Padma Shri Dr. K. H. Gharda

 Founder and Managing Director of Gharda Chemicals Ltd.

 Founder and Chairman of Gharda Foundation.

 A pioneer in the field of agro chemicals,pigmants & polymers.

 Extensive research work for the manufactutre of various compounds.

 Dr. Gharda has obtained Master's degree & Ph. D in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. Worked as a lecturer in the University of Oklahoma.

Awards:

 Received prestigious Padma Shri Award in year 2016.

 For his contribution to chemistry and chemical engineering, Dr. Gharda is a recipient of the American Institute of Chemist's "Chemical Pioneer" award.

 One of the four "Contributors to Indian Chemical Industry in this Millennium" Read More. . .

 He is chairman of Gharda Chemicals Ltd. and also Gharda Medical Foundation & Bai Ratanbai Gharda Hospital Trust.

 As a concerned citizen and industrialist he has a long-standing record of interest in social causes particularly rural evelopment. Under his initiative Gharda Foundation was established as an independent NGO.