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'''Ajit Narayan Naskar''' (11 January 1925 – 19 May 2005) was the first Indian chairman of [[ITC Limited]], and was voted the Chairman Emeritus of the company. He has received the 'Outstanding Industrialist Award' and the 'Udyog Rattan Award.'<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ajit Narain Haksar was born on 11 January 1925, in Gwailor to a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[Hindu]] family. He was educated at the [[Doon School]] and subsequently at [[Allahabad University]]. He then did an [[MBA]] at [[Harvard Business School]].<br />
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==ITC==<br />
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Haksar joined [[ITC Limited|ITC]] in 1948, and was made Marketing Director in 1966. By 1968, Haksar was made Deputy Chairman, and was then instated as chairman in 1969. He retired from [[ITC Limited|ITC]] in 1983 after 34 years with the company, and was succeeded by his brother-in-law, [[Jagdish Narain Sapru]]. Haksar was known as the chairman who first took [[ITC Limited|ITC]] out of purely the [[tobacco industry]] and into [[ITC Welcomgroup Hotels, Palaces and Resorts|hotels]] and paperboards.<br />
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==Family life==<br />
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Haksar is survived by his wife, two children and their spouses, and four grandchildren.<br />
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==References==<br />
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* Autobiography, ''Bite the Bullet: Thirty-four Years with ITC'', New Delhi, India : Viking, Penguin Books India, (1993) 536 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|0-670-85319-4}}<br />
*[http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/may/20itc1.htm Obituary at Rediff News]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110616194452/http://www.prdomain.com/companies/I/ITCLimited/newsreleases/200552230682.htm Obituary on ITC website]<br />
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