MR.PRAKASH APTE - Profile
MR. PRAKASH APTE, AGED 70 YEARS, HAS A B.E. (MECHANICAL) DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PUNE AND HOLDS DIPLOMA IN THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI. HE HAS ATTENDED VARIOUS EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, INSEAD AND IMD. MR. APTE'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER SPANS OVER 41 YEARS, MOST OF WHICH HAS BEEN WITH GLOBAL MULTINATIONALS VIZ; CIBA GEIGY, NOVARTIS AND SYNGENTA IN VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, PHARMA & AGRI BUSINESS INDUSTRIES RESPECTIVELY. HE WAS THE COUNTRY HEAD & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SYNGENTA INDIA FOR OVER A DECADE FROM 2000 TO 2011 & THEREAFTER ITS NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TILL SEPTEMBER 2021. MR. APTE TAKES KEEN INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVES. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP SYNGENTA FOUNDATION INDIA FOCUSING ON PROVIDING RESOURCES TO POOR FARMERS & RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN 2005. IN 2016, HE CATALYSED SETTING UP OF THE LNDO SWISS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS TRAINING IN ADVANCED VOCATIONAL SKILLS. MR. APTE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF BOTH THESE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES TILL MID 2021.

MR.PRAKASH APTE - Profile

MR. PRAKASH APTE, AGED 70 YEARS, HAS A B.E. (MECHANICAL) DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PUNE AND HOLDS DIPLOMA IN THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI. HE HAS ATTENDED VARIOUS EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, INSEAD AND IMD. MR. APTE'S PROFESSIONAL CAREER SPANS OVER 41 YEARS, MOST OF WHICH HAS BEEN WITH GLOBAL MULTINATIONALS VIZ; CIBA GEIGY, NOVARTIS AND SYNGENTA IN VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATED TO SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, PHARMA & AGRI BUSINESS INDUSTRIES RESPECTIVELY. HE WAS THE COUNTRY HEAD & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SYNGENTA INDIA FOR OVER A DECADE FROM 2000 TO 2011 & THEREAFTER ITS NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN TILL SEPTEMBER 2021. MR. APTE TAKES KEEN INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENTAL INITIATIVES. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SETTING UP SYNGENTA FOUNDATION INDIA FOCUSING ON PROVIDING RESOURCES TO POOR FARMERS & RURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN 2005. IN 2016, HE CATALYSED SETTING UP OF THE LNDO SWISS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WHICH AIMS TO PROVIDE WORLD-CLASS TRAINING IN ADVANCED VOCATIONAL SKILLS. MR. APTE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF BOTH THESE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES TILL MID 2021.