Mr. Ranjit Shahani

Biography

Mr. Ranjit Shahani is no longer a Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Managing Director of Novartis India Limited., effective February 28th, 2017. Mr. R. Shahani has been on the Board of the Company from November 1, 2002. He is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur and MBA from JBIMS, Mumbai. He started his career with ICI in India in their businesses of fibres and specialty chemicals. Later, he rose to the position of General Manager with ICI/Zeneca in the U.K., overseeing their Asia Pacific and LatAm operations for their petrochemicals and plastics division. This was followed by a period as CEO at Roche Products Limited after which he moved to Novartis India Limited in 1997. Mr. R. Shahani is also President of the Organisation of Pharmaceuticals Producers of India and the Swiss Indian Chamber of Commerce India. Mr. Ranjit Shahani is no longer a Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, Managing Director of Novartis India Limited., effective February 28th, 2017. Mr. R. Shahani has been on the Board of the Company from November 1, 2002. He is a mechanical engineer from IIT Kanpur and MBA from JBIMS, Mumbai. He started his career with ICI in India in their businesses of fibres and specialty chemicals. Later, he rose to the position of General Manager with ICI/Zeneca in the U.K., overseeing their Asia Pacific and LatAm operations for their petrochemicals and plastics division. This was followed by a period as CEO at Roche Products Limited after which he moved to Novartis India Limited in 1997. Mr. R. Shahani is also President of the Organisation of Pharmaceuticals Producers of India and the Swiss Indian Chamber of Commerce India.

Research Interest

Business ,Financial ,Entrepreneurship & Organization Management