Gurcharan Das

Gurcharan Das is a columnist for The Times of India and other newspapers. Currently he is a venture capitalist and a consultant to Industry and Indian government.

Born in 1946 at Lyallpur in Pakistan, Das spent the better half of his childhood in New York as his father was posted there. He graduated with honors from Harvard University in Philosophy and Politics. He later attended Harvard Business School (AMP), where he is featured in three case studies.

He was CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Vice President for Procter & Gamble Far East between 1985 and 1992. He was later Vice President and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide. Prior to P&G, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Richardson Hindustan Limited from 1981 to 1985, the company where he started as a trainee. Having chalked out his life graph, he quit at the age of 50.

In 1995, after a 30-year career in 6 countries, he took an early retirement to become a full-time writer.

He writes a regular column on Sundays for the “Times of India” and “Dainik Bhaskar” and occasional guest columns for the “Wall Street Journal,” “Financial Times” and “Time” magazine.

His recent books include India Unbound and The Elephant Paradigm.In past he has also written plays.

Quotes

"You need two things: you must have the hunger for success and the desperation to achieve it. It's as if your life won't be complete until you succeed. That fundamental discontent has to be there." Got it? "
"I could say I believe in the religion of man, rather than of God!"
"In life, action is more important than thought".