Shantanu Khosla

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Shantanu Khosla
Citizenship India
Alma mater IIM Calcutta , IIT BOMBAY
Occupation MD of P&G India

Shantanu Khosla is an Indian business executive. He is the past managing director of Procter & Gamble India. As managing director, he was the country head of P&G for India and led operations for all three P&G companies in the country: two listed as Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited and Gillette India Limited , as well as a 100% subsidiary of the parent company called Procter & Gamble Home Products. [1] [2]

Khosla is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. [3] After completing his MBA from IIM Calcutta in 1983, he joined Richardson Hindustan Ltd. as a management trainee. He became a part of P&G when it acquired Richardson Hindustan in 1985. In his long tenure at P&G, Khosla has led several business units around the globe. He took over the leadership of India operations of the company in June 2002. He resigned from P&G effective 30 June 2015. [4] [5] [6]

Khosla is a member of the board of governors of Advertising Standards Council of India. [7]

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  3. ↑ "Gillette India Limited: AGM Notice" (PDF). Procter & Gamble . Retrieved 25 October 2012.
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