Gopal Poddar

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Gopal Poddar (born 6 April 1951) is an Indian businessman & founder of Limtex group of companies. Poddar started Limtex in 1977 as a small tea business at the very beginning. He is serving as Chairman cum Managing Director of Limtex group till date.

Early life and education[]

Born on West Bengal, India on 6 April 1951, Poddar graduated with a degree in commerce from the University of Calcutta. Afterwards he received an LLB from University Law College Calcutta, along with a post graduate degree in commerce.

Career[]

Poddar started his career as an Officer in Hindustan Development Corporation, where he served for nine years at various functional & administrative position. He started off independently on the year 1977 as a small tea trading business at turnover of 1.02 lacks, which has now diversified into various businesses from tea export to information technology under Limtex group of industries & have turnover of 200 crores for the fiscal end March 2002. He heads as chairman & MD of Limtex group for last 35 years. He also holds a diplomatic position as Hon. Counsel General, representing Peru.

Achievements[]

In 1999, Limtex was awarded the National Export award. Then Niryaat Shree Award from the Ministry of Commerce and the Federation of Indian Export Organization.