Pramod Chaudhari

Biography

 Pramod Chaudhari, is Executive Chairman of Praj Industries Ltd. As a first generation techno-entrepreneur, he founded Praj in 1983. He dreamt and developed Praj into a world-class engineering company specialized in agri-processing opportunities. With strong belief in principle of triple bottom-line, his business model is inherently scalable, replicable and sustainable. Praj fostered the emergence of advanced technologies in certain bio-energy and allied space.  Deeply passionate about environment, Pramod is committed to develop clean and green technologies. As a champion of the powerful premise that innovation and entrepreneurship can change the world for better, he has been a tireless crusader in propagating spirit of entrepreneurship. Pramod is a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Bombay (1971) and an alumnus of Harvard Business School (AMP 1995). Pramod has been associated with many eminent organizations holding responsible positions from time to time. He is:   President of Maharatta Chamber of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture (MCCIA) Pune for 2016-18 Member of the Board of Entrepreneurship Development Center at NCL, Pune Member of the Board of Governors of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Founder Trustee of Pune International Center (PIC) Founder Member of Indian Federation of Green Energy (GREENFED) Founder Member of Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovations Center (i4c) Member on the Advisory Boards of reputed academic institutes of Engineering, Technology and Management, strongly promoting Industry – Academia interaction, leading to Innovation and Entrepreneurship   Associations: Pramod has received many awards and recognitions for entrepreneurship and excellence. Some of them are: The ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ and ‘Distinguished Service Award’ by IIT, Bombay. ‘BioSpectrum Leadership Award’ for his remarkable work in promoting the cause of Biofuels in the past three decades ‘Empresario Most Inspiring Entrepreneur Award’ by National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by Sugar Technologists’ Association of India ‘Maxell (Maharashtra Corporate Excellence) Life Time Achievement Award’ by Maxell Foundation, Mumbai ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ by Army Institute of Technology, Pune ‘National Level Entrepreneurship Award’ by Jagatik Marathi Chamber of Commerce. ‘Outstanding Contribution through Innovation Award’ by Chemtech Foundation for leading Praj into developing innovative technologies. ‘Arya Chanakya Maharashtra Rajya Udyojak Shreshtha Puraskar 2016’ (for best practice of Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility) by MAEER’s MIT School of Government, Pune Voted amongst ‘Globally Top 100 People’ in BioEnergy space by Biofuels Digest, consecutively for three years.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical