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'''Gita Piramal''' (born 1954) is an [[India]]n writer and business historian.<br />
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==Education==<br />
Gita Piramal was educated in the [[United Kingdom]]. Higher education was through India's [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]]. She holds a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in business history (1988), [[Master's degree|Masters]] in History (1981), [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Art]] in History of the West (1977).<ref name=maharani>[http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970722/20350563.html Business Maharani Indian Express 22 Jul 1997]</ref><ref name=btoday>[http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20040926/cover1.html Business Today Power Women 24 Sep 2004]</ref><ref name=mguru>[http://www.chillibreeze.com/articles/IndianManagementGurus.asp Indian Management Guru Dr Gita Piramal]</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Gita Piramal is a Senior Associate Fellow at [[Somerville College, Oxford|Somerville College, University of Oxford]]. Her primary research area is Indian business and its history. She has been a portfolio life: as an [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and businesswoman, a [[journalist]] and writer.<br />
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As an entrepreneur and businesswoman, Gita founded [[The Smart Manager]] (2002-2012), a management magazine, headed ERGO (2005-2012), a [[furniture]] manufacturer, and was a Director of VIP Luggage (1990-2005). Gita is currently a non-executive board member of [[Bajaj Auto]], [[Bajaj Finance]], [[Bajaj Finserv]] and Bajaj Holdings & Investments. Her own companies have interests in [[real estate]].<br />
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In media, Gita conceptualized and created content for three programs for [[CNBC TV18|CNBC-TV18]]; and scripted, edited, and featured or [[News presenter|anchored]] over 100 television documentaries besides contributing over 1,500 articles for international and Indian publications.<ref name=mguru/><br />
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==Books and Writings==<br />
===Publications===<br />
====Books====<br />
* ‘Kamalnayan Bajaj - Architect of the Bajaj Group'. Kamalnayan Bajaj Charitable Trust Book. [[Pune]]. 2015<br />
* ‘The Quotable Tycoon’ with David Olive. [[Penguin Books|Penguin Books India]], New Delhi, 2008<br />
* ‘Managing Radical Change’ with [[Sumantra Ghoshal]] and Christopher Bartlett. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 2000.<br />
* ‘Business Mantras’ with Aparna Piramal, Radhika Piramal and Mukund Beriwala. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1999.<br />
* ‘Business Legend’. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1998.<br />
* ‘Business Maharajas’. Penguin Books India. Delhi. 1997.<br />
* ‘India’s Industrialists’ with [[Margaret Herdeck]]. Three Continents Press, [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. 1985<br />
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====Chapters====<br />
* ‘The Bombay Plan and the Frustrations of Sir Ardeshir Dalal'. Chapter in Sanjaya Baru (ed). ‘The Bombay Plan’. Rupa Publications. 2018.<br />
* ‘Ratan Tata’ and ‘J.R.D.Tata’ chapters in ‘The Tata Saga’. Penguin, 2018.<br />
* ‘Animal Spirits: Stray Thoughts on the Nature of Entrepreneurship in India's Business Families after Liberalization'. Chapter in Rakesh Mohan (ed). 'India Transformed: 25 Years of Economic Reforms'. Penguin Random House India. 2017.<br />
* 'Dhirubhai Ambani', 'Rahul Bajaj', 'Ratan Tata' and 'Walchand Hirachand'. Chapters in ‘The Portfolio Book of Great Indian Business Stories: Riveting Tales of Business Leaders and Their Times’. New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd. 2015.<br />
* ‘Succession Planning Under The Banyan Tree'. Chapter in ‘Business Standard 2008’. BS Books, New Delhi, 2008.<br />
* ‘The Old Fox'. Chapter in ‘The Non-Fiction Collection: 20 Years of Penguin India’. Volume 3, Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 2007.<br />
* ‘The Elixir of Entrepreneurship’. Chapter in S V Prabhath (ed). ‘Women Entrepreneurs in India: challenges and achievements. National Institute of Small Industry Extension. Hyderabad. 2002.<br />
* ‘Dhirubhai Ambani’, ‘GD Birla’, ‘JRD Tata’, ‘MK Gandhi’, ‘N Murty’, ‘Rahul Bajaj’, and ‘Sumantra Ghoshal’. Morgen Witzel (ed). Entries in ‘The Biographical Dictionary of Management’. [[Continuum International Publishing Group|Thoemmes Press]]. [[Bristol]], UK. 2001.<br />
* ‘New Maharajas’. Chapter in ‘Footprints of Enterprise – Indian Business Through the Ages’. [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|FICCI]]. Delhi. 1997.<br />
* ‘JRD Tata and GD Birla’. Chapter in Ayaz Menon (ed). ‘India 50 – the Making of a Nation’. Book Quest. [[Mumbai]]. 1997.<br />
* ‘Entrepreneurs and Political Awareness - a Study of Bombay’s Business Groups’. Chapter in Dwijendra Tripathi (ed). ‘Business and Politics – A Historical Perspective’. [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|Indian Institute of Management]] [[Ahmedabad]]. 1991.<br />
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====Edited====<br />
* 'Sumantra Ghoshal on Management: a force for good'. Gita Piramal & Julian Birkinshaw (eds). [[FT Press|FT Prentice Hall]]. [[London]]. 2005.<br />
* ‘Smart Leadership: insights for CEOs’. Gita Piramal with [[Jennifer Netarwala]] (eds). Penguin Books India. Delhi. 2005.<ref name=barnes>{{Cite web |url=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bookSearch/results.asp?ATH=Gita+Piramal |title=Gita Piramal profile on Barnes and Noble |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109141147/http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?ATH=Gita+Piramal |archive-date=9 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://penguin.co.in/book_author/gita-piramal/ Gita Piramal] at [[Penguin India]]<br />
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