» Mr. Prafull Anubhai

The two worlds of management and music may seem quite different and a world apart, but not for Mr. Prafull Anubhai who is quite at ease and very well known in both these diverse spheres. A music connoisseur known for his discerning taste in music, Prafull Anubhai also spearheads Saptak’s latest initiative of  digitising, recording and documenting Indian classical music for posterity.  Backed by several years of professional expertise in management and management studies, Prafull Anubhai heads Arohi Consultants Pvt. Ltd., a management consultancy firm in Ahmedabad. He also officiates as the Chairman/Director of several public/private limited companies engaged in Textiles, Pharmaceuticals, Mutual Funds, Off-shore Funds, Housing Finance, Oil-field Equipment, Fine Chemicals etc.

He has travelled extensively both within the country and abroad on professional assignments and was invited to Japan in 1972 under the Invitation Programme of the Japanese Government for Prospective Business Leaders.  He has also attended Conference on Per Capita Fibre Consumption Survey organised by Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations in Rome in 1982.

Deeply involved to cause of learning and education, Mr. Prafull Anubhai is also associated with several premier educational institutions in Ahmedabad.

  • He is the Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of  Management,  Ahmedabad.
  • Member, Governing Body, Ahmedabad Education Society.
  • Trustee, Gujarati Sahitya Parishad, Ahmedabad
  • Member, Executive Committee, Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association ATIRA.
  • Member, Board of Directors, CSTEP CENTRE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
  • Chairman, AES Post Graduate Institute of Business Management

Equally dedicated to social and charitable causes, Prafull Anubhai is the Trustee of several Trusts running hospital and various education activities and is also the trustee of Strategic Help Alliance for Relief to Distressed Areas  (SHARDA) Trust, Ahmedabad

Executive/professional/public positions held:

  • Chairman & M.D., Rustom Mills and Industries Ltd. 1978-93.
  • President, Ahmedabad Textile Mills’Association (1979-80 and 1980-81)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Indian Cotton mills Federation
  • Chairman, Kasturbhai Lalbhai Textile Training Centre, Ahmedabad.
  • Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, Ahmedabad.
  • President, Ahmedabad Management Association (1971-72 and 1972-73)
  • Member, Ad-hoc Committee on Industrial Licensing, Ministry of Industry, Government of India.
  • Member, Advisory Committee on Textile Industry, Industrial Finance Corporation of India for six years.
  • Member, Regional Committee, Western Region, Industrial Development Bank of India for six years.
  • Member, Standing Advisory Committee on Modernisation of the Textile Industry-Ministry.
  • Chairman, Gujarat Small Industries Corporation, Ahmedabad. Government of Gujarat undertaking
Director, Gujarat State Textile Corporation, Ahmedabad. Government of Gujarat undertaking.