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Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an Indian writer and business historian.

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Education

Gita Piramal was educated in the United Kingdom. Higher education was through India's Bombay University. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), Masters in History (1981), Bachelor of Art in History of the West (1977). [1] [2] [3]

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 entrepreneur and businesswoman, a journalist and writer.

As an entrepreneur and businesswoman, Gita founded The Smart Manager (2002-2012), a management magazine, headed ERGO (2005-2012), a furniture manufacturer, and was a director of VIP Luggage (1990-2005). Gita is currently a non-executive board member of Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Holdings & Investments. Her own companies have interests in real estate.

In media, Gita conceptualized and created content for three programs for CNBC-TV18. She scripted, edited, and featured or anchored over 100 television documentaries, as well as contributing over 1,500 articles for international and Indian publications. [3]

Published writings

Books

Book chapters

Edited

Personal life

Gita Piramal was married in 1985 to businessman Dilip Piramal, 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 Maratha gentleman, and is the mother of two children. Gita and Dilip were divorced in 2005.

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References

  1. Business Maharani Indian Express 22 Jul 1997
  2. Business Today Power Women 24 Sep 2004
  3. 1 2 "Indian Management Guru Dr Gita Piramal". Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  4. "Gita Piramal profile on Barnes and Noble". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2009.