PROFILE OF MR. DILIP G. PIRAMAL
Dilip G. Piramal, Chairman of VIP Industries Ltd.,began his business career in Morarjee Mills, a Piramal family concern, and one of the oldest textile millsin India.
Dilip Piramal’s career as an industrialist and independent entrepreneur began with his takeover of VIP Industries Ltd, then known as Blow Plast Ltd, a diversified plastics manufacturer. An erstwhile ailing company, it was turned around in three years through professional management and innovative marketing. VIP Luggage, which had a modest beginning, has today gone on to become one of the most famous Indian consumer brands. It has more than 50% market share in the organized sector. VIP is today one of the largest manufacturers of luggage in the world.
In the year 2004, VIP Industries bought over CARLTON Luggage, a small U.K. brand. This brand has now been re-launched in Europe as a premium luggage brand and is now available in many countries of Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia.
In 1990, the group entered the business of Modular office furniture with award-winning designs, and launched the Blow Plast Ergonomics brand, now known as BP Ergo. BP Ergo remains the leading modular furniture company in India. It’s clientele encompasses almost every leading software and IT company in India, big Indian corporates and several multinationals. It was successfully acquired by a leading multinational company in this field.
Dilip Piramal who takes over as President of the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) in June 2015, is also involved in various professional and social fora.. He is a former President of The All India Plastic Manufacturer’s Association, The Organization of Plastics Processors of India and the Rotary Club of Bombay Mid-Town, as also the Bombay Chapter of the World Presidents’ Organisation (WPO) and the Young Presidents’ Organisation (YPO).
Dilip Piramal takes active interest in social and philanthropic activities. He is involved with the Piramal Education Trust in his ancestral hometown Bagar, Rajasthan which runs a School and College for deserving students.
In 1987, Mr. Piramal sponsored the establishment of the Piramal Gallery at the prestigious National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai. He has also restored the Piramal Haveli in Bagar, which is now a heritage hotel in the traditional architectural form of Rajasthan.