Harshavardhan Neotia

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Harshavardhan Neotia
Born (1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 60)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materSt. Xavier's College
OccupationChairman of
Spouse(s)Madhu Neotia
Websiteambujaneotia.com

Harshavardhan Neotia (born 19 July 1961) is the chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, a conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata.[1][2]

Life and career[]

Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in Kolkata in a Marwari family.[3] He attended La Martiniere Calcutta for Boys and graduated in Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.[4] He has completed HBS's Executive Education Programme - Owner President Management Program (OPM) from Harvard Business School.[5]

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.[6] The idea behind this joint sector venture was to promote social housing development in urban India.[7] Under his guidance, has developed many properties across India. Harshavardhana Neotia's maiden project, “Udayan” was declared a ‘Model Housing Project’ by the union government.[8] 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.[4] His company has developed many modern real estate projects in West Bengal including Udayan, The Condoville / Swissotel Kolkata, Neotia Vista and Ganga Kutir.[citation needed]

Awards[]

He was conferred the Padmashri in the year 1999 for his outstanding initiative in the field of social housing.[8] He has been awarded with Young Presidents' Organization YPO Legacy of Honor Award and works as the Honorary Consul of Israel in West Bengal.[9]

References[]

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  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Indian Advertising, Media, Marketing, Digital, Advertising Agencies - afaqs!". www.afaqs.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ Kader, Syed Ameen (4 May 2011). "Top 20 entrepreneurs of construction industry". Construction Week Online: 1. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  6. ^ Agarwal, Surabhi (12 June 2008). "My Life has been a series of accidents". THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  7. ^ "My Life has been a series of accidents". The Financial Express. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Reddi, C.V. Narasimha (2 November 2009). 1. Effective Public Relations And Media Strategy. PHI publisher. p. 158. ISBN 9788120336469.
  9. ^ Harshavardhan Neotia (25 July 2011). "Harshavardhan Neotia: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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