Zarir N Langrana

Biography

  Zarir N Langrana is the chief operating officer of the chemical strategic business unit (SBU) of Tata Chemicals and is responsible for its operations and growth in India. He also serves on the board of the international subsidiaries of the company. In the past, Mr Langrana has headed the global marketing and strategy function — overseeing and directing all sales and marketing plans, developments, growth and new product activities and processes in these two areas for its global chemicals business across the four continents where it operates. In addition, Mr Langrana has led the post-merger integration programmes within the chemical SBU. Prior to this assignment, Mr Langrana headed the corporate strategy and business development function and was a key player in the global inorganic growth of the SBU and in the M&A process. He has been with Tata Chemicals for over thirty years, having been inducted through the Tata Administrative Services. Mr Langrana is an economics graduate from the University of Madras and holds a post graduate qualification in business management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. Mr Langrana has attended advanced executive development programmes at Harvard Business School and other institutions. Mr Langrana is an active participant in various industry bodies and trade associations in the country and abroad.

Research Interest

MARKETING