Anjan Chatterjee ( bn, অঞ্জন চট্টোপাধ্যায়) (born February 16, 1960) is an Indian

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ier and founder of

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Biography

Anjan was born on 16 Feb 1960 and he grew up in many places in India. He went to Modern School in

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and completed graduation from Ravenshaw College,

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. Then he did his hotel management degree from Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kolkata. His father Snehamoy Chatterjee was director in Jute Agricultural Research Institute near Kolkata. Anjan spent around 6 years (from 1978 to 1984) in the staff quarter of this Institute Shaheb Bagan. After graduating from Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Kolkata, in 1982, Anjan joined Taj Group of Hotels in

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.Anjan Chatterjee, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, Speciality Restaurants Ltd.
''Indiaretailing.com'', 7 February 2020 Then he joined

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in the marketing department. In 1985, he started his own advertising agency, Situations Advertising. In 1992, Anjan started his first restaurant named ''Only Fish'' (now Oh! Calcutta) in Mumbai. In 1995, he started the speciality Chinese restaurant brand ''

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'' in Sakinaka area in Mumbai. Anjan Chatterjee started the companies

, Mainland China Asia Kitchen,

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- Powai & Malad in Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore & Kolkata,

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, Haka,

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, Machaan,

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, and

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. In 2012, his holding company Specialty Restaurant Limited went public. In 2018, he handed the operations of his restaurant empire over to his son Avik Chatterjee.Soumonty Kanungo
Speciality Restaurants’ Anjan Chatterjee to hand over operations to son
''Livemint.com'', 16 May 2018

References

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