13 Facts About Ajit Gulabchand

Ajit Gulabchand was born on 1948 and is an Indian industrialist.

Ajit Gulabchand was born to a Jain trading family, originally belonging to Wankaner in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, which had settled by the early 20th century in Solapur, Maharashtra.

Ajit Gulabchand is the son of Gulabchand Hirachand, one of the four brothers who founded the Walchand group, a business conglomerate which flourished in the first half of the 20th century.

Ajit Gulabchand has eight brothers and sisters, and his eldest sibling is twenty-eight years older than him.

Ajit Gulabchand was nineteen years old when his father died in 1967.

Ajit Gulabchand was formerly married to Meera Gulabchand, daughter of film-maker Vasant Joglekar and actress Sumati Gupte Joglekar.

Since around the mid-1980s, Ajit Gulabchand has been in a steady relationship with journalist Tavleen Singh.

Ajit Gulabchand has been a director of Indian Hume Pipe since 1993.

Ajit Gulabchand has served as director of HCC Infotech, Hincon Technoconsult, Ucchar Investments, Hincon Realty, LAVASA Corporation, Motorsports Association of India, Constructmall.

Ajit Gulabchand continues to serve as a Director in Hincon Finance, Hincon Holdings, Western Securities, Champali Garden, Shalaka Investment, and Gulabchand Foundation.

Ajit Gulabchand is a founding member of the World Economic Forum's Disaster Resource Network and a member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry.

Ajit Gulabchand is a promoter of the Lavasa township, which was intended to be India's first new hill station since independence.

Ajit Gulabchand graduated from Sydenham College, Mumbai University, with a bachelor's degree in commerce.