Dinesh Paliwal
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Dinesh C. Paliwal is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harman International – a leading provider of premium audio and infotainment systems for the automotive, consumer and professional markets.
Dinesh, a US citizen, has lived and worked in Australia, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. Before joining Harman, he was President of global power and automation technology leader ABB Group. During his 22 years with ABB, he held management positions in five countries and was instrumental in the company’s dramatic turnaround during the period 2002–2007.
In addition to the Harman board, Dinesh serves as a member of the Trilateral Commission
established to foster closer cooperation among the US, Europe and Japan. He has served on the board for Embarq Corporation (NYSE:EQ) and is a member of the Business Roundtable based in Washington, DC. He has served previously as Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council, ABB India Ltd., Lummus Global (an oil and gas technology company) and as a Director for the US China Business Council, US India Business Council, and International Swimming Hall of Fame. He also served for three years as Economic Advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province, China.
In 2010, Paliwal was named Metro New York Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, and received the Indian American Achiever Award by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).
. He was later awarded a full scholarship to pursue advanced degrees in Engineering and Management at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
Dinesh, a US citizen, has lived and worked in Australia, China, India, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United States. Before joining Harman, he was President of global power and automation technology leader ABB Group. During his 22 years with ABB, he held management positions in five countries and was instrumental in the company’s dramatic turnaround during the period 2002–2007.
In addition to the Harman board, Dinesh serves as a member of the Trilateral Commission
Trilateral Commission
The Trilateral Commission is a non-governmental, non-partisan discussion group founded by David Rockefeller in July 1973 to foster closer cooperation among the United States, Europe and Japan.-History:...
established to foster closer cooperation among the US, Europe and Japan. He has served on the board for Embarq Corporation (NYSE:EQ) and is a member of the Business Roundtable based in Washington, DC. He has served previously as Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Council, ABB India Ltd., Lummus Global (an oil and gas technology company) and as a Director for the US China Business Council, US India Business Council, and International Swimming Hall of Fame. He also served for three years as Economic Advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province, China.
In 2010, Paliwal was named Metro New York Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young, and received the Indian American Achiever Award by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).
Early life
Dinesh Paliwal’s father, Ram Chandra Paliwal, was a nationally renowned social leader who worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa and other leaders in India’s freedom movement . He obtained an engineering degree with merit from the University of Roorkee (now renamed as the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He was later awarded a full scholarship to pursue advanced degrees in Engineering and Management at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA.
External links
- Dinesh Paliwal biography on www.harman.com http://www.harman.com/EN-US/OurCompany/Groupleadership/Documents/Executive%20Committee/Dinesh%20Paliwal%20Bio%20-%20Text%20Version%20Oct%202009.pdf