Pranav Vinod Adani is an Indian businessman and the director of Adani Enterprises. He is a member of the National Council of the

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Early life

Adani was born into a Jain family. He is the son of Vinod Shantilal Adani, elder brother of Gautam Adani. He was graduated from

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in business management studies. After that, he attended the Owner/President Management Program of

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Personal life

Pranav Adani is married to Namrata, who runs a

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called '''Abhisar.

Career

He led a business venture with Singapore's

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group

Wilmar International Limited Wilmar International Limited (); is a Singaporean food processing and investment holding company with more than 300 subsidiary companies. Founded in 1991, it is one of Asia's leading agribusiness groups alongside the COFCO Group. It ranks amongs ...

. The Adani Wilmar joint venture owns India's oil brand Fortune. The company hosts upwards of 450 manufacturing plants and a distribution network that spans more than 50 countries including India, Indonesia and China. Adani became the director of Agro at Adani Enterprises Ltd. As chairman of Adani Agri Logistics Ltd, he also invested in grain storage technology and agricultural logistics. This model is being considered by state and central governments for nationwide adoption. He is a director of Adani Group's Oil and Gas and City Gas Distribution vertical, Adani Welspun Joint Venture. In August 2009, Adani became a director of Adani Gas Limited, the largest private city gas distribution company in India. He is now its chairman. He has implemented city gas distribution projects in

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, Faridabad, and

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. He has ventures in the real estate industry in the cities of Ahmedabad,

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, and

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. He is involved in building a 600-acre project in Ahmedabad township under the Adani Real Estate Company. He also heads the global coal business of the Adani Group. The project has upcoming expansions in Mumbai and Gurgaon. In April 2015, Adani was appointed as an additional director of Adani Enterprises. He serves as a member of the

's National Council on Agriculture and National Council on Fast Moving Consumer Goods. In January 2018, he addressed the Bengal Global Business Summit alongside

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. He stated that the Adani Wilmar Limited will invest ₹750 crores ($108.3 million US) in the state. In March 2022, he spearheaded the listing of Adani Wilmar at the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. He currently holds the following positions at the Adani Group companies: *Executive Director - Adani Enterprises Limited **Chairman of the Board and Managing Director - Adani Agri Fresh Limited **Chairman of the Board - Adani Logistics Limited **Director - Adani Port Infrastructure Private Limited **Member of the Board of Directors - Adani Mining Private Limited **Director - AMG Media Networks *Director - Adani Total Gas Limited

Philanthropy

Pranav introduced the '''Garv Hai initiative to promote sports and support athletes in India to compete in international tournaments including the 2016 Rio Olympics. A few candidates across India were selected and assisted. In 2015 the campaign supported Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh, then Asia's best, for the Asian Championships in China. The list included others like

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and

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. The Meadows, a part of the Shantigram, houses a football field in the centre lit by flood lights to promote football. Garv Hai has been re-launched for a second time as a long-term incubation programme to discover and support athletes in archery, shooting, boxing, wrestling and athletics for

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and

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Awards and recognition

*In 2018, Pranav Adani received an Asia's Greatest Leader (2018) nomination from Asia One, reviewed by PWC. The title was presented at Asia's Greatest Brands & Leaders Event in Singapore. *On 19 July 2019, Pranav Adani-led Adani Enterprises received the India's Great Place to Work certification in Mumbai. The award is presented annually by the Great Place to Work Institute in the Mid-Size organisation category. It is the only mining company in the list of top 50 organisations to have won the award for two consecutive years.

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Pranav Adani
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