COMPANY
LEADERSHIP TEAM
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Mr. H. T. Kanani
Chairman & Managing Director
B.TECH (CHEM) M.I.I.Ch.E. -
Dr. Harin Kanani
Managing Director
PhD -
Mr. Anurag Surana
Non-Executive Director
Mr. H T Kanani
Chairman & Managing Director
B.TECH (CHEM) M.I.I.Ch.E.
His expertise and experience in
production of quality Bromine and
Bromine products has earned him the
title as the “Bromine Man of India”.
Mr. Haridas Kanani is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Company and founder of the Company. He oversees manufacturing, research and development and process technology and general operation and management of the Company’s manufacturing units. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and is a member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (MIICHE) since December, 1981. He has previously worked with Excel Industries Limited. He then founded Chem Ocean Industries which was set up as one of India’s first Bromine plants using indigenous technology at Navalakhi, Gujarat. Due to floods in 1976, the Bromine plant was destroyed. He then set up Chem Ocean Consultants which provided consultancy, technology and engineering technologies to set up Bromine plants to other companies. In 1985 he set up Prachi Chemicals to manufacture organic and inorganic Bromides. Later in 1989 he established Neogen Chemicals Private Limited and has since served on its Board as Chairman and Managing Director.
Dr. Harin Kanani
Managing Director
PhD
A graduate chemical engineer and PhD
from USA with excellent industrial
experience, Harin leads the Neogen
business growth and is the key contact
person for customers.
Dr. Harin Kanani is the Managing Director of the Company. He heads various business divisions of the Company including research and development, business development, growth strategy, quality control, purchase, marketing and finance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Maryland. He has served as a research fellow at the University of Maryland, U.S.A, where he published four first author manuscripts in the field of chemical engineering. In addition to his academic achievements he further established one of the first US academic lab for metabolomics program in 2003. He has been a speaker at several national and international conferences. He has also participated in the Small and Medium Enterprises Programme from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has previously worked with Asian Paints India Limited and has been a Research Scientist at Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., United States (a DuPont Company). He joined Neogen Chemicals Limited in 2008 as a General Manager and has been on the Board of the Company as a Director from July 15, 2013 and as a Managing Director from July, 22 2017.
Mr. Anurag Surana
Director
Experience of more than 20 years
in Contract Manufacturing business.
A well known personality in the
Agrochemical and specialty chemical
industry in India, Europe and Japan.
Mr. Anurag Surana is a Non-Executive Director in the Company. He has over 25 years’ experience in the Specialty Chemical industry and is a known and reputed name in the industry. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce with Honours from the University of Delhi. He founded and manages a consulting company Kagashin Global Network Private Limited, specialising in consulting with companies in the Specialty chemicals & agrochemical companies in India and abroad. He was earlier an executive director on the board of PI Industries Limited. Mr. Surana is also on the Board of other chemical companies like Privi Specialty Chemicals Ltd, IFFCO MC Crop Science P Ltd, Nichino India Private Ltd & Nichino Chemicals India Private Ltd .