Adhip Nath Palchaudhuri takes over as CMD of Balmer Lawrie

New Delhi: Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. on Monday announced the appointment of Adhip Nath Palchaudhuri as its Chairman & Managing Director (CMD). Palchaudhuri, who currently holds the position of Director (Service Businesses), has taken over the additional charge of the CMD post with effect from July 1. With this, he has succeeded Adika Ratna Sekhar, who superannuated on June 30.

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Palchaudhuri has been serving as a Wholetime Director on the Board of Balmer Lawrie since March 1, 2020. As Director (Service Businesses), Palchaudhuri oversees the Logistics (Infrastructure, Services & Cold Chain) and travel & vacations businesses of the company. He serves on the Board of Vishakhapatnam Port Logistics Park Limited, a Joint Venture between Balmer Lawrie and Vishakhapatnam Port Authority, and is also currently driving the Balmer Lawrie Start-up Fund initiative in the company.

Palchaudhuri holds a Bachelor of Engineering (E&C) from IIT Roorkee and a PGDM from IIM Lucknow. He is a PMP and a CISA and is recognized as a Registered Corporate Coach by Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC).

He is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of corporate experience. He joined Balmer Lawrie in 2012 to lead the ERP implementation across the organisation and subsequently moved to Balmer Lawrie’s largest manufacturing SBU to lead its Sales & Marketing and Supply Chain Management functions.

Prior to joining Balmer Lawrie, he has worked with a wide variety of reputed organisations in the IT Services / Consulting sector in India and abroad.

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