Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961), , was a Gujarati cotton trader, mill owner, businessman and industrialist from Mumbai, India. He was one of the signatory of '' Bombay Plan'', which was set of proposals for the post-independence economy of India. He along with GD Birla established Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a member of the

Hilton Young Commission The Hilton Young Commission (complete title: Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance) was a Commission of Inquiry appointed in 1926 to look into the possible closer union of the British territories in East and Central Africa. These were in ...

.He was a member of the Acworth Committee. He headed the Foodgrain Policy Committee of 1947.

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