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Arindam Chaudhuri is an Indian economist and management consultant, Honorary Dean at IIPM, founder of the charity The Great Indian Dream Foundation and the Planman group of companies.
Biography
Chaudhuri was the recipient of the Academic Gold Medal from IIPM (an institution owned and run by his father at that time) while completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Planning and Entrepreneurship. He is currently Dean for Centre for Economic Research and Advanced Studies of IIPM. He - alongwith Infosys Chief N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies mentor N R Narayana Murthy, Singapore Kindness Movement chairman Noel Hon, former ONGC chairman Subir Raha - was awarded the 2006 Priyadarshini Memorial award for Excellent contribution to Management by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukhand Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath, an award constituted by the Priyadarshini Academy, Mumbai.
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.
- Count your chickens before they hatch, a self-help guide.
- The Great Indian Dream, (co-authored with 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 three magazines:
- Business & Economy, a fortnightly policy magazine
- 4P's, a magazine on corporate news and issues
- The Sunday Indian, a news weekly in English and 4 other Indian languages.
He is also well known for unprecedented self projection in the media
Planman group of companies
In 1996, Chaudhuri founded Planman Consulting, a management consultancy. In 2001, he founded Planman Motion Pictures, a film production company. In 2004, Chaudhuri founded Planman I:TES, an IT services company and Planman Life, an advertising and television production company.
Great Indian Dream Foundation
In 2002, Chaudhuri founded the charity The Great Indian Dream Foundation. 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.
External links
- Arindam Chaudhuri's website
- The official website of The Great Indian Dream Foundation
- IMDb listing for Rok Sako To Rok Lo