A Padma Shri recipient, entrepreneur, connoisseur of the arts and enthusiast of Indian heritage, Mr Harshavardhan Neotia is Chairman of the Ambuja Neotia Group, which works across real estate, hospitality, healthcare and education. An alumnus of La Martiniere for Boys and St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and Harvard Business School, he is a pioneer of India’s social-housing sector — work for which he received the Padma Shri in 1999, and later the Banga Bibhushan, West Bengal’s highest civilian honour.
He holds the YPO Legacy of Honour Award and honorary D.Litt. degrees from Vidyasagar, Assam Royal Global and XIM Universities, and is an Honorary Life Fellow and Past President of both FICCI and AIMA. His roles include Trustee of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Chairperson of NIT Mizoram, Director on the board of Invest India, and Chairman of the Ananta Centre, New Delhi.
