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{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dilip Dandekar
| office = President of [[Indian Merchants' Chamber]]
| image =
| spouse = *Anjali Gogte (till 1993; her death)
*Smita Karandikar (m. 1998)
| children = 3; 1 stepdaughter
| parents = [[D. P. Dandekar|Digambar P Dandekar]] (father)
| occupation = Chairman, managing director
| relatives = [[Dnyaneshwar Agashe]] (cousin-in-law)
}}

'''Dilip Dandekar''' is the [[chairman]] and [[Chief executive officer|managing director]] of [[Kokuyo Camlin]] Ltd.,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks|title=Stocks|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> taking office from June 1, 2002.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiainfoline.com/article/research-leader-speak/mr-dilip-dandekar-chairman-managing-director-camlin-ltd-113111402297_1.html|title=Mr. Dilip Dandekar, Chairman & Managing Director, Camlin Ltd.|last=indiainfoline.com|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a63UOWEdSAM|title=Camlin Growth - Mr. Dilip Dandekar|via=[[YouTube]]|author=[[CNBC]] TV18}}</ref> He joined Camlin Ltd. as a management trainee<ref name=":0" /> under his father, D. P. Dandekar and uncle, G. P. Dandekar,<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/yuCdwgDkfBR3bRLuCf0AAK/Camlin-prepares-to-induct-next-generation.html|title=Camlin prepares to induct next generation - Livemint|website=www.livemint.com|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> who were the founders of the company (initially known as Dandekar and Co.).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQecp2seK90|title=Interview of Mr. Dilip Dandekar - ET Now|via=[[YouTube]]|author=ET Now}}</ref>

He currently serves as the [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Indian Merchants' Chamber]]s.<ref name=":0" /> Also, he is presently the chairman of [[Camlin Fine Sciences]].<ref name=":1" />

== Early life ==
Dilip Dandekar was born the son of [[D. P. Dandekar|Digambar Dandekar]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Entrepreneurship|co-founder]] of [[Kokuyo Camlin|Camlin Ltd]]. and member of the entrepreneurial and aristocratic [[Dandekar]] family.<ref name=":22"/> Dandekar's uncle, G. P. Dandekar was the other co-founder of the company.<ref name=":22"/> Dandekar has one older brother, Subhash<ref name=":1" /> who served as [[Executive Chairman|executive chairman]] of Camlin until his retirement in 2002.<ref name=":1" />

He was married to Anjali Dandekar (née Gogte; niece of [[Raosaheb Gogte|Balkrishna "Raosaheb" Gogte]]),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7QgAAAAIAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=The Makings of a Millionaire: A Tribute to a Living Legend, Raosaheb B.M. Gogte, Industrialist, Philanthropist & Educationist|last1=Kamath|first1=M. V.|last2=Gogaṭe|first2=Bāḷakr̥shṇa Mahādeva|date=1991-01-01|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|page=10|language=en|quote=He married Nalini (nee Lele) and they have a daughter, Anjali, who is married to Dilip Dandekar of Camlin India|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and they had 3 children together; before her death in 1993.<ref name=":22"/> His wife was a sister-in-law to [[Jyoti Gogte]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gogte Kulavruttant|publisher=Gogte Committee|year=2006|location=[[Pune]]|pages=445–447|language=mr|trans-title=[[Gogte (disambiguation)|Gogte]] Family Genealogy Almanac|chapter=Belgav Gharana, Dusra|trans-chapter=The 2nd [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Belgaum]]}}</ref>

He later remarried Smita Dandekar (née Soman) in 1998. She has one daughter from her previous marriage.<ref name=":22"/>

== Career ==
Dilip Dandekar joined [[Kokuyo Camlin|Camlin]] Ltd. as management trainee<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mugtAAAAMAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=Self-made impact making entrepreneurs|last1=Jain|first1=Gautam Raj|last2=Ansari|first2=M. Akbar|last3=India|first3=Entrepreneurship Development Institute of|date=1988-01-01|publisher=Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India|page=32|language=en|quote=Mr. Dilip D. Dandekar, Subhash's younger brother, joined Camlin on 1 January 1970 and ably assisted him in production and marketing functions of the Art material division.|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and became executive director of the company in 1979.<ref name=":0" /> He took charge as chairman and managing director from June 1, 2002.<ref name=":1" /> This was following the retirement of his brother, Subhash Dandekar, from the post of Executive Chairman after a period of 43 years.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcIiAQAAMAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=Business India|date=2017-03-11|publisher=A. H. Advani|pages=80|language=en}}</ref> Dandekar served as a Vice President of [[Indian Merchants' Chamber]]s<ref name=":0" /> and now serves as the Non Executive Chairman of [[Camlin Fine Sciences]] Ltd. (formerly, Camlin Fine Chemicals Ltd)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.camlinfs.com/boards_committe.php|title=Board and Committees|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144008/https://www.camlinfs.com/boards_committe.php|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has been its Director since June 2006.<ref name=":0" /> Dandekar served as a Joint Managing Director of Kokuyo Camlin Limited. from June 1, 2002 to February 1, 2013.<ref name=":0" />

He has served as the chairman of Camlin Limited since June 1, 2002.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcIiAQAAMAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=Business India|date=2017-03-11|publisher=A. H. Advani|pages=10|language=en}}</ref> Under him, in May 2011, Kokuyo S&T Company Ltd,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Japans-Kokuyo-to-buy-Camlin-in-Rs366cr-deal/articleshow/8654575.cms|title=Japan's Kokuyo to buy Camlin in Rs366cr deal - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref> a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's Kokuyo Company Ltd acquired a controlling stake in Camlin Ltd from the Dandekar family.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/japans-kokuyo-to-buy-majority-stake-in-camlin/20110502.htm|title=Japan's Kokuyo to buy majority stake in Camlin|date=2 May 2011|website=[[Rediff]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcIiAQAAMAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=Business India|date=2017-03-11|publisher=A. H. Advani|pages=97|language=en}}</ref> The name of the company was changed to Kokuyo Camlin Ltd.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Japans-Kokuyo-to-buy-Camlin-in-Rs366cr-deal/articleshow/8654575.cms|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|title=Japan's Kokuyo to buy Camlin in Rs366cr deal|date=31 May 2011}}</ref>

Dilip Dandekar also serves as director to companies Indo Schottle Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd., Nilmac Packaging Industries Ltd.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DtDgAAAAMAAJ&q=dilip+dandekar|title=Indian Food Industry|date=1991-01-01|publisher=The Association|page=21|language=en|quote=Nilmac Packaging Industries Ltd, promoted by Mr Dilip Dandekar, Director of Camlin Ltd, recently went on stream for the manufacture of aluminium collapsible tubes.|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> and Camlin International Ltd.<ref name=":1" /> He is a member of the executive committee of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]], is the President of [[Indian Merchants' Chamber|Indian Merchants’ Chamber]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/niraj-bajaj-dilip-dandekar-elected-to-imc-managing-committee_85175.html|title=Niraj Bajaj, Dilip Dandekar elected to IMC Managing Committee|date=10 March 2003|newspaper=[[Zee News]]}}</ref> and on the governing board of Bombay First and the ICFAI Business School.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=KOCL.BO&officerId=1114643|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235655/http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=KOCL.BO&officerId=1114643|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-02-11|newspaper=[[Reuters]]|title=Kokuyo Camlin Ltd (KOCL.BO)}}</ref>

He is also on the Board of Datamatics Global Services as an Independent Director.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Official website|https://www.kokuyocamlin.com|Kokuyo Camlin}}
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[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Maharashtra]]
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