Rajshree Pathy

Rajshree Pathy
Rajshree Pathy
Born	15 April 1956 (age 68); Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Occupation(s)	Chairman and managing director, Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals, India Design Forum
Spouse	S. Pathy
Children	2
Awards	Padma Shri (2013)

Rajshree Pathy (born 15 April 1956) is an Indian entrepreneur from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She is the chairperson and managing director of the Rajshree Group of Companies and founder of India Design Forum.^[1] The Rajshree Group has varied business interests, including food and agriculture, energy, travel, health, hospitality and the arts. Pathy also promotes performing arts and contemporary art movement in Coimbatore through the Contemplate Art Gallery and COCCA.

Early life

Rajshree Pathy is the daughter of famous industrialist G. Varadaraj, of the PSG family, who are Telugus.^[2] She is married to S. Pathy, chairman and managing director of Lakshmi Mills.

Professional career

Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals Ltd. is a company with interests across integrated fields such as sugar, distillery, power generation and biotechnology. It was founded by her father G. Varadaraj.^[3] Rajshree range of products includes white sugar, alcohol, organic manure, bio-products and power.^[4]

Awards and recognition

Global Leaders of Tomorrow (1996), World Economic Forum
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship (2000)
Padma Shri (2013), Government of India^[5]

External links

Rajshree Sugars Rajshree Sugars and Chemicals Ltd Website.

References

^ "The business of design". Mint. 24 February 2012.
^ Journal of Indian History. Department of History, University of Kerala. 2006. p. 181.
^ Kannan, Shilpa (4 November 2015). "'I'm a daughter – I'm not allowed to participate'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "She's not just a sugar baroness – Livemint". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

[1] "The business of design". Mint. 24 February 2012.

[2] Journal of Indian History. Department of History, University of Kerala. 2006. p. 181.

[3] Kannan, Shilpa (4 November 2015). "'I'm a daughter – I'm not allowed to participate'". BBC News. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[4] "She's not just a sugar baroness – Livemint". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[Padma_Awards-5] "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Trade & Industry
1950s	Atma Ram (1959)
1960s	Adinath Lahiri (1960) Vithalrao Vikhe Patil (1961) Verghese Kurien (1965) Ebrahim Alkazi (1966) A. Nagappa Chettiar (1967) Ved Rattan Mohan (1967)
1970s	Khailshanker Durlabhji (1971) Udaybhansinhji Natwarsinhji Jethwa (1971) Devi Sahai Jindal (1971) Yelavarthy Nayudamma (1971) Prem Nath Sahni (1971) H. D. Shourie (1971) Mohanmullji Chordia (1972) Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan (1974)
1980s	Jadunath Supakar (1985) Nelly Sethna (1985) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1989) Lila Poonawalla (1989)
1990s	B. V. Rao (1990) Vasantrao S. Dempo (1991) Ramesh Gelli (1991) Lalchand Hirachand (1992) K. M. Mammen Mappillai (1992) Meenakshi Sargogi (1992) Harshavardhan Neotia (1999)
2000s	N. R. Narayana Murthy (2000) Kandathil Mammen Philip (2001) Kallam Anji Reddy (2001) Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti (2003) Sharayu Daftary (2004) Shahnaz Husain (2006) Suresh Krishna (2006) Rajinder Gupta (2007) Naina Lal Kidwai (2007) A. Sivasailam (2007) Amit Mitra (2008) R. K. Krishna Kumar (2009) B. R. Shetty (2009)
2010s	T. N. Manoharan (2010) Kapil Mohan (2010) Karsanbhai Patel (2010) B. Ravi Pillai (2010) Deepak Puri (2010) AVS Raju (2010) Venu Srinivasan (2010) Irshad Mirza (2010) Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed (2011) Sat Pal Khattar (2011) Kailasam Raghavendra Rao (2011) Arun Firodia (2012) Priya Paul (2012) Gopinath Pillai (2012) Swati Piramal (2012) Shoji Shiba (2012) Hemendra Prasad Barooah (2013) Milind Kamble (2013) Vandana Luthra (2013) Rajshree Pathy (2013) Kalpana Saroj (2013) Ravi Kumar Narra (2014) Pratap Govindrao Pawar (2014) Rajesh Saraiya (2014) Mallika Srinivasan (2014) T. V. Mohandas Pai (2015) Ajaypal Singh Banga (2016) Keki Hormusji Gharda (2016) Dilip Shanghvi (2016) Mahesh Sharma (2016) Saurabh Srivastava (2016) Rameshwarlal Kabra (2018) Shantanu Narayen (2019)
2020s	Jai Prakash Agarwal (2020) Sanjeev Bikhchandani (2020) Bharat Goenka (2020) Vijay Sankeshwar (2020) Romesh Wadhwani (2020) Prem Watsa (2020) Sridhar Vembu (2021) Prahlad Rai Agarwala (2022) Jagjit Singh Dardi (2022) Muktamani Devi (2022) Ryuko Hira (2022) Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) (2023) Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) (2023) Kumar Mangalam Birla (2023)