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Gita Piramal | |
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Born | 1954 India |
Occupation | Writer, historian |
Gita Piramal (born 1954) is an Indian writer and business historian.
Gita Piramal completed her education in the United Kingdom and graduated from Bombay University. She holds a PhD in business history (1988), a Master's degree in History (1981), and a Bachelor of Art in History of the West (1977). [1] [2] [3]
Gita Piramal serves as a Senior Associate Fellow at Somerville College, University of Oxford. She has worked as an entrepreneur and businesswoman, a journalist and writer.[ citation needed ]
Piramal founded The Smart Manager, a management magazine, which she led from 2002 to 2012. She also headed ERGO (2005-2012), a furniture manufacturer, from 2005 to 2012 and was a director at VIP Luggage from 1990 to 2005.[ citation needed ] Currently, she serves as a non-executive board member at Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Holdings & Investments.[ citation needed ]
Piramal conceptualized and created content for three programs on CNBC-TV18.[ citation needed ] She scripted, edited, and appeared in or anchored over 100 television documentaries and contributed more than 1,500 articles to international and Indian publications. [3]
Gita Piramal married businessman Dilip Piramal, chairman and managing director of Blow Plast (VIP Luggage), in 1985. [6] They have two daughters, Radhika and Aparna. The couple divorced in 2005.
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