The Piramal Group is a diversified global business conglomerate, which has presence across various sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, drug discovery, healthcare information management, specialty glass packaging, financial services and real estate. Ajay Piramal is the chairman of the Piramal Group.

1. BY- Rajat Sharma

2. Ajay Piramal (born August 3, 1955) is an Indian businessman. In
2016, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US $3.3 Billion,
ranking him number 42 on India’s Top 50 richest people. He
leads the Piramal Group, a diversified conglomerate with a
presence across 100 cities.Under his leadership the Piramal
Group evolved from a textile centric business to a USD 5 billion
conglomerate with diversified business interests across
pharmaceuticals, packaging, financial services and real estate.

3. Chairman, Piramal Enterprises Ltd
Member, Board of Dean’s Advisors, Harvard Business
School
Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT, Indore
Chairman, Pratham
Invitee to the World Economic Forum for the last 10
years

4. “CEO of the Year Award” by World Strategy Forum in 1999; Rotary
International (District 3140) Certificate of Appreciation and “Four
Way Test Award” in 2001.
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year (2004) in the Healthcare
& Life Sciences category.
“Global Leaders of Tomorrow’ by the World Economic Forum
(2004).
Corporate Citizen of the Year award by AIMA Managing India
Awards 2016.
Awarded "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award of UK Trade &
Investment Council (2006).

5. Piramal holds B.Sc. (Hons.), Masters in
Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management Studies and
Advanced Management Programme from
Harvard Business School, USA. He is an
honours graduate in Science from Bombay
University.

6. In his spare time, Piramal likes to indulge in his
passion for wildlife photography.He has also co-
authored 'Light has come to me', a book about
management lessons inspired from The Bhagwad
Gita, published by the Times Group.He has also
written a dance opera, ‘The Dance of Life’, which
premiered in Mumbai in 2004, with stories inspired by
the history of Indian science starring Mrinalini
Sarabhai and Mallika Sarabhai.