Obituary: Ranjit Shahani, Ex-Novartis India Chief Who ‘Traveled Light’

Industry veteran and mentor to many, Ranjit Shahani steered Novartis India with seeming calm through a rocky phase when the Glivec patent case ruling didn't go the Swiss multinational's way - perhaps not unusual for someone who had seen the ebbs and flows of life closely when his parents moved to India as refugees from Pakistan.

Ranjit Shahani, former MD of Novartis India and Chairman of JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals • Source: Novartis

Ranjit Shahani, the former chief of Novartis India Ltd. and the face of the Swiss multinational in the country for over a decade, including during the tumultuous Glivec (imatinib mesylate) patent battle years, has died aged 74.

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