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Arindam Chaudhuri

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Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri

Professor Arindam Chaudhuri is an Indian economist and management consultant, and founder of the charity The Great Indian Dream Foundation and the Planman group of companies.

Biography

Chaudhuri was the recipient of the Academic Gold Medal from IIPM while completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Planning and Entrepreneurship.

Chaudhuri has published three books:

  • Planning India, an essay on how government and society should focus on policies that benefit the bottom 80% of society.
  • Count your chickens before they hatch, a self-help guide.
  • The Great Indian Dream, a compilation of essays on how India can grow at over 10% to create per capita income levels of a developed country by 2025.

In 2004, he wrote, directed and produced the Hindi-language film Rok Sako To Rok Lo, which was produced by his company Planman Motion Pictures.

Planman group of companies

In 1996, Chaudhuri founded Planman Consulting, a management consultancy. In 2001, he founded Planman Motion Pictures, a film production company. In 2004, Chaudhuri founded Planman I:TES, and IT services company. Chaudhuri also founded Planman Life, an advertising and television production company.

Great Indian Dream Foundation

In 2002, Chaudhuri founded the charity The Great Indian Dream Foundation. It works in over three hundred villages in rural India to achieve its objectives of universal education and employment and eradicating poverty.