N Sankar, Chairman

N Sankar obtained his B.Sc. (Tech) in Chemical Engineering from the AC College of Technology, University of Madras, graduating First Class with distinction. He thereafter obtained his Masters degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

Sankar serves on the Boards of a few companies outside the Group, such as NOCIL Limited; FLSmidth Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of FLSmidth A/S, Denmark; and the India Advisory Board of CRH plc, Ireland. Over the years, Sankar has held office in several public bodies representing trade and industry, including President, ASSOCHAM, Chairman, Indo-US Joint Business Council, Chairman, Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President, Madras Management Association.

Sankar has received awards recognising his services to business and industry, such as the ‘Lala Shriram National Award for Leadership in Chemical Industry’ from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and ‘Rasa Udyog Ratna’ from the Chemical Industries Association. He has been elected a Fellow of the IIChE, and an honorary member of the Chemical Industries Association. Sankar was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at TiECON, Chennai 2010.

N Sankar was conferred a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the ‘Vinyl India 2012’ international conference. The award came in recognition of his pioneering spirit and efforts in the promotion of a wide range of industries in India and abroad and immense contribution to the growth of the PVC industry.

Sankar is involved with the management of many educational and charitable organisations. He is a member of the Management Boards of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, the Cancer Institute Chennai, the Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation, and other similar organisations. Keenly interested in sports, he has been the Vice President of the All India Tennis Association, and President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket and Tennis Associations. Sankar has been the Honorary Consul General for Denmark in South India since 1989, and has been awarded the ‘Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, First Class’ by the Danish Government in recognition of his services.