Mr. Anand G.

Mahindra
Prepaid by Garima Singh

Name Born Residence Nationality Education Occupation

Anand G. Mahindra May 1, 1955 (age 55) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Indian MBA, 1981 Harvard and Film Studies, 1997 Harvard Vice-Chairman, Managing Director of Mahindra

EARLY LIFE
 Anand Mahindra was born into a well known Punjabi Khatri business family.  He graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Magna cum Laude where he was a member of the Phoenix S.K. Club and completed his MBA from Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts in 1981.  Also the Alumini Trust chairman of Vidyavardhaka college of Engineering mysore.

CAREER
 He returned to India in the year 1981 and joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd (MUSCO), as Executive Assistant to the Finance Director.  In 1989 he was appointed President and Deputy Managing Director of the company.  In the summer of 1991, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the country s dominant producer of off-road vehicles and agricultural tractors.  In April 1997, he was appointed Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and in January 2003 given the additional responsibility of Vice Chairman.  Mr. Mahindra was a co-promoter of Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., which in 2003 was converted into a bank.

INTERESTS
 Mahindra used to play tennis and has now taken up sailing.  Mahindra originally studied architecture and film in America before heading to Harvard, and remains a keen photographer with a strong interest in film.  Anand Mahindra has recently become a regular user of the social tool Twitter.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
 Mahindra is the co-founder of the Harvard Business School Association of India.  He is the co-chair at the World Economic Forum at Davos.  Mahindra is a Director of The National Stock Exchange of India Limited.  He is a Trustee of the K.C. Mahindra Education Trust, he is also on the Board of Governors of the Mahindra United World College of India.  He is the Chairman of National Safety Council of India.  Mahindra is the Founder Chairman of the Mumbai Festival, which was launched in January 2005.  He is the Co-Chairman of the International Council of the Asia Society, New York.

AWARDS
 'Knight of the Order of Merit' by the President of the French Republic  Rajiv Gandhi Award 2004 for outstanding contribution in the business field  2005 Leadership Award from the American India Foundation for his, and the Mahindra Group's commitment to corporate social responsibility  Person of the Year 2005 from Auto Monitor  CNBC Asia Business Leader Award for the year 2006  The Most Inspiring Corporate Leader of the Year 2007 from NDTV Profit.  Named Business Leader of the Year by the Economic Times Awards 20082009

ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE

His wife name is Anuradha Mahindra. She had a degree in communication with a double major in marketing and journalism. He have two daughters.

Anuradha Mahindra