About Ness Wadia
Mr. Ness Wadia
has been closely associated for over 20 years with the Wadia Group, an Indian conglomerate with a legacy of 284 years and has an interest in sectors like Food and Dairy, Textiles, Real Estate Development, Chemicals, Plantations and Aviation through world-class entities, that are leaders in their respective sectors.
Ness Wadia currently serves as Managing Director of Bombay Burmah Trading Company Limited and Chairman of National Peroxide Limited. He also serves as Director on Boards of various Wadia Group companies such as Britannia Industries, Bombay Dyeing, GoAir and Wadia Techno Engineering Services. He sits on the Audit Committees of GoAir, Britannia, Bombay Burmah, and NPL; the Finance Committees of Bombay Dyeing, Bombay Burmah, and Britannia; and also the CSR Committees of Bombay Dyeing and Britannia. He is actively involved in the overseeing the award-winning Wadia Hospitals in addition to the Group’s educational establishments under Modern Education Society (MES) Trust.
An avid reader and a sporting enthusiast, Ness Wadia is also the co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, a prominent cricket team in the Indian Premier League. Since the team’s inception, he has been the driving force behind the cricketing aspects of the team, and his personal objective is to harness young, unknown talent and mentor budding cricketers to help achieve their dreams.
Ness Wadia did his schooling – first at the Cathedral School in Mumbai, followed by Lawrence School in Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh, and then at Millfield School in the UK. Subsequently, he went to college at Tufts University near Boston, Massachusetts in the US following which he joined Bombay Dyeing in 1993 as a management trainee. In 1998, he began a Master’s degree in Science (M.Sc.) of Engineering Management from the University of Warwick with a thesis titled “Leading to Success in India”. After receiving his degree in 2001, he returned as Deputy Managing Director of Bombay Dyeing and was later promoted to Joint Managing Director
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- Ness Wadia is the great-grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who was the founder of Pakistan.
- After completing the degree in International Relations, he got training in management at Bombay Dyeing and was involved in various organizations like Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Mill Owners’ Association (MOA), etc.
come forward helping Sikkim battling to keep Coronavirus Pandemic at bay.”
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Ness Wadia joins Sikkim’s battle keeping Coronavirus at bay
Chairman of National Peroxide Ltd Ness Nusli Wadia has come forward helping Sikkim battling to keep Coronavirus Pandemic at bay.
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Ness Wadia and other people donated to a fundraiser set up by photographer Rubina Khan to provide PPE Kit for
Wadia Hospitals Celebrated World Children’s Day with UNICEF by going ‘Blue’
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Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children (BJWHC), India’s first and largest Paediatric hospital in association with UNICEF formally inaugurated the
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Double the joy Industry scion Ness Wadia at his family-run Bai Jerbai Wadia Children’s Hospital in Parel, with twins Riddhi
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Venture Catalysts, India’s first and largest integrated incubator, and accelerator, has recently led an undisclosed investment in AgriGator, a B2B
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Only those who are really required to be with players should be part of bio-bubble: Ness Wadia
Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia on Thursday said the COVID-19 positive cases in the Chennai Super Kings contingent could
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The Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), which conducts horse races at the Mumbai and Pune racecourse, celebrated Wadia Day
Budget 2017 a sincere attempt to benefit the bottom-of-the-pyramid : Ness Wadia
The 2017 Union Budget has put the country first and it addresses inclusive growth covering various sectors of the economy.
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