Zydus Cadila CMD Pankaj Patel appointed IIM-Udaipur chairman
January 02, 2016
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad headquartered pharma giant Cadila Healthcare’s chairman and managing director, Pankaj Patel, has been appointed as chairman of the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIM-U) board. Announcing the appointment on Friday, the institute said the same was done by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) earlier this week.
Patel succeeds Hindustan Motors Chairman C K Birla as the chairman of IIM-U. Apparently, Patel is also one of the members of the Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
Patel holds a masters degree in Pharma and Pharmaceutical Technology from Gujarat University and a Law degree from University of Mumbai. He has been serving as the Senior Vice President of FICCI since December 2015 and President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry since 2006.
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