Shri R.P. Khaitan

Mr. Khaitan, Founder & Chairman of RAL Consumer Products Ltd. – company that has diverse interests ranging from solar solutions, LED products, baby care to personal grooming products, also the Joint Managing Director of Indo National Limited (a BSE listed Co.). A progressive thinker and an industrialist, he founded the Salora International Limited (a BSE listed Co.) in the year 1975. He was the mastermind behind the launch of Sony Ericsson in India and ensured it became one of the market leaders in mobile brands. He has also managed several successful JVs/partnerships in India with Matsushita, Panasonic, Daewoo, Ericsson, Energizer Holdings, The Princeton Review, Luv n Care to name a few. For his exemplary efforts, he was awarded the ‘Electronics – Man of the Year Award’ in 2002 by the Consumer Electronics and Television Manufacturers Association (CETMA).

Mr. Khaitan is a philanthropist. He is on the management committee board of Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission, and Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College. He actively contributes towards the betterment of the underprivileged. He is also an active member of the Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan, which runs 13,000 schools pan India for the underprivileged. Additionally, Mr. Khaitan is regular to the Friends of Tribal Society, which has over 36,000 single teacher schools across India.