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'''Ajit Gulabchand''' (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/ajit-gulabchand-hcc-interview/1/186619.html|title=We create entrepreneurship against odds: HCC chief Ajit Gulabchand|date=2012-08-19|publisher=Business Today}}</ref> is an Indian [[industrialist]]. Gulabchand is the [[chairman]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the HCC website |url=https://www.hccindia.com/about-hcc/management |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=www.hccindia.com}}</ref> of [[Hindustan Construction Company]] (HCC). He had served as the Chairman and Managing Director of HCC for the past four decades till 2023. He is also a founder member of the Construction Federation of India (CFI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Construction Federation of India -CFI (cfiindia.com) About Us I Founder Members |url=https://www.cfiindia.com/about/founder-members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204030855/https://www.cfiindia.com/about/founder-members |archive-date=4 December 2024 |access-date=2025-07-23 |website=www.cfiindia.com |url-status=live }}</ref> Gulabchand serves as chairman of the board of governance at [[National Institute of Construction Management and Research|National Institute of Construction Management & Research (NICMAR)]] and as chairman of [[Walchand College of Engineering]], [[Sangli]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Web forum biography| url=http://www.weforum.org/contributors/ajit-gulabchand?fo=1}}</ref><br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
Gulabchand was born to a [[Digambara|Digambar Jain]] trading family, originally belonging to [[Wankaner]] in the [[Kathiawar]] region of [[Gujarat]], which had settled by the early 20th century in [[Solapur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite news| title=Wine and wondering with Ajit Gulabchand| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/the-leisure-lounge/wine-and-wondering-with-ajit-gulabchand-of-hindustan-construction/articleshow/3173736.cms | work=The Times Of India | first1=Krishna| last1=Gopalan}}</ref> He is the son of [[Gulabchand Hirachand]] (1896-1967), one of the four brothers who founded the [[Walchand group]], a business conglomerate which flourished in the first half of the 20th century. Ajit has eight brothers and sisters, and his eldest sibling is twenty-eight years older than him. He was nineteen years old when his father died in 1967. The surname of the family is "Doshi," but this is rarely used. Art historian [[Saryu Doshi]] was a relative of Ajit Gulabchand through her husband, Vinod Doshi.<br />
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Ajit Gulabchand is married to Meera Gulabchand, daughter of film-maker [[Vasant Joglekar]] and actress Sumati Gupte Joglekar. They have a daughter named Shalaka Gulabchand Dhawan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sebi.gov.in/filings/public-issues/jul-2014/lavasa-corporation-limited_27248.html |title=SEBI &#124; Lavasa Corporation Limited }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Gulabchand joined Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in 1983 as Managing Director and became Chairman in 1994. Under his leadership, HCC evolved into a diversified infrastructure conglomerate with global operations with turnover exceeding 10,670 crore (~1.23 Bn USD) with a workforce of over 13,000 employees. Gulabchand has been a director of Indian Hume Pipe since 1993. He has served as director of HCC Infotech, Hincon Technoconsult, Ucchar Investments, Hincon Realty, LAVASA Corporation, Motorsports Association of India, Steiner,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-03-16 |title=Der Bauunternehmer Steiner wird indisch |url=https://www.nzz.ch/der_bauunternehmer_steiner_wird_indisch-ld.1231280 |access-date=2025-07-19 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de-CH |issn=0376-6829}}</ref> Constructmall.com, and as an independent, non-executive director of [[Bajaj Electricals]].<br />
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He continues to serve as a Director in Hincon Finance, Hincon Holdings, Western Securities, Champali Garden, Shalaka Investment, and Gulabchand Foundation.<br />
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He is a founding member of the [[World Economic Forum]]'s Disaster Resource Network and a member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He was a promoter of the [[Lavasa]] township, which was intended to be India's first new hill station since [[Indian Independence Act 1947|independence]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_when-scribes-got-ajit-gulabchands-goat_1497514|title=When scribes got Ajit Gulabchand's goat|date=2011-01-22|publisher=DNA India}}</ref><br />
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==Achievements and Recognitions==<br />
Ajit Gulabchand received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 9th ET NOW Infra Focus Summit and Awards 2024. He has also served as -<br />
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* Founder‑member and past President of the Construction Federation of India (CFI).<br />
* Served on the CII National Council and chaired PPP and urbanization committees.<br />
* First Asian to chair the Steering Board for Engineering & Construction at WEF (2011); Co-chaired India Economic Summit (2010).<br />
* Founded the Disaster Resource Network with WEF and UN in 1999 and heads Indian chapter.<br />
* First Indian signatory to UN CEO Water Mandate, advocating water sustainability.<br />
* Member of TERI’s Business Council, IFAWPCA President (2011–12), and WEF Climate Leaders group.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Gulabchand graduated from [[Sydenham College]], [[Mumbai University]], with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[commerce]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/newsmaker-ajit-gulabchand-109070300075_1.html|title=Newsmaker: Ajit Gulabchand|date=2009-07-03|newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[[Hindustan Construction Company]]. [http://www.hccindia.com/media_pack/CMDs_Executive_Biography_August_2009.pdf Executive Biography: Ajit Gulabchand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813083650/http://www.hccindia.com/media_pack/CMDs_Executive_Biography_August_2009.pdf |date=13 August 2011 }}<br />
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