Rama Prasad Goenka is the Chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group

RPG Group

The RPG Group one of India's largest industrial conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded by RP Goenka in 1979, and initially encompassed Phillips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy India...

, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate. Goenka was born in 1930 and attended the Presidency College

Presidency College, Kolkata

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 in his home town of Kolkata

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 and Harvard University

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 in the United States

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. He is currently an M.P. in the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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, or upper house

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, of the Indian Parliament

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. Goenka also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Governors, International Management Institute

International Management Institute (India)

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 and is a trustee of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

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. He is a former president of the FICCI

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 and the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Goenka has also been twice awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure

Order of the Sacred Treasure

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 by the Emperor of Japan

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