Honor for Godrej

Jamshyd N. Godrej, chairman and managing director of Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited, was awarded a Padma Bhushan by the President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 3, 2003.

Jamshyd Godrej (left) with President Abdul Kalam

This is the third Padma Bhushan for the Godrej family — Jamshyd’s father Naoroji (Naval) had received it in 1976 and uncle Sohrab in 1999. Godrej group products encompass a range of consumer and industrial products and services and office equipment.

A graduate from the Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, Jamshyd has been past president of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers Association. An ardent yachtsman and environmentalist, Jamshyd is also president of the World Wide Fund for Nature-India.