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{{Short description|Indian industrialist and philanthropist}} | |||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = | | name = Narrotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria | ||
| birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India | | birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India | ||
| alma_mater = [[Institute of Chemical Technology|Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai]] | | alma_mater = [[Institute of Chemical Technology|Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai]] | ||
| occupation = Industrialist<br>Entrepreneur<br>Philanthropist | | occupation = Industrialist<br>Entrepreneur<br>Philanthropist | ||
| spouse = Nalini Sekhsaria | | spouse = Nalini Sekhsaria | ||
| children = Pulkit Sekhsaria | | children = Pulkit Sekhsaria<br/>Padmini Sekhsaria | ||
| family = [[Seksaria]] | |||
| parents = | | parents = | ||
| awards = | | awards = | ||
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''' | '''Narrotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria''' is an Indian industrialist and [[philanthropist]].<ref name="N.S. Sekhsaria is the new Chairman of Ambuja Cements">{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/press-releases/n-s-sekhsaria-is-the-new-chairman-of-ambuja-cements-109092300107_1.html | title=N.S. Sekhsaria is the new Chairman of Ambuja Cements | newspaper=Business Standard | date=23 September 2009 | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Born in [[Rajasthan]], India in | Born in [[Chirawa]], [[Rajasthan]], India in the [[Seksaria]] [[Marwari people|Marwari]] trading family in 1950,<ref name="Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria">{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/29profile.htm | title=Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria | publisher=ReDiff | date=29 January 2005 | accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> he was brought up in Bombay and was educated as a chemical engineer from the city's prestigious University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), now known as [[Institute of Chemical Technology|Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Narotam Sekhsaria Net Worth (2020) – wallmine.com |url=https://in.wallmine.com/nse/acc/officer/1692932/narotam-sekhsaria |work=in.wallmine.com |language=en-in}}</ref> | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
He started his career at his family business, predominantly trading cotton. He subsequently switched career in the early 1980s, giving up trading to set up [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria|url= | He started his career at his family business, predominantly trading cotton. He subsequently switched career in the early 1980s, giving up trading to set up [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/29profile.htm|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> Over the next decade, Mr Seksharia built [[Ambuja Cements]] into one of the world's most efficient, profitable, and greenest cement companies.<ref name="Board of Directors - ACC Limited">{{cite web | url=https://www.acclimited.com/about/board-of-directors | title=Board of Directors - ACC Limited | work=ACC Limited | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022 | archive-date=5 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805233815/https://www.acclimited.com/about/board-of-directors | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was among the earliest companies in India to develop its own captive sea-ports and use sea transportation to ship cement across the country and abroad.<ref name="The brand story - Ambuja Cement">{{cite web | url=https://www.ambujacement.com/about-ambuja/the-brand-story | title=The brand story - Ambuja Cement | work=Ambuja Cement | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> [[Ambuja Cements]] went on to acquire a stake in [[ACC Limited]], then India's best known and geographically speaking, the largest cement company.<ref name="ACC Limited - Milestones">{{cite web | url=https://www.acclimited.com/about/milestones | title=ACC Limited - Milestones | work=ACC Limited | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> In 2005, Mr Sekhsaria, then still in his 50s, did something unthinkable among family-controlled businesses in India. He divested his interest in Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd. and ceded control to [[Holcim Group]], the Swiss multinational cement giant.<ref name="ACC Limited - Milestones"/> Mr Sekhsaria continues to be the non-executive chairman of [[Ambuja Cements]] and [[ACC Limited]].<ref name="Ambuja Cements - Board of Directors">{{cite web | url=https://www.ambujacement.com/about-ambuja/management-team/board-of-directors | title=Ambuja Cements - Board of Directors | work=Ambuja Cements | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Board of Directors - ACC Limited"/> | ||
