Harshavardhan Neotia
Harshavardhan Neotia | |
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| Born | 19 July 1961 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group |
| Spouse | Madhu Neotia |
| Website | ambujaneotia.com |
Harshavardhan Neotia (born on 19 July 1961) is the current chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, a corporate house headquartered in Kolkata.[1][2] He is also one of the co-owners of Atletico de Kolkata , which is an Indian Super League football team along with Sourav Ganguly, Sanjeev Goenka, Utsav Parekh and Santosh Shaw.[3][4]
Life
Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in Kolkata in a Marwari family.[5] He attended La Martiniere Calcutta for Boys and graduated in Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.[6] He has completed HBS's Executive Education Programme - Owner President Management Program (OPM) from Harvard Business School.[7]
He is the founder of one of the first joint sector companies in India, “Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Limited” in partnership with the government of West Bengal.[8] The idea behind this joint sector venture was to promote social housing development in urban India.[9] Under his guidance, Ambuja Realty Group has developed many properties across India. Harshavardhana Neotia's maiden project, “Udayan” was declared a ‘Model Housing Project’ by the union government.[10] He is also the pioneer of modern Public–private partnership (PPP) housing system in Kolkata. He also serves as a member on ‘Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta.[6] His company Ambuja Realty Group has developed many modern, plush and remarkable real estate projects in West Bengal including Udayan, The Condoville / Swissotel Kolkata, Neotia Vista and Ganga Kutir.[7]
Achievements
He was conferred the Padmashri in the year 1999 for his outstanding initiative in the field of social housing.[10] He has been awarded with Young Presidents' Organization YPO Legacy of Honor Award and works as the Honorary Consul of Israel in West Bengal.[11]
See also
References
- ^ India, NDTV (30 March 2007). "boss's day out". NDTVINDIA. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.infrawindow.com/people/harshavardhan-neotia_59/
- ^ http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/223905-indian-super-league-football-sourav-ganguly-backed-atletico-de-kolkata-launched
- ^ http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/223016-sachin-tendulkar-sourav-ganguly-to-own-teams-in-indian-super-league-football
- ^ http://www.bibs.co.in/Interview_Archive_HVN.html
- ^ a b http://www.afaqs.com/events/index.html?e=21&p=home
- ^ a b Kader, Syed Ameen (4 May 2011). "Top 20 entrepreneurs of construction industry". Construction week online: 1. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ Agarwal, Surabhi (12 June 2008). "'My Life has been a series of accidents'". THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/my-life-has-been-a-series-of-accidents/321643/0
- ^ a b Reddi, C.V. Narasimha. 1. Effective Public Relations And Media Strategy. PHI publisher. p. 158. ISBN 9788120336469.
- ^ Harshavardhan Neotia (25 July 2011). "Harshavardhan Neotia: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.