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{{Infobox person
| name = Sharayu Daftary
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| birth_date = 1933
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Industrialist
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| spouse = Arvind Gaurishankar Daftary
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| children = Three daughters
| parents = Lalchand Hirachand<br>Lalitabai
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Jain Ratna Award
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'''Sharayu Daftary''' is an Indian industrialist and a former president of the [[Indian Merchants' Chamber]] (IMC), the first elected president of the organization.<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence">{{cite web | url=http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=3948&cat=44 | title=Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence | publisher=Jain Samaj | date=2015 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> She is the first woman president of the Automotive Components Manufacturers Association and the first woman to sit in the executive committee of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] (FICCI).<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence" /> She is the founder of Bharat Radiators Limited and the president of the Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha.<ref name="Battle for Bahubali">{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/two-jain-sects-battle-over-control-of-bahubali-dongar-hilltop-in-maharashtra/1/361278.html | title=Battle for Bahubali | publisher=India Today | date=15 January 1984 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2004, for her contributions to the Indian industry.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Sharayu Daftary, née Sharayu Hirachand Doshi, was born in 1933,<ref name="Time for Pickle Making">{{cite web | url=http://www.uppercrustindia.com/ver2/showpage.php?pagetitle=Time%20for%20Pickle%20Making&postid=369 | title=Time for Pickle Making | publisher=Upper Crust India | date=2015 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> in a rich [[Mumbai]] business family to Lalitabai and [[Lalchand Hirachand]],<ref name="Seth Lalchand Hirachand">{{cite web | url=http://jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=991&cat=62 | title=Seth Lalchand Hirachand | publisher=Jain Samaj | date=2015 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> a [[Padma Shri]] awardee and the brother of [[Walchand Hirachand]],<ref name="Mom has always been a friend">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-mom-has-always-been-a-friend-1224740 | title=Mom has always been a friend | publisher=DNA Syndicate | date=24 January 2009 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> the founder of [[Walchand group|Walchand Group]] and one of the pioneers of Indian industry.<ref name="The conscientious rich are a vanishing breed">{{cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/ZDEEFM8jFmqTnv48vAScoM/The-conscientious-rich-are-a-vanishing-breed.html | title=The conscientious rich are a vanishing breed | publisher=Live Mint | date=23 October 2008 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> She graduated in Economics (BA) from [[Elphinstone College]], Mumbai and married Arvind Gaurishankar Daftary at the age of 19.<ref name="Time for Pickle Making" /> She was denied entry into the family business as women were not allowed by tradition, and she founded ''Bharat Radiators Limited'', an auto parts manufacturing concern, with a capital of {{INR}}200,000 and five workers, in 1958 when she was only 25<ref name="Bombay Then - Mumbai Now">{{cite web | url=http://travel.cnn.com/mumbai/play/bombay-and-mumbai-tale-two-cities-161445 | title=Bombay Then - Mumbai Now | publisher=CNN TRavel | date=28 January 2010 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> and has been the managing director of the business ever since.<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence" />

Daftary has been active in the Indian industrial scene and when she was elected as the president of the Automotive Components Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) in 1971, she became the first woman to elected to the post. She also had the distinction of being the first woman president of the [[Indian Merchants' Chamber]] (IMC) (1981)<ref name="IMC Milestones">{{cite web | url=http://www.imcnet.org/aboutus/milestones/page/4 | title=IMC Milestones | publisher=Indian Merchants Chamber | date=2015 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> and the first woman to be selected as a member of the executive committee of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] (FICCI). She would preside over the IMC for second time, in 2000.<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence" /><ref name="Negative response to holidays for fleet review">{{cite web | url=http://m.gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/negative-response-to-holidays-for-fleet-review-1.415057 | title=Negative response to holidays for fleet review | publisher=Gulf News | date=11 February 2001 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> A [[Jain community|Jain]] by birth, she is the president of the ''Dakshin Bharat Jain Sabha''<ref name="Battle for Bahubali" /> and is the editor of '' Jain Bodhak'', a fortnightly magazine founded by her grand father and the mouthpiece of [[Jain community]].<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence" />

Daftary is a recipient of the ''Jain Ratna Award'' of the Jain Samaj<ref name="Ms. Sharayu Daftary about the Jain influence" /> and has been awarded the civilian honour of the 2004 [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> The Daftary couple has three daughters,<ref name="Another sister act">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Another-sister-act/articleshow/33178264.cms | title=Another sister act | newspaper=Times of India | date=2 January 2003 | accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> the eldest daughter, Czaee Shah, is a [[restaurateur]], Gauri Pohomal is an entrepreneur and philanthropist and the youngest, Kavita Khanna, is a homemaker and was married to actor [[Vinod Khanna]].<ref name="The uncensored Vinod Khanna">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-uncensored-vinod-khanna/articleshow/17277243.cms |title=The uncensored Vinod Khanna|newspaper=The Times of India|date=27 July 2002|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Mom has always been a friend" /> [[Saryu Doshi]], the renowned art historian and [[Padma Shri]] awardee, is her sister-in-law, by marriage to her brother, Vinod Doshi.<ref name="Industrialist Vinod Doshi passes away">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/oct/07doshi.htm|title=Industrialist Vinod Doshi passes away|publisher=Rediff India|date=7 October 2008|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Lalchand Hirachand]]
* [[Walchand Hirachand]]
* [[Walchand group]]
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== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Trade & Industry}}
{{Walchand Group}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in trade and industry]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Businesswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Indian industrialists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesswomen]]
[[Category:Walchand family]]

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