Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an

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writer and business

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Education

Gita Piramal was educated in the

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. Higher education was through India's

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. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), Masters in History (1981), Bachelor of Art in History of the West (1977).Business Maharani Indian Express 22 Jul 1997
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Career

Gita Piramal is a Senior Associate Fellow at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Her primary research area is Indian business and its history. She has worked as an

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and businesswoman, a

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and writer. As an entrepreneur and businesswoman, Gita founded

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(2002-2012), a management magazine, headed ERGO (2005-2012), a

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manufacturer, and was a director of VIP Luggage (1990-2005). Gita is currently a non-executive board member of

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Bajaj Finance Bajaj Finance Limited (BFL), a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, is an Indian non-banking financial company headquartered in Pune. History Originally incorporated as Bajaj Auto Finance Limited on March 25, 1987, as a non-banking financial company, ...

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and Bajaj Holdings & Investments. Her own companies have interests in

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. In media, Gita conceptualized and created content for three programs for

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. She

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, and featured or anchored over 100 television

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, as well as contributing over 1,500 articles for international and Indian publications.

Published writings

Books

* ‘Kamalnayan Bajaj - Architect of the Bajaj Group'. Kamalnayan Bajaj Charitable Trust Book.

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

. 2015 * ‘The Quotable Tycoon’ with David Olive.

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, 2008 * ‘Managing Radical Change’ with

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and Christopher Bartlett. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 2000. * ‘Business Mantras’ with Aparna Piramal, Radhika Piramal and Mukund Beriwala. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1999. * ‘Business Legend’. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1998. * ‘Business Maharajas’. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1997. * ‘India’s Industrialists’ with

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. Three Continents Press,

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. 1985

Book chapters

* ‘The Bombay Plan and the Frustrations of Sir Ardeshir Dalal'. Chapter in Sanjaya Baru (ed). ‘The Bombay Plan’.

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. 2018. * ‘Ratan Tata’ and ‘J.R.D.Tata’ chapters in ‘The Tata Saga’. Penguin, 2018. * ‘Animal Spirits: Stray Thoughts on the Nature of Entrepreneurship in India's Business Families after Liberalization'. Chapter in Rakesh Mohan (ed). 'India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms'.

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. 2017. * 'Dhirubhai Ambani', 'Rahul Bajaj', 'Ratan Tata' and 'Walchand Hirachand'. Chapters in ‘The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories: Riveting Tales of Business Leaders and Their Times’. New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd. 2015. * ‘Succession Planning Under The Banyan Tree'. Chapter in ‘Business Standard 2008’. BS Books, New Delhi, 2008. * ‘The Old Fox'. Chapter in ‘The Non-Fiction Collection: 20 Years of Penguin India’. Volume 3, Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 2007. * ‘The Elixir of Entrepreneurship’. Chapter in S V Prabhath (ed). ‘Women Entrepreneurs in India: challenges and achievements. National Institute of Small Industry Extension.

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. 2002. * ‘Dhirubhai Ambani’, ‘GD Birla’, ‘JRD Tata’, ‘MK Gandhi’, ‘N Murty’, ‘Rahul Bajaj’, and ‘Sumantra Ghoshal’. Morgen Witzel (ed). Entries in ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Management’.

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, UK. 2001. * ‘New Maharajas’. Chapter in ‘Footprints of Enterprise – Indian Business Through the Ages’.

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. Delhi. 1997. * ‘JRD Tata and GD Birla’. Chapter in Ayaz Menon (ed). ‘India 50 – the Making of a Nation’. Book Quest.

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. 1997. * ‘Entrepreneurs and Political Awareness - a Study of Bombay’s Business Groups’. Chapter in Dwijendra Tripathi (ed). ‘Business and Politics – A Historical Perspective’.

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Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

. 1991.

Edited

* 'Sumantra Ghoshal on Management: a force for good'. Gita Piramal & Julian Birkinshaw (eds).

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. 2005. * ‘Smart Leadership: insights for CEOs’. Gita Piramal with Jennifer Netarwala (eds). Penguin Books India. Delhi. 2005.

Personal life

Gita Piramal was married in 1985 to businessman

Dilip Piramal Dilip Piramal (born November 2, 1949) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the VIP Industries, India's largest luggage manufacturer. Background and education Dilip Piramal was born on November 2, 1949, in Mumbai, the second of the thr ...

, chairman and managing director of Blow Plast (VIP Luggage). They have two daughters together, Radhika and Aparna. Radhika is gay and has a wife, Amanda. Aparna, who suffers from bipolar disorder, is married to Amit Raje, a

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gentleman, and is the mother of two children. Gita and Dilip were divorced in 2005.

References

External links

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