3. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar was born on 4 February 1947
in Lahore, British India
He received his Bachelor of Technology Degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1968
Y C Deveshwar joined ITC Limited in 1968
He was appointed as a director on the board of the company in 1984 and
became the Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board in 1996
Deveshwar was due to step down as head of ITC in 2010
Deveshwar received the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian
award
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4. Evolved as a Leader
• He joined the Indian Tobacco Company in 1968 as a management pupil and
in 1972 was appointed MBO adviser to corporate headquarters in Calcutta
• In 1974, he took over as factory manager in ITC’s packaging and printing
plant in Madras and was appointed general manager of ITC’s packaging and
printing division in 1978. He was inducted into the company’s board in
1984, taking charge of Welcomgroup, which is the Hotel Division of ITC
• He pioneered the first private sector Degree Institute of Hotel Management -
the Welcomgroup School of Hotel Administration
• In 1991 he took over as chairman of ITC’s Indian Tobacco Division and
Indian Leaf Tobacco Development Division.
• In November 1991, he headed Air India on as chairman and managing
Director
• In 1994 Deveshwar rejoined ITC and was appointed whole time director and
vice-chairman of the company. He took over as chairman of ITC in January
1996.
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5. Achievements
1994 – Marketing Man of theYear
2001 – Manager entrepreneur of the year 2006 – Marketing Man of the
year
2006 – Hall of Pride
2006 – Lakshya Business Visionary Award 2007 –SAM/SPG Sustainability
Leadership Award
2010 – Global Leadership Award 2011 Padma Bhushan
Award
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6. Leadership style
Follow’s Sustainability philosophy
Environmental-friendly practices
Right people at right place
Setting exciting goals for employees
Focuses on vision and mobilize people towards it
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