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| birth_name = Dheeraj Gopichand Hinduja
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971|08}}
| birth_place = Iran
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| nationality = British
| education =
| alma mater = [[University College London]]<br> [[Imperial College London]]
| occupation = Chairman, [[Ashok Leyland]]
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| spouse = Shalini Chandiramani
| parents = [[Gopichand Hinduja]]
| children = 2
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'''Dheeraj Gopichand Hinduja''' (born August 1971) is a british-Indian businessman, the chairman of [[Ashok Leyland]] since October 2010.

==Early life==
Dheeraj Hinduja was born in Iran<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2005-05-20/news/27480332_1_hinduja-tmt-ashok-leyland-hinduja-group-india|title=Take A Look At Me Now|website=Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> in August 1971,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/hsNjIbXdUq3hTPcOQa7Y1kvobds/appointments|title=Dheeraj HINDUJA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> the son of [[Gopichand Hinduja]]. The Hinduja family is of [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] heritage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/341601/most-billionaires-in-india-today-once-resided-in-pakistans-sindh/|title=Most billionaires in India today once resided in Pakistan’s Sindh|work=Daily Times|first=Waseem|last=Palijo|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=7 May 2020|archivedate=7 May 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507172647/https://dailytimes.com.pk/341601/most-billionaires-in-india-today-once-resided-in-pakistans-sindh/}}</ref>

He received a bachelor's degree from [[University College London]] in 1993, and an MBA from [[Imperial College London]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks|title=Stocks|website=Bloomberg.com|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashokleyland.com/leadership-team-member/713|title=Dheeraj G. Hinduja|website=Ashokleyland.com\accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Shalini Chandiramani, a fellow student at Imperial College, and the daughter of a Morocco-based film distributor, some time before 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/this-is-dynasty-indian-style-1323548.html|title=This is Dynasty, Indian-style|date=12 January 1996|website=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref> As of 2005, they had two children, Vedika and Vedant.<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>

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