Meher Pudumjee
Chairperson
Meher Pudumjee is the Chairperson of Thermax Ltd, a company focussed in the businesses of energy and the environment.
A postgraduate in Chemical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, she joined Thermax as a trainee engineer in August 1990. A year later, along with her husband Pheroz Pudumjee and a small team, they took over the responsibility of turning around a Thermax subsidiary company in the UK.
After her return to India in September 1996, she was appointed on the Board of Directors. She worked closely with the treasury and working capital management functions of Thermax, as also in the Environment Divisions of the company. In 2001, the family decided to take on non-executive roles on the Board. During this period she played an active role in the turnaround of the company, along with the Board and senior management of the company.
She has taken over as Chairperson, Thermax Limited, effective October 5, 2004 after the retirement of Ms. Aga.
Ms. Pudumjee has a keen interest in music, especially western classical and is a member of a Pune based choir. She is personally involved with the NGO's Teach For India, Akanksha and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation.