Dr.
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Dr. Raghunath Anant
Mashelkar, an eminent scientist was
appointed as a Director of the Company since
June 9, 2007. He is a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
He is the President of Global Research Alliance,
a network of publicly funded R&D institutes
from Asia-Pacific, Europe and USA with over
60,000 scientists.
Formerly, Dr. Mashelkar was
the Director General of the Council of Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR) for over eleven
years. He was also the President of Indian National
Science Academy (INSA).
Dr. Mashelkar is only the third
Indian Engineer to have been elected as Fellow
of Royal Society (FRS), London in the twentieth
century. He was elected Foreign Associate of
National Academy of Science, USA (2005), Foreign
Fellow of US National Academy of Engineering
(2003), Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering,
U.K. (1996), and Fellow of World Academy of
Art & Science, USA (2000).
Twenty-six universities have
honoured him with honorary doctorates, which
include Universities of London, Salford, Pretoria,
Wisconsin and Delhi.
Dr. Mashelkar has won over
50 awards and medals from several bodies for
his outstanding contribution in the field of
science and technology. He is the only scientist
so far to have won the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership
Award (1998) and the Star of Asia Award (2005)
at the hands of George Bush Sr., the former
president of USA.
The President of India honoured
Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri (1991) and with
Padmabhushan (2000), which are two of the highest
civilian honours in recognition of his contribution
to nation building.
Dr. Mashelkar is a Director
of ICICI Knowledge Park, Thermax Limited, Tata
Motors Limited, Piramal Life Sciences Limited,
Indigene Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, GeneMedix
Biological Private Limited and Hindustan Unilever
Ltd.
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