Harshavardhan Neotia
| Harshavardhan Neotia | |
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| Born |
19 July 1961 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
St. Xavier's College Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group |
| Spouse(s) | Madhu Neotia |
| Website | ambujaneotia.com |
Harshavardhan Neotia (born on 19 July 1961) is the current chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, a corporate house headquartered in Kolkata. He is also one of the co-owners of Atletico de Kolkata , which is an Indian Super League football team along with Sourav Ganguly, Atletico Madrid, Sanjeev Goenka, Utsav Parekh and Santosh Shaw.
Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in Kolkata in a Marwari family. He attended La Martiniere Calcutta for Boys and graduated in Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. He has completed HBS's Executive Education Programme - Owner President Management Program (OPM) from Harvard Business School.
He is the founder of one of the first joint sector companies in India, “Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Limited” in partnership with the government of West Bengal. The idea behind this joint sector venture was to promote social housing development in urban India. Under his guidance, Ambuja Realty Group has developed many properties across India. Harshavardhana Neotia's maiden project, “Udayan” was declared a ‘Model Housing Project’ by the union government. He is also the pioneer of modern Public–private partnership (PPP) housing system in Kolkata. He also serves as a member on ‘Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta. His company Ambuja Realty Group has developed many modern, plush and remarkable real estate projects in West Bengal including Udayan, The Condoville / Swissotel Kolkata, Neotia Vista and Ganga Kutir.
He was conferred the Padmashri in the year 1999 for his outstanding initiative in the field of social housing. He has been awarded with Young Presidents' Organization YPO Legacy of Honor Award and works as the Honorary Consul of Israel in West Bengal.
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