Gita Piramal
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Gita Piramal is a renowned media personality, freelance writer, business historian, managing editor of The Smart Manager
magazine, Director of BP Ergo and former director of VIP Industries
Limited. She was married into Mumbai
-based Piramal
business family and featured in 25 Most Powerful Women in
Indian Business in 2004.
in History
and the PhD
in Business History
from Bombay University in 1989.
. She married Dilip Piramal of VIP Industries Limited around 1979. They divorced in 2005. Dilip and Gita had two daughters, Radhika and Aparna. Radhika studied in England and completed an MBA from Harvard Business School
. Aparna married Amit Raje in June-2005.
After the divorce, Dilip married to Shalini Agarwal in June-2005.
The Smart Manager
The Smart Manager is India's first management magazine, launched in 2002 and published quarterly; the magazine has since changed to a bi-monthly publishing frequency. The magazine is published by Spenta MultiMedia and was initially founded by Mumbai business people Gita Piramal, Nitin Nohria and...
magazine, Director of BP Ergo and former director of VIP Industries
VIP Industries
VIP Industries Ltd is world second largest and Asia’s largest luggage maker based in Mumbai Maharashtra, India. The company manufactures plastic moulded suitcases, handbags, briefcases, vanity cases and luggage. It has acquired UK luggage brand Carlton in 2004...
Limited. She was married into Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
-based Piramal
Piramals
The Piramals are a Mumbai-based business family.The Piramals are originally from Bagar, Rajasthan.Today, the family operates as three distinct business entities. The group came into existence by Gopalkrishna Piramal....
business family and featured in 25 Most Powerful Women in
Indian Business in 2004.
Education
She holds the MAMaster of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and the PhD
PHD
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in Business History
Business history
Business history is the branch of economic history that deals with the history of business organizations, methods, government regulation, labor relations, and impact on society. It also includes biographies of individual companies and entrepreneurs....
from Bombay University in 1989.
Professional career
- Gita worked as a Bombay correspondentCorrespondentA correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...
for Financial TimesFinancial TimesThe Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
from 1988 to 1992. - Gita Piramal had worked as the Associate Dean for Indian School of BusinessIndian School of BusinessThe Indian School of Business is a business school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. It offers a Post Graduate Programme in Management , a Fellow Program in Management, and a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior...
's publishing arm - ISB Interactive. - She has also worked as Member LBSLondon Business SchoolLondon Business School is an international business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located in central London, beside Regent's Park...
Regional Advisory Board. - She has been working as managing editor of The Smart Manager, a management magazine, based at MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, since 2002. - She has written for many years on the corporate sector for leading Indian and international publications such as The Financial Times and The Economic TimesThe Economic TimesThe Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
and is a consulting editor of the World Executive’s Digest. She also has been involved in the making of television programmes on Indian business for the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Plus Channel.
Books and Writings
She has penned down several books:- Business Maharajas
- Business Legends (1999)
- Managing Radical Change (co-authored with Sumantra GhoshalSumantra GhoshalSumantra Ghoshal was an academic and management guru. He was the founding Dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, which is jointly sponsored by the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and the London Business School....
) (Delhi Management Association prize for the best management book) - World Class in India (co-authored with Sumantra GhoshalSumantra GhoshalSumantra Ghoshal was an academic and management guru. He was the founding Dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, which is jointly sponsored by the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and the London Business School....
) (Delhi Management Association prize for the best management book) - Business Mantras
- Sumantra GhoshalSumantra GhoshalSumantra Ghoshal was an academic and management guru. He was the founding Dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, which is jointly sponsored by the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and the London Business School....
on Management: A Force for Good (co-authored with Julian Birkinshaw) - Smart Leadership (2005)
- The Smart ManagerThe Smart ManagerThe Smart Manager is India's first management magazine, launched in 2002 and published quarterly; the magazine has since changed to a bi-monthly publishing frequency. The magazine is published by Spenta MultiMedia and was initially founded by Mumbai business people Gita Piramal, Nitin Nohria and...
, managing editor since Feb 2002. - India's Industrialists, Vol. 1 (co-authored with Margaret Herdeck)
Awards and recognition
- Gita had received 'Business TodayBusiness Today (Business Magazine)Business Today is an Indian fortnightly business magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1992. It had a second quarter 2010 readership of 338,000 per issue, ninth among English language magazines surveyed.-External links:...
Award' for being one of India's 25 most powerful women in 2004. - She also received the Scholar of the Year 2004 award from Ness Wadia College, PunePunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. - Her two books have been adjudged as best management book by Delhi Management Association.
Personal life
Gita spent most of her childhood in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. She married Dilip Piramal of VIP Industries Limited around 1979. They divorced in 2005. Dilip and Gita had two daughters, Radhika and Aparna. Radhika studied in England and completed an MBA from Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. Aparna married Amit Raje in June-2005.
After the divorce, Dilip married to Shalini Agarwal in June-2005.