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Director
Age: 71 years
Mr. Shekhar Datta is a
Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from London and is a Fellow of All
India Management Association. Mr Datta has been Business Consultant to a
number of Indian companies and former member of International Business
Advisory Council of UNIDO. Mr Datta has been President of Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII), Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry and
Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has been honoured
with the citation of ‘Commendatore’ (1995) in the Order for
Merit of the Italian Republic, by the President of Italy; as ‘Companion’
of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, U.K. and warded ‘Winner’
of the Indo-British Trophy (1997) conferred by Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II.
Mr Datta was Managing Director and President of Greaves Cotton Limited
and was responsible for the spectacular growth of the company in the
last fifteen years. Mr Datta has held directorships in a number of
reputed companies like Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Industrial
Development Bank of India Limited, Crompton Greaves Limited. He was also
Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited. Presently he is a
Director on the Boards of Wockhardt Limited and Vesuvius India Limited.
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