Anu Aga
| Anu Aga | |
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| MP of Rajya Sabha (Nominated) | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2012 |
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| Member, National Advisory Council |
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In office 2010–2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 August 1942 Mumbai, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Residence | Pune, India |
| Alma mater |
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| Occupation | Ex-Chairperson, Thermax Ltd., social worker |
Anu Aga (born 1942) is an Indian businesswoman and social worker, who led Thermax Ltd., the ₹32.46 billion (US$500 million) energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson 1996–2004. She had figured among the eight richest Indian women, and in 2007 was part of 40 Richest Indians by net worth according to Forbes magazine. She was awarded with the Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ALL Ladies League, the all ladies wing of Assocham.
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. She is currently Chairperson of Teach For India. She was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament on 26 April 2012, by President Pratibha Patil.
Anu Aga was born on 3 August 1942 in an upper middle-class Parsi family in Mumbai.
She graduated with a B.A. in Economics from St Xavier's College, Mumbai, and with a post graduation in medical and psychiatric social work from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. She had also been a Fulbright Scholar and studied in the United States for four months.
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, and involved with social work.
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