Founder, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Dilip Shanghvi is an Indian billionaire businessman and one of the country's richest people. He founded Sun Pharmaceuticals. He was born in the small town of Amreli in Gujarat. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calcutta. He started by helping his father in his wholesale generic drugs business in Kolkata. He is one of the chairman of the board of governors at IIT Bombay. In January 2018, the Indian government appointed Shanghvi to the Reserve Bank of India's 21-member central board committee. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2016 by the Government of India.