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{{short description|Indian billionaire}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{ infobox officeholder
| name = Anu Aga
| image =Anu Aga.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Director, Thermax ltd.,Padma Shri Awardee, MP- Rajya Sabha Member-National Advisory Council (GOI)
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|MP]] of [[Rajya Sabha]] (Nominated)
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 = 27 April 2012
| term_end1 = 26 April 2018
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = Member, <br /> [[National Advisory Council]]
| term_start2 = 2010
| term_end2 = 2014
| chairperson2 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|08|03}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = [[India]]n
|residence = [[Pune]], India
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]<br />[[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]]
|Delhi Address = 701, Brahmaputra Apartments, Dr. B.D. Marg, [[New Delhi]]- 110001
| other_names =
| boards = [[Teach For India]]
| occupation = Ex-Chairperson, [[Thermax]] Ltd., [[social worker]]
}}
'''Anu Aga''' (born 3 August 1942) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and social worker who led [[Thermax]], an energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson from 1996 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anu-aga|title=Anu Aga|date=6 March 2018|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-08-22|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Anu Aga passes Thermax baton to new chairperson|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/56382/ |work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=5 October 2004 }}</ref> She was among the eight richest Indian women, and in 2007 was part of 40 richest Indians by net worth according to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.<ref name=fo>{{cite web |title= India's Richest |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/77/biz_07india_Indias-Richest_Rank_2.html |date=14 November 2007 |work=[[Forbes]]|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anu Aga and triumph of the spirit |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Anu-Aga-and-triumph-of-the-spirit/articleshow/484592.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 February 2004 |first1=Pooja |last1=Vashisht}}</ref> She was awarded with the Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ALL Ladies League, the all ladies wing of [[ASSOCHAM]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Women of the Decade |url=http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/women-of-the-decade/article_99847/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219114553/http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/women-of-the-decade/article_99847 |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}</ref>

After retiring from Thermax, she took to social work, and in 2010 she was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for Social Work by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=This Year's Padma Awards announced |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2010 }}</ref> She is currently Chairperson of [[Teach For India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teachforindia.org/about/board-of-directors.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311232126/http://www.teachforindia.org/about/board-of-directors.php |archive-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
She was nominated to [[Rajya Sabha]], the Upper House of [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]] on 26 April 2012, by President [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Nominated (Rajya Sabha) - Statement as on 03/02/2014 | publisher = Govt. of India | url = http://mplads.nic.in/rshtml/rsanst00.htm | access-date = 2014-02-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222002503/http://mplads.nic.in/rshtml/rsanst00.htm | archive-date = 22 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Anu Aga was born to a [[Parsi]] [[Zoroastrian]] family on 3 August<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/videos/2017/08/03/anu-aga-thermax-birthday-rahul-bajaj|title=On Anu Aga's Birthday, a Message From Her Close Friend Rahul Bajaj|website=The Quint|date=3 August 2017|language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> 1942 in [[Mumbai|Bombay]].<ref>https://www.hurunindia.net/single-post/2017/09/07/Anu-Aga {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2227</ref>

She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from [[St Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]],<ref>{{cite news |title= St Xavier's past, present, future...|url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-05/bollywood/28139734_1_memory-lane-alma-mater-alumni|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110811031713/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-05/bollywood/28139734_1_memory-lane-alma-mater-alumni|url-status= dead|archive-date= 11 August 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=5 January 2010 }}</ref> and with a post graduation in medical and [[psychiatric]] social work from the prestigious [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]] ([[Tata Institute of Social Sciences|TISS]]), [[Mumbai]]. She had also been a [[Fulbright Scholar]] and studied in the [[United States]] for four months.

==Career==
Anu started her career in Thermax in 1985 and later headed its human resources division from 1991 to 1996. After the death of husband, [[Rohinton Aga]], she took over as Chairperson of Thermax, retiring in 2004 and succeeded by her daughter and company vice-chairperson, Meher Pudumjee. Anu has since remained on company's board of directors,<ref name=fo/> and involved with social work.

As a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha she served on the following committees
* Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice (May 2012 - May 2014) and (Sept. 2014 - Present)
* Member, Parliamentary Forum on Children (Aug. 2012 - May 2014)
* Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women (Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2013)
* Member, Committee on Commerce (Aug. - Dec. 2012)

==Awards==
Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143030/http://www.aall.in/anu-aga/ Anu Aga]

'Power Brands: Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar (BMVP) – Edition 2019' for business leadership and philanthropy.<ref name="Global">{{Cite web |last=Global |first=Thermax |title=Engineering solutions for heating, boilers, cooling, water & waste management, specialty chemicals, air pollution control |url=https://www.thermaxglobal.com/ |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Thermaxglobal |language=en-US}}</ref>

Padma Shri award in 2010.

Lifetime Achievement award by MAEER’s MIT group, Pune in 2015.<ref name="Global"/>

==Personal life==
Anu was married to Rohinton Aga, a graduate from the [[Harvard Business School]] and gave birth to a daughter, Meher, and son, Kurush. Rohinton died in 1996 of a massive stroke, and a little over a year later, her son Kurush died at the age of 25 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anu Aga: A House by the River |url=http://business.in.com/column/zen-garden/anu-aga-a-house-by-the-river/2362/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724140636/http://business.in.com/column/zen-garden/anu-aga-a-house-by-the-river/2362/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2009 |date= 21 July 2009|work=Forbes India }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fitness – executive style |url=http://www.blonnet.com/canvas/2002/10/26/stories/2002102600010200.htm |work=[[Business Line]] |date=26 October 2002 |access-date=27 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209202558/http://blonnet.com/canvas/2002/10/26/stories/2002102600010200.htm |archive-date=9 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Today, Arnavaz 'Anu' Aga lives in [[Pune]], Maharashtra.<ref>[http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1412 Silk & steel: Anu Aga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083832/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1412 |date=16 July 2011 }} Harmony India.</ref>

Her daughter, Meher Pudumjee is the current Chairperson of [[Thermax]], taking over from her mother in 2004. She is a post-graduate in chemical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London and joined Thermax in September 1990, and is also a member of the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]]'s (CII) Family Business Forum and the [[Confederation of Indian Industry#CII-Yi|Young Indians]] (YI).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhosale |first1=Jayashree |title=Meher Pudumjee is the new Chairperson for CII-Pune |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/meher-pudumjee-is-the-new-chairperson-for-cii-pune/articleshow/31039133.cms |website=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thermaxindia.com/About-Us/Heritage-and-Values/Founding-Family.aspx Anu Aga – Director, Profile] Thermax India.

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