Karlekar is a renowned technocrat in chemical arena and R&D expert with more than 35 years of rich experience in the agrochemical industry.
India’s leading Agrochemical company Best Agrolife Ltd announced the appointment of Pramod N Karlekar as the Managing Director of their subsidiary company Best Crop Science Pvt Ltd (BCSPL). Karlekar is a renowned technocrat in chemical arena and R&D expert with more than 35 years of rich experience in the agrochemical industry. He holds an impressive track record of handling strategic leadership roles and business operations of many multinational companies & large Indian corporate houses.
“We feel fortunate to have Karlekar on board and we are sure that under his direction BCSPL will reach new heights. Karlekar’s proven leadership skills, superior management skills, strong customer focus, sharp commercial acumen, strategic business focus, and long experience of holding leading roles in the chemical industry will help the company to develop and execute winning growth strategies,” says Vimal Alawadhi, Managing Director of Best Agrolife Ltd (BAL).
A Chemical Engineer from UDCT- one of the top Indian Institute for Chemical Technology and a Management Graduate from Mumbai University, Karlekar has a diverse and enriching professional background. He has been associated at the apex level with many reputed organizations starting with Davy Powergas India – an engineering consultancy firm of global repute.
He promoted Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private Limited in 2018 with a view to develop chemical technologies for products not being manufactured by anyone in India thus far and assumed the position of its CMD. Now, he would be taking over the responsibility as Managing Director of BCSPL, while continuing to be the Chairman of Sudarshan Farm Chemicals.
While fulfilling his responsibilities for various commercial assignments mentioned above, he has also contributed to the cause of industry in the capacity of Director on the board of CropLife Asia and CropLife Africa- Middle East and also as Director on Crop Care Federation of India for over last two decades.
