Dr. Lalit S. Kanodia

Biography

Dr. Lalit S. Kanodia is Non-Executive Independent Director of Rpg Life Sciences Ltd. He is B. Tech (Honours) from IIT, Mumbai. He completed his MBA and obtained his Ph.D in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, and taught statistical decision theory at MIT during 1964-65. He was also the visiting faculty for MBA students at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai during 1968-70. He is the founder Chairman of Datamatics Ltd. Dr. Kanodia won Ford Foundation Fellowship (on the basis of national selection in USA) for his Ph.D. He won the distinguished alumnus award of IIT Mumbai in 1983 for “Entrepreneurship”, and was also awarded Order of Merit for Management and honoured as “Samajshree” by the Council of Management Executives in 1994 in recognition of services rendered to the public. He was included by Dataquest, an Indian computer magazine, in their January 1995 issue, as one of the ten persons in their “Hall of Fame”. He has served as President of the Management Consultants Association of India and is a member of various committees and councils. He is an international consultant and has held the post of consultant to Ford Motor Co. and Arthur D. Little, USA. Prior to founding Datamatics Group, Dr. Kanodia worked with TCS and held charge of the organization during 1967-69. Dr. Kanodia is a director of Datamatics Software Services Ltd., Datamatics Global Services Ltd. and Matix Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. in addition to several private limited companies and companies incorporated outside India. Dr. Kanodia is on the Executive Board of MIT (USA). He is the President of the Indo American Chamber of Commerce (WIC).    

Research Interest

Economics  ,Entrepreneurship & Organization Management