Samprada Singh (1925 – 27 July 2019) was an Indian businessman, who was the founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories, which develops, manufactures and markets

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Early life and business career

Samprada Singh was born in a Bhumihar family in Okri village,

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, Bihar. He graduated from Patna University with Bachelors in Commerce. In 1953 he started a small chemist shop in Patna near PMCH, Patna. Further expanding to medicine distribution business under the banner name of "Magadh Pharma". He founded Alkem Laboratories Ltd along with his younger brother Basudeo Narayan Singh, in 1973 and served as its chairman and his brother is the current executive chairman of Alkem. Samprada Singh had three children, Naval Kishore Singh, Satish Singh, Valmiki Singh and younger brother Basudev Narayan Singh (37th richest person in the country according to Forbes India with 7.1$ Billion which is approximately 70,000 Crore) had three children Dhananjay Singh, Mrityunjay Singh who marriaged to Seema Singh and a daughter Archana Singh (Who is married to Ajay Sharma, owner of Maxblis Group of Companies Country's Top Construction,Developers/Housing Company )

Honors and awards

* In 2009, Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit & Awards founded by Satya Brahma awarded Samprada Singh with a Lifetime Achievement Award for building Alkem as a top Indian Pharma Company. * In 2017, Samprada Singh received the Ernst and Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year in Healthcare and Life Sciences'. * In 2017, Samprada Singh was ranked as the 43rd richest man in India by ''

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'' India rich list. * In 2018, Samprada Singh was the richest Bihari in India.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Samprada 1925 births 2019 deaths Businesspeople from Bihar Patna University alumni Indian businesspeople in the pharmaceutical industry People from Jehanabad district 20th-century Indian businesspeople