India’s Growth Prospects & the Season of Scams in India and if it is likely to derail the India Story.
Interactive meeting with Arun Nanda, Director & President – Infrastructure Development Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Date: 7th November 2011 Location: Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Ma
Speaker Bio:
Arun Nanda: Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.Mr. Arun Nanda holds a Degree in Law from the University of Calcutta, is a fellow memberof the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS). Mr. Nanda has also participated in a Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School. He joined the Mahindra Group in 1973. He has held several important positions within the Group over the 37 years he was with the company.
He was inducted to the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) in August 1992 and resigned as Executive Director in March 2010 to focus on the social sector and create a favourable ecosystem for senior citizens. He was immediately re-appointed as a non-executive director of M&M.He is currently the Chairman of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts (I) Ltd., Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd., Mahindra Consulting Engineers Ltd., and Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Mahindra Water Utilities Ltd., and Union Bank of India. He is also on the Advisory Boards of Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd. and Advent India PE Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
He is also Chairman Emeritus of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Governing Boards of the Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India and Chairman of CII Western Region for 2010-2011.
Mr. Nanda was honoured with an award of “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur” (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour) by the President of the French Republic, Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. Mr. Nanda has received the “Real Estate Person of the Year” Award from GIREM Leadership Awards in India in 2008. Mr. Nanda was awarded with the “CA Business Achiever Award – Corporate” at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Award 2009 and “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his outstanding contribution to the Hospitality Industry and the Service Sector by the Golden Star Awards 2010.