Ashwin Dani

Ashwin Dani’s Journey thus far …

• Ashwin Suryakant Dani graduated from the College of Bombay with specialisation within the know-how of Paints, Varnishes and Pigments. After his commencement, his father – who co-founded Asian Paints in 1942 – despatched him to the US for additional research
• He joined the College of Akron in Ohio, from the place he acquired a Masters Diploma in Polymer Science. After his MSc, Dani attended the Rensselaer Polytechnic in New York from the place he secured a Diploma in Color Science
• Dani joined Inmont Corp (now BASF) in 1967 as a developmental chemist in Detroit. He returned from the US and joined Asian Paints in 1968 as a Senior Government
• In Asian Paints, he labored in varied departments and rose by the ranks, finally changing into the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director in 1997 and remained within the put up until 2009
• The paint tycoon is a technocrat and beneath his watch, Asian Paints invested a considerable quantity of capital in analysis and growth
• He was the primary to introduce Computerised Color matching in India, a paint choice course of leveraging digital improvements, which is usually used now
• Throughout a profession spanning of over 40 years, Dani led Asian Paints in higher pricing of merchandise throughout classes, thereby making certain its unhindered dominance over many years
• His huge expertise within the fields of polymers, paints and plastic has helped Asian Paints in changing into the third-largest paints firm in Asia and the ninth-largest on the earth
• Below his management, Asian Paints has diversified into different house enchancment segments, specifically – modular kitchen enterprise, rest room fittings, sanitary ware, house décor, hand and floor sanitisers, ground and bathroom cleaners
• He was instrumental in forming two joint ventures, PPG AP and AP PPG, with this Asian Paints has a small presence within the automotive and industrial coating segments
• Dani’s information of home and worldwide enterprise and huge expertise on the whole administration has been an asset to Asian Paints. The corporate has been debt-free for years and at the moment operates in 19 nations with 26 manufacturing amenities
• He served as an impartial non-executive director on the board of Solar Pharma from 2004 to 2018

Earlier than you go …

• Below Ashwin Dani, Asian Paints mascot, Gattu, a naughty boy with a paint bucket and brush in his hand, which was created by R Okay Laxman turned extremely popular in India