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Piramal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ajay Piramal, Indian businessman *Gita Piramal, Indian writer *Swati Piramal, industrialist See also *Piramal Group, diversified business conglomerate *Piramal Glass PGP Glass (formerly known as Piramal Glass Ltd and Gujarat Glass Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian glass packaging company providing packaging for pharmaceutical and perfume industries. History Prior to its acquisition by the Piramal Group in 1984, ..., glass packaging company {{surname Surnames of Hindu origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajay Piramal
Ajay Gopikisan Piramal (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Piramal Group, a conglomerate with interests in pharmaceutical, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging. As of July 2024, his net worth is estimated at US$2.8 billion. Early life Ajay Piramal was born to Gopikisan Piramal and Lalita Piramal in Rajasthan, India on 3 August 1955. In 1977, at age 22, Piramal started out in his family's textile business, founded in 1934 by his grandfather Piramal Chatrabhuj. His father, Gopikisan Piramal, died in 1979, and after five years he lost an older brother to cancer, prompting him to take over the business. Piramal holds a bachelor's degree in Science from the Jai Hind College and Basantsingh Institute of Science, University of Mumbai (then Bombay), a master's degree in management studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai, and in 1992 attended the six-week Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gita Piramal
Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an Indian writer and business historian. Education Gita Piramal completed her education in the United Kingdom and graduated from Bombay University. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), a Master's degree in History (1981), and a Bachelor of Art in History of the West (1977). Career Gita Piramal serves as a Senior Associate Fellow at Somerville College, University of Oxford. She has worked as an entrepreneur and businesswoman, a journalist and writer. Piramal founded The Smart Manager, a management magazine, which she led from 2002 to 2012. She also headed ERGO (2005-2012), a furniture manufacturer, from 2005 to 2012 and was a director at VIP Luggage from 1990 to 2005. Currently, she serves as a non-executive board member at Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Holdings & Investments. Piramal conceptualized and created content for three programs on CNBC-TV18. She scripted, edited, and appeared in or anchored over 100 televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swati Piramal
Swati Ajay Piramal ( ''née'' Shah; born 28 March 1956) is an Indian scientist and businesswoman, she also involved in healthcare, focusing on public health and innovation. She is the vice chairperson of Piramal Group, a business conglomerate with interests in pharmaceuticals, financial services, real estate and glass packaging. Piramal has been awarded the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors, by the President of India in 2012 for her contribution to the science and technology business. She served as the first woman President of India's Apex Chamber of Commerce. She also serves as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers and Dean's Advisor to Harvard Business School and Public Health. She completed her schooling from Walsingham House School and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She earned her medical degree, an M.B.B.S from Mumbai University in 1980. She is an alumnus of the Harvard School of Public Health where she received her master's degree in 1992. She is mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piramal Group
The Piramal Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate that has presence across various sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, drug discovery, financial services, alternative investment and real estate. History In the early 1980s, Ajay Piramal took over the reins of Piramal Group. In 1984, the group acquired Gujarat Glass Limited (later renamed as Piramal Glass), a manufacturer of glass packaging for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. In 1988, the group bought Nicholas Laboratories, which later flourished and by 2010 reached the highest valuation in the pharmaceutical industry. Over the decade, the company acquired many business units to strengthen their presence. In November 1993, Swiss drug multinational Hoffmann-La Roche sold its Indian subsidiary, Roche Products (India) Ltd to Piramal Enterprises, including its assets like the Vitamin-A producing Fine Chemicals Plant in Balkum, Thane. Roche Products was later renamed Piramal Healthcare Ltd. In 1999, Piram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piramal Glass
PGP Glass (formerly known as Piramal Glass Ltd and Gujarat Glass Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian glass packaging company providing packaging for pharmaceutical and perfume industries. History Prior to its acquisition by the Piramal Group in 1984, the company's manufacturing plant was located in Kosamba, Gujarat. In 1990, Gujarat Glass Pvt. Ltd. merged with its parent company Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. to become one of its many divisions. In 2020, The Blackstone Group announced that it would acquire Piramal Glass for 1 billion. After the acquisition was completed in March 2021, the company was renamed to PGP Glass. Operations The company sells glass packaging for the pharmaceuticals, food and beverages (F&B) and the cosmetics & perfumery Perfume (, ) is a mixture of fragrance, fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), Fixative (perfumery), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
