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	Radhe also serve as Joint Chairman and Director of Emami group of companies, Executive Director of Emami, Director of Zandu Realty.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Radhe Shyam Agarwal\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29155946&ticker=HMN:IN\|accessdate=3 March 2015\|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> He had also served as Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and Trustee of Merchant Chamber of Commerce and Industries.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Agarwal Radhe\|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=EMAM.BO&officerId=731006\|accessdate=3 March 2015\|publisher=Reuters}}</ref>		Radhe also serve as Joint Chairman and Director of Emami group of companies, Executive Director of Emami, Director of Zandu Realty.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Radhe Shyam Agarwal\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29155946&ticker=HMN:IN\|accessdate=3 March 2015\|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> He had also served as Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and Trustee of Merchant Chamber of Commerce and Industries.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Agarwal Radhe\|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=EMAM.BO&officerId=731006\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132623/http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=EMAM.BO&officerId=731006\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2 April 2015\|accessdate=3 March 2015\|publisher=Reuters}}</ref>

	==Family==		==Family==

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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Radhe Shyam Agarwal
| image = 
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| caption =
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = 18 February 1946
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| other_names =
| occupation = businessman, founder and executive chairman of Emami
| years_active =
| known_for =
| education = LLB, Master of Commerce, 
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xavier's College]] [[Calcutta University]] [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] [[Institute of Company Secretaries of India]]
}}
'''Radhe Shyam Agarwal''' (also known as '''R S Agarwal''') is an [[Indian people|Indian]] entrepreneur, co-founder and executive chairman of [[Emami]], a global group of company engaged in the business of [[Fast Moving Consumer Goods|FMCG]], paper, [[real estate]], edible oils, health care and cement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Passing on the baton at Emami family|url=http://profit.ndtv.com/news/market/article-passing-on-the-baton-at-emami-family-42199|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> Radhe is among the top 100 richest Indians<ref>{{cite news|title=Radhe Shyam Agarwal|url=http://forbesindia.com/richprofile/radhe-shyam-agarwal/166|accessdate=3 March 2015|work=Forbes India}}</ref> and was listed by [[Forbes]] as having a net worth of $1.43 billion in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radhe Shyam Agarwal|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/radhe-shyam-agarwal/|accessdate=3 March 2015|work=Forbes}}</ref>

==Early life==
Radhe was born in a Marwari family on 18 February 1946 in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Radhe completed his college education from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xavier's College]], [[Kolkata]]. He got his LLB from [[Calcutta University]]; M.Com from [[Calcutta University]]. Radhe is a [[Chartered Accountant]] from [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]] and [[Company Secretary]] from [[Institute of Company Secretaries of India]]. In 1970 Radhe joined [[Aditya Birla Group]] as vice president.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tale Of Two Families|url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2011/0808/companies-emami-shyam-goenka-radhe-shyam-two-families.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|work=Forbes}}</ref>

==Emami==
In 1974 Radhe along with his school friend [[Radhe Shyam Goenka]] started a cosmetics company [[Emami]]. The company was started with a capital of $2600 borrowed from Radhe Shayam Goenka's father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breakfast with BS: Radhe Shyam Agarwal & Radhe Shyam Goenka|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/breakfast-with-bs-radhe-shyam-agarwal-radhe-shyam-goenka-110102600016_1.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Business Standard}}</ref> Emami is now a multiple business global group of companies with a [[revenue]] of above $1.3 billion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tale Of Two Families|url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2011/0808/companies-emami-shyam-goenka-radhe-shyam-two-families.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|work=Forbes}} Some of the famous products by Emami are "He", "Fair and Handsome", "Navratan Hair Oil"</ref>

==Associations==
Radhe also serve as Joint Chairman and Director of Emami group of companies, Executive Director of Emami, Director of Zandu Realty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radhe Shyam Agarwal|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29155946&ticker=HMN:IN|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> He had also served as Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation and Trustee of Merchant Chamber of Commerce and Industries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Agarwal Radhe|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=EMAM.BO&officerId=731006|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Reuters}}</ref>

==Family==
Radhe is married to Usha Bansal and have two sons, Aditya Agarwal and Harsh Agarwal, and one daughter, Priti Agarwal Sureka.<ref>{{cite news|title=Relationship of equals|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/family-business-emami-group/1/17173.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Business Today}}</ref> The entire family is part of the Emami group and lives on tony Southern Avenue in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. Priti Agarwal is married to Raj Sureka.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emami Promoters Are Friends in Deed|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/sme-stepup/news/emami_promoters_are_friends_in_deed-786979.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Money Control}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thicker than water|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/family-business-thrive-in-india-fortis-religare-jubilant/1/212399.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=Business Today}}</ref>

==Criminal charges==
In the early morning of 9 December 2011, an [[AMRI Hospitals|AMRI Hospital]] in south Kolkata’s Dhakuria district erupted in fire, leading to the deaths of 92 people – mostly critically ill patients, many of them suffocating in their sleep.<ref name="IANS2016">{{cite news|title=AMRI Hospital tragedy: Kolkata court frames charges|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/amri-hospital-tragedy-kolkata-court-frames-charges-2887133/|access-date=29 August 2016|work=Indian Express|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]|date=1 July 2016}}</ref> The following day, the license for the hospital was canceled, and the Chief Minister of [[West Bengal]] ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident.<ref name="NDTV2011">{{cite news|last1=NDTV Correspondent|title=Kolkata hospital fire: Mamata Banerjee orders judicial inquiry|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kolkata-hospital-fire-mamata-banerjee-orders-judicial-inquiry-566949|accessdate=29 August 2016|work=[[NDTV]]|publisher=NDTV Convergence Limited|date=10 December 2011}}</ref> Allegedly, the fire was triggered by flammable chemicals that were stored at the site.<ref name="NDTV2011"/><ref name="EconTimes2011">[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/amri-hospital-fire-emami-boss-rs-goenka-and-partner-sk-todi-among-6-held/articleshow/11052168.cms], Economic Times, 10 December 2011</ref> Rescue efforts were hampered by the narrowness and congestion of the road leading to the hospital,<ref name="NDTV2011"/> and the allegations that all of the windows and doors were locked<ref name="NDTV2011"/> and that the fire alarms and sprinklers installed at the hospital did not work during the fire.<ref name="EconTimes2011"/>

Seven members of the hospital's board were arrested the same day, and were remanded to police custody until 20 December by the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in [[Alipore]].<ref name="NDTV2011"/> Among the seven arrested were Agarwal and Goenka, founders of Emami and directors of the hospital chain, who were charged with negligently causing the deaths.<ref name="NDTV2011"/> Ultimately a total of 16 people stood accused in the courts in July 2016, including the board members and several directors of the hospital.<ref name="IANS2016"/> Amongst the charges were culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment in cases where the criminal actions are undertaken knowingly but without the intention to cause death.<ref name="IANS2016"/> Additional charges were laid under Section 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and Section 38 (effect caused partly by act and partly by omission).<ref name="IANS2016"/>

The fire was recorded as the largest hospital tragedy in India at the time.<ref name="EconTimes2011"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.forbes.com/profile/radhe-shyam-agarwal/?sh=55a672574afa Radhe Shyam Agarwal]

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