Dilip Dandekar

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Dilip Dandekar
President of Indian Merchants' Chamber
Personal details
Spouse(s)
  • Anjali Gogte (till 1993; her death)
  • Smita Karandikar (m. 1998)
Children3; 1 stepdaughter
Parent(s) Digambar P Dandekar (father)
Relatives Dnyaneshwar Agashe (cousin-in-law)
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationChairman, managing director

Dilip Dandekar was the chairman and managing director of Kokuyo Camlin Ltd., [1] taking office from June 1, 2002. [2] [3] He joined Camlin Ltd. as a management trainee [1] under his father, D. P. Dandekar and uncle, G. P. Dandekar, [4] who were the founders of the company (initially known as Dandekar and Co.). [5]

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He currently serves as the President of Indian Merchants' Chambers. [1] He is presently the chairman of Kokuyo Camlin Ltd., and Camlin Fine Sciences. [2]

Early life

Dilip Dandekar was born the son of Digambar Dandekar, [1] co-founder of Camlin Ltd. and member of the entrepreneurial and aristocratic, Chitpavan brahmin [6] Dandekar family. [4] Dandekar's uncle, G. P. Dandekar was the other co-founder of the company. [4] Dandekar has one older brother, Subhash [2] who served as executive chairman of Camlin until his retirement in 2002. [2]

He was married to Anjali Dandekar (née Gogte; niece of Balkrishna "Raosaheb" Gogte), [7] and they had 3 children together; before her death in 1993. [4] His wife was a sister-in-law to Jyoti Gogte. [8]

He later remarried Smita Dandekar (née Soman) in 1998. She has one daughter from her previous marriage. [4]

Career

Dilip Dandekar joined Camlin Ltd. as management trainee [1] [9] and became executive director of the company in 1979. [1] He took charge as chairman and managing director from June 1, 2002. [2] This was following the retirement of his brother, Subhash Dandekar, from the post of Executive Chairman after a period of 43 years. [2] [10] Dandekar served as a Vice President of Indian Merchants' Chambers [1] and now serves as the Non Executive Chairman of Camlin Fine Sciences Ltd. (formerly, Camlin Fine Chemicals Ltd) [11] and has been its Director since June 2006. [1] Dandekar served as a Joint Managing Director of Kokuyo Camlin Limited. from June 1, 2002 to February 1, 2013. [1]

He has served as the chairman of Camlin Limited since June 1, 2002. [1] [12] Under him, in May 2011, Kokuyo S&T Company Ltd, [13] a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Kokuyo Company Ltd acquired a controlling stake in Camlin Ltd from the Dandekar family. [14] [15] The name of the company was changed to Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. [13] [16]

Dilip Dandekar also serves as director to companies Indo Schottle Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd., Nilmac Packaging Industries Ltd. [17] and Camlin International Ltd. [2] He is a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is the President of Indian Merchants’ Chamber [18] and on the governing board of Bombay First and the ICFAI Business School. [2] [19]

He is also on the Board of Datamatics Global Services as an Independent Director.

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