Ajit Singhvi
Dr. Ajit Singhvi | |
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| Born | |
| Other names | Ajeet Mal Singhvi |
| Alma mater | Harvard Business School Manchester Business School Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| Known for | Individual Social Responsibility (ISR) and World Class Manufacturing (WCM)[1] |
Ajit Singhvi is an Indian origin philanthropist and management expert based in London.[2][3] He is best known as professorial chair donor at IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras.[4] Together with Abdullahi Adamu and Ernest Shonekan, Singhvi received attention for campaigning with letters to the presidency for a shift in Nigeria's economic recovery model in 1993.[5][6]
Career
Dr. Ajeet Mal Singhvi has worked in several countries with many multinational companies such as BICC (British Insulated Cables company London), GEC Alsthom (MD),[6] Leyland Nigeria (MD), NES group of companies[5], CarnaudMetalbox, Aditya Birla Group (president) and Argo Pantes Group.
Dr Singhvi is the alumnus of Harvard Business School, Manchester Business School, School of Engineering-Middlesex University, Japan Institute of Plant Management, Ashridge Management College, Institute of Chartered Accountants, and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.[7] Dr. Singhvi had closely worked with professor David A. Garvin (May 12, 1952 - April 30, 2017) an American economist at Harvard Business School.
He was awarded two research degrees Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Engineering.[citation needed]
Philanthropy
Singhvi made major donations to education and women empowerment in India, and endowed two professorial chairs at IIT Roorkee and IIT Madras. He also donated large amounts to Loyola Institute of Business Administration in Chennai, Insitute of Cost Accountants Kolktta and Mohanlal Sukhadia University in Udaipur among others.[8] Singhvi has mooted the idea of ISR (Individual Social Responsibility) as a mirror age of CSR to support and promote philanthropic activities in the society.[9]
He is the founder and promoter of the Ajit Singhvi Education and Training Trust.[10][2]
References
- ^ Gopalaratnam, N. (Jan 2006). "Message from CMD". WCM Newsletter. SPBLTD.
- ^ a b सिंह, विनोद कुमार (22 Jan 2018). "छात्रों को नयी प्रौद्योगिकी से जोड़े - डॉ. अजित सिंघ्वी". Amar Ujala.
- ^ The Management Accountant. Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. 2007.
- ^ Desikan, Aparna (29 June 2017). "London-based Management Expert funds Professorial Chairs in IITs - Madras and Roorkee". TOI. Chennai.
- ^ a b "Rethinking the efficacy of market forces". Moneywatch. The Guardian. 28 April 1993. pp. 11, 15.
- ^ a b Phelan, Jonquil (Oct 1990). "Investment Needs Incentives". africanreview. p. 39.
- ^ "Karnataka,Bangalore,A.M.Singhvi,FCA, FCMA (Lon) Ph.D, D.Engg (Lon) | Professional Profiles|Professional Profiles | www.karmayog.org". Karmayog.org.
- ^ Pokhriyal, Sanjay (20 June 2018). "मैनेजमेंट एक्सपर्ट ने आई आई टी मद्रास व रूरकी में प्रोफेसोरियल चेयर के स्थाफना, अभूतपूर्व आर्थिक योगदान". Roorkee. Dainik Jagran.
- ^ "Dr. A. M Singhvi". alumni.iitm.ac.in.
- ^ "RAJSHREE SUGARS & CHEMICALS LIMITED BRIEF PROFILE OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS" (PDF). rajshreesugars.com.