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Arindam Chaudhuri
NationalityIndian
EducationPost Graduate Diploma in Planning and Entrepreneurship
Alma materIndian Institute of Planning and Management
OccupationBusinessperson
SpouseRajita Chaudhuri
ParentMalay Chaudhuri
Websitearindamchaudhuri.com

Arindam Chaudhuri (Template:Lang-hi) is an Indian self styled economist, manager and the honorary dean of the Indian Institute of Planning and Management. He is the founder of the Planman group of companies and the charity The Great Indian Dream Foundation. He is the winner of three National Awards from the Government of India.

Biography

Arindam is the son of Dr. Malayendra Kisor Chaudhuri, who founded the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) in 1973. He received his Post Graduate Diploma in Planning and Entrepreneurship from IIPM in 1992, and was awarded the Academic Gold Medal. He later became the Honorary Dean for the IIPM Centre for Economic Research and Advanced Studies.

Planman Motion Pictures

The film Rok Sako To Rok Lo was Arindam's debut film venture.

Planman Motion Pictures went on to produced Bengali movies Sanjhbatir Rupkathara (2002), Dosar (2006) and the National Award winner Faltu (2006). The company also produced two more Hindi movies Mithya (2008), starring Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah and Vinay Pathak. and Sunglass (to be released). Another movie produced by them, The Last Lear was awarded the National Award for Best Film in English in the year 2009 by the Government of India.

Great Indian Dream Foundation

In 2002, Arindam Chaudhuri founded the charity, Great Indian Dream Foundation (GIDF). As per GIDF, it works in over three hundred villages in rural India to achieve its objectives of universal education and employment and eradicating poverty, according to its website.

Other ventures

In 2004, Arindam Chaudhuri founded Planman I:TES (renamed in 2006 as Planman Technologies), an IT services company and Planman Life, an advertising and television production company.

Also in 2004, Arindam Chaudhuri was appointed as a member of the Consultative Committee for the Planning Commission, Government of India.

Awards

  • 58th National Award, 2011, Government of India.
  • 55th National Award, 2007, presented by President of India, Pratibha Patil
  • 54th National Awards, 2006, Government of India.
  • Award for Thought Leadership in Management 2009 in the Dewang Mehta Business School Awards
  • The Priyadarshini Memorial Award for Excellent contribution to Management from the Priyadarshini Academy, Mumbai in 2006
  • Example to Youth award from the District Rotaract Council, a part of Rotary International, in 2004
  • Personality of the Decade Award from the KG Foundation in 2003
  • The Management Guru Award from the Om Venkatesa Society, Chennai, India in 2000

Publications

Arindam Chaudhuri has published three books:

  • Planning India, an essay on how government and society should focus on policies that benefit the bottom 80% of society.
  • Discover the diamond in you, a motivational book
  • Count your chickens before they hatch, a self-help guide.
  • The Great Indian Dream, (co-authored with his father Dr. Malay Chaudhuri) a compilation of essays on how India can grow at over 10% to create per capita income levels of a developed country by 2025.

His Planman Group of Companies also publishes five magazines:

  • Business & Economy, a fortnightly business and policy magazine
  • 4Ps B&M, a fortnighly magazine on corporate news and issues
  • The Sunday Indian, a news weekly in English and 14 other Indian languages
  • The Human Factor, a monthly magazine on human resources and related issues

References

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  2. Planman Consulting Services
  3. GIDF website
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  5. "What's Shah Rukh doing in B-school?". The Times Of India. 8 June 2009.
  6. Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta (25 April 2009). "Managing the nation (Interview with Arindam Chaudhuri)". Frontline. 26 (9).
  7. "Rok sako to rok lo". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 8 March 2004.
  8. "Setting his sights on Hollywood". The Times Of India. 21 August 2002.
  9. "Taking Indian ideas to the West". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 5 October 2005.
  10. Best Film in Family Welfare
  11. ‘Faltu’ to be released on February 17, The Tribune, Chandigarh.
  12. "The debutante". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 November 2006.
  13. Pro Kerala image reference, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  14. GIDF home page, original page retrieved on 16th May 2010
  15. "Straight answers". Times of India. 13 September 2004.
  16. Government of India (September 2008). "58th National Awards". Government publication. Government of India. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  17. Pro Kerala image reference, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  18. Government of India (September 2008). "55th National Awards" (PDF). Government publication. Government of India. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  19. Government of India (September 2008). "54th National Awards" (PDF). Government publication. Government of India. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  20. BSchool Affair page, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  21. Kareena to get Smita Patil award
  22. Priyadarshini Global Awards honours 13 achievers
  23. Rotaract Council felicitates Arindam Chaudhuri. The Tribune, Chandigarh
  24. Of successful personalities, The Hindu.
  25. "Arindam Chaudhuri". The Times Of India.
  26. Times of India photo gallery reference
  27. Home site, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  28. Home page, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  29. Home page, retrieved on 29th September 2010
  30. Home page, retrieved on 29th September 2010

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