Harshavardhan Neotia
| Harshavardhan Neotia | |
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| Born | 19 July 1961 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality |  Indian |
| Alma mater | La Martiniere Calcutta St. Xavier's College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group |
| Spouse(s) | Madhu Neotia |
| Website | ambujaneotia.com |
Harshavardhan Neotia (Hindi/Rajasthani:) (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, Atletico Madrid, 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
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.afaqs.com/events/index.html?e=21&p=home
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- ↑ http://www.financialexpress.com/news/my-life-has-been-a-series-of-accidents/321643/0
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External links
- http://www.bengalambuja.com/about/index.asp
- http://www.bengalambuja.com/news/images/may-12.pdf
- http://www.ambujarealty.com/news/images/pr-214.html
- http://www.ambujarealty.com/news/images/may-12.pdf
- http://www.ambujarealty.com/news/images/pr-204.html