Mr Sekhsaria is the chairman of Ambuja Cement Foundation, which he set up as part of Ambuja in the early 1990s and has since grown to become one of India's most extensive corporate CSR programs.<ref name="Ambuja Cement CSR brings CONCRETE Changes in the Life of 2.7 million People">{{cite web | url=https://thecsrjournal.in/ambuja-cement-foundation-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-report/ | title=Ambuja Cement CSR brings CONCRETE Changes in the Life of 2.7 million People | publisher=The CSR Journal | date=2021 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> It does work in the areas of rural development through agriculture, health, education, | Mr Sekhsaria is the chairman of Ambuja Cement Foundation, which he set up as part of Ambuja in the early 1990s and has since grown to become one of India's most extensive corporate CSR programs.<ref name="Ambuja Cement CSR brings CONCRETE Changes in the Life of 2.7 million People">{{cite web | url=https://thecsrjournal.in/ambuja-cement-foundation-csr-corporate-social-responsibility-report/ | title=Ambuja Cement CSR brings CONCRETE Changes in the Life of 2.7 million People | publisher=The CSR Journal | date=2021 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> It does work in the areas of rural development through agriculture, health, education,skill-building and women's empowerment initiatives.<ref name="Ambuja Cement Foundation">{{cite web | url=https://www.ambujacementfoundation.org/programs/our-programs | title=Ambuja Cement Foundation | publisher=Ambuja Cement Foundation | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> | ||
He is also the Chairman of the [[Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation]], the philanthropic arm of his family office, which funds and supports individuals and organisations working in health, education, livelihoods, governance, art and culture.<ref name="Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation">{{cite web | url=https://nsfoundation.co.in | title=Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation | publisher=Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> | He is also the Chairman of the [[Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation]], the philanthropic arm of his family office, which funds and supports individuals and organisations working in health, education, livelihoods, governance, art and culture.<ref name="Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation">{{cite web | url=https://nsfoundation.co.in | title=Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation | publisher=Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation | date=2022 | accessdate=13 February 2022}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:28, 23 October 2025
Narrotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rajasthan, India |
| Alma mater | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai |
| Occupation | Industrialist Entrepreneur Philanthropist |
| Known for | Ambuja Cements ACC Limited Ambuja Cement Foundation Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Nalini Sekhsaria |
| Children | Pulkit Sekhsaria Padmini Sekhsaria |
| Family | Seksaria |
Narrotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist.[1]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Born in Chirawa, Rajasthan, India in the Seksaria Marwari trading family in 1950,[2] he was brought up in Bombay and was educated as a chemical engineer from the city's prestigious University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), now known as Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.[3]
Career[edit | edit source]
He started his career at his family business, predominantly trading cotton. He subsequently switched career in the early 1980s, giving up trading to set up Ambuja Cements.[4] Over the next decade, Mr Seksharia built Ambuja Cements into one of the world's most efficient, profitable, and greenest cement companies.[5] It was among the earliest companies in India to develop its own captive sea-ports and use sea transportation to ship cement across the country and abroad.[6] Ambuja Cements went on to acquire a stake in ACC Limited, then India's best known and geographically speaking, the largest cement company.[7] In 2005, Mr Sekhsaria, then still in his 50s, did something unthinkable among family-controlled businesses in India. He divested his interest in Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd. and ceded control to Holcim Group, the Swiss multinational cement giant.[7] Mr Sekhsaria continues to be the non-executive chairman of Ambuja Cements and ACC Limited.[8][5]
Mr Sekhsaria is the chairman of Ambuja Cement Foundation, which he set up as part of Ambuja in the early 1990s and has since grown to become one of India's most extensive corporate CSR programs.[9] It does work in the areas of rural development through agriculture, health, education,skill-building and women's empowerment initiatives.[10]
He is also the Chairman of the Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation, the philanthropic arm of his family office, which funds and supports individuals and organisations working in health, education, livelihoods, governance, art and culture.[11]
Publication: The Ambuja Story
Publisher: HarperCollins
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "N.S. Sekhsaria is the new Chairman of Ambuja Cements". Business Standard. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria". ReDiff. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ↑ "Narotam Sekhsaria Net Worth (2020) – wallmine.com". in.wallmine.com.
- ↑ "Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Board of Directors - ACC Limited". ACC Limited. 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "The brand story - Ambuja Cement". Ambuja Cement. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "ACC Limited - Milestones". ACC Limited. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Ambuja Cements - Board of Directors". Ambuja Cements. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Ambuja Cement CSR brings CONCRETE Changes in the Life of 2.7 million People". The CSR Journal. 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Ambuja Cement Foundation". Ambuja Cement Foundation. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation". Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Meenaz Kassam; Femida Handy; Emily Jansons (21 March 2016). Philanthropy in India: Promise to Practice. SAGE Publications. pp. 225–. ISBN 978-93-5150-753-6.
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