Aroon Raman

Aroon Raman has a postgraduate degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

He ran his family companies specialising in advanced materials for electrical insulation and energy storage applications for many years before successfully divesting them to multinationals.

Aroon now sits on a number of corporate boards and also advises and supports NGOs. He is the author of three bestsellers in the thriller and adventure genre. He also speaks regularly on both business and non-business topics.

He has held several senior positions with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and was the Chairman of CII, Karnataka State Council for 2010-11. He was recipient of the State’s highest civilian honour – the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award for 2010 for his contribution to the industrial development of the State.