Pradip is a non-executive Independent Director and Chairman of Sonata. He assisted in founding Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) in 1977 and was the founder Managing Director of The Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd. (CRISIL), India’s first and largest credit rating agency. In April 1998, he started IndAsia, a corporate finance and private equity advisory business.
He is also Director in BASF India Ltd., Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Ltd., Hardy Oil & Gas Ltd. [U.K.], Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd., Panasonic Energy India Co. Ltd., Pfizer Ltd., Tata Investment Corporation Ltd. among others. He is Chairman of Wyeth Ltd., IndAsia Fund Advisors Pvt. Ltd. and Shah Foods Ltd. as well as Member of the Audit Committee, Grievance Committee and Remuneration Committee of some of these companies.
Pradip holds a Degree in Commerce and is an ACA, AICWA and MBA from Harvard University, USA.
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