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'''Ajit, Baron Shetty'''<ref name=Baron/> is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] businessman.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jnj.com/connect/news/all/20070508_092948?contentIDR=e995878049234819ad64afedfbd81415&useDefaultText=1&useDefaultDesc=1 |title=Ajit Shetty, CEO of Janssen Pharmaceutica, Elevated to the Baronage by the Belgian King |publisher=Jnj.com |accessdate=2012-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717022507/http://www.jnj.com/connect/news/all/20070508_092948?contentIDR=e995878049234819ad64afedfbd81415&useDefaultText=1&useDefaultDesc=1 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was chairman of the board of directors of [[Janssen Pharmaceutica]], a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of [[Johnson & Johnson]], with its headquarters in [[Beerse]], [[Belgium]], until February 2012, when he retired. Shetty also served as a member of the Corporate Center Group Operating Committee and vice president, Enterprise Supply Chain for [[Johnson & Johnson]] of [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]], in the [[United States]].

==Education==
Natively from [[Mangalore]],<ref name=daiji>{{cite web|title=Manipal Varsity Awards Honorary Doctorate to Ajit Shetty|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=43909|publisher=Daijiworld Media Network|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> he spent his early years in [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India, where he did his schooling at [[Madras Christian College]] and graduated from [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]] in Madras. He received a [[Bachelors of Arts|B.A.]] degree in Natural Sciences and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree in [[Metallurgy]] from [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] at [[Cambridge University]]. In 1976, he obtained an [[Master of Science in Industrial Administration|MSIA]] degree from [[Carnegie Mellon University]].

==Career==
He joined Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1976 and has held various positions in the company, including president of Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., [[Piscataway Township, New Jersey|Piscataway]], [[New Jersey]], US, from 1986 until 1989 in order to establish the business in the US. He was managing director of Janssen Pharmaceutica from 1999 till 2008, and he was chairman of the board of directors from 2004, when he succeeded [[Bob Stouthuysen]], until February 2012, when he retired. Most recently he was head of enterprise supply chain at Johnson & Johnson, reporting directly to CEO Bill Weldon. He has spent 36 years at Johnson & Johnson in varying capacities.

==Memberships==
Shetty is a member of the board of directors of [[VOKA]] since April 2000, and a member of the board of directors of [[Forum 187]] in [[Brussels]] since April 2006, and was elected as its chairman in May 2006. He is also a member of GS1 (Global Board of Governors, a global standards organization) in Belgium, a member of the Corporate Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, Maryland, US, and a member of the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. In March 2017 Shetty was appointed to Actinium Pharmaceuticals board of directors.

==Honors==
He was elected ''Manager of the Year'' in 2004 in [[Flanders]] by the magazine Trends and the Flemish Management Association (VMA). In 2007, King [[Albert II of Belgium]] bestowed the title of [[Baron]] on Shetty for his exceptional merits.<ref name=Baron>[https://www.etaamb.be/fr/arrete-royal_n2007015060.html "Faveurs nobiliaires - Arrêtés Royaux du 21 avril 2007"], service public fédéral affaires étrangères, commerce extérieur et coopération au développement, ''Le Moniteur Belge'' (etaamb.be), 27 avril 2007 (in French)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ajit Shetty|url=https://www.vub.be/fellows/profiel/ajit-shetty|work=Vrije Universiteit Brussel|accessdate=8 March 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://www.diplomatie.be/newdelhi/media/newdelhi/belgium%20in%20focus.pdf Service public fédéral Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement], ''diplomatie.be''. Retrieved 8 March 2021.</ref> In 2008 he was conferred an honorary doctorate from [[Manipal University]]<ref name=daiji /><ref>{{cite web|title=Manipal varsity honorary doctorate for Ajit Shetty|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022557730300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229220709/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022557730300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 February 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2008-02-25|accessdate=5 April 2012}}</ref> In February 2010 he received a Life-Time Achievement Award in India. In March 2020 he received an honorary doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from [[Ghent University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-22|title=Overzicht eredoctoraten|url=https://www.ugent.be/nl/univgent/voorzieningen/collecties/archief/geschiedenis/overzichten/eredoctoren.htm|access-date=|website=ugent.be}}</ref>

==Sources==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025035704/http://www.janssenpharmaceutica.be/news_headlines35_E.asp Manager of the Year in 2004] (Janssen Pharmaceutica)
* [https://archive.today/20121210214552/http://alumni2.tepper.cmu.edu/alumniweb/events/specialFiles/shetty.htm Ajit Shetty] (CMU)

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