, widely considered to be India's leading housing finance company. He has worked as a consultant to the Commonwealth Development Corporation in various emerging markets as well as to the Asian Development Bank. He holds a number of directorships and is a member of the management committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry. |
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| Ashwin Dani |
| Non-Executive Independent Director |
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| Ashwin Dani is a science graduate from the Institute of Science, University of Mumbai and U.D.C.T., University of Mumbai. He also holds a Masters Degree in polymer science from University of Akron, Ohio, USA and Diploma in colour science from Rensellaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York. He is Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Asian Paints (India) Limited, one of India's leading paint companies. He also holds a number of directorships and has been nominated by the government as a Trustee on the Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry. |
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| S. Mohandchand Dadha |
| Non-Executive Independent Director |
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| S. Mohandchand Dadha has approximately four decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Dadha was Managing Director and Promoter of Tamilnadu Dadha Pharmaceuticals Ltd, which merged with Sun Pharma in April 1997. |
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