Chairman and Managing Director – The Godavari Biorefineries Limited
Samir Somaiya is the Chairman and Managing Director of Godavari Biorefineries Limited, President of Somaiya Vidyavihar and Chancellor of Somaiya Vidyavihar University. He is Chairman of K.J. Somaiya Trust, K.J. Somaiya Medical Trust, K.J. Somaiya Institute of Applied Agriculture Research and the Girivanvasi Pragati Mandal. Along with his wife, he is the owner of Kitabkhana, a bookshop in Mumbai. He is currently the President Elect of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was the President of the Indian Sugar Mills Association in 2009, and the Chairman (Western Region) of the Indian Chemical Council in the years 2006-08. He holds a Master’s in Public Administration (2005) from Harvard University and an MBA (1993), Master’s in Chemical Engineering (1992) and Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering (1990), all three from Cornell University. He was recently awarded The ‘Knight of the Order of Star or Italy (2022). He is also a recipient of the Lala Shri Ram Award for Leadership in the Chemical Industry (2022 – awarded by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers), the American Institute of Chemists Award (1990), and of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Award for Scholastic Achievement (1989). He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University.