Purnendu Chatterjee
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Purnendu Chatterjee is a Bengali industrialist and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chairman of The Chatterjee Group (TCG) and also serves as Executive Director to Indian School of Business
(ISB) in Hyderabad.
and graduated from IIT, Kharagpur in 1971. He completed his MS and PhD
degrees in Engineering and Operations Research
from the University of California, Berkeley
in 1972 and 1974.
at the Stanford Research Institute from 1974 to 1976. He joined McKinsey & Co. in 1976 and by 1984 was promoted to a partner of the company. Chatterjee established The Chatterjee Group (TCG) in 1986, which today has diversified interests which includes investment banking, real estate, petrochemicals and life sciences. With its headquarters in New York
, TCG employs over 8000 professionals worldwide.
Chatterjee also holds a major stake in Outsource Partners Internationals.
Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business is a business school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. It offers a Post Graduate Programme in Management , a Fellow Program in Management, and a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior...
(ISB) in Hyderabad.
Education
Chatterjee completed his schooling from Ramakrishna Mission NarendrapurRamakrishna Mission Narendrapur
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. The institute has its services open to all irrespective of caste, creed and nationality, its special field being education. Started in North Calcutta , India, immediately after the Bengal Famine of 1943, it first served as...
and graduated from IIT, Kharagpur in 1971. He completed his MS and PhD
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degrees in Engineering and Operations Research
Operations research
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from the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
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in 1972 and 1974.
Career
Chatterjee was a research associateResearch associate
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at the Stanford Research Institute from 1974 to 1976. He joined McKinsey & Co. in 1976 and by 1984 was promoted to a partner of the company. Chatterjee established The Chatterjee Group (TCG) in 1986, which today has diversified interests which includes investment banking, real estate, petrochemicals and life sciences. With its headquarters in New York
New York
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, TCG employs over 8000 professionals worldwide.
Chatterjee also holds a major stake in Outsource Partners Internationals.