Dharmsinh Desai

Dharmsinh Desai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1971–1977
Succeeded byAjitsinh Dabhi
ConstituencyKheda, Gujarat
Personal details
Born(1916-10-30)30 October 1916
Bhadran, Anand district, British India
Died9 June 1980(1980-06-09) (aged 63)[1]
Political partyIndian National Congress
Source: [1]

Dharmsinh Dadubhai Desai (30 October 1916 – 9 June 1980) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kheda , Gujarat as a member of the Indian National Congress.[2] Dharamsinh Desai University was founded by him.[3]

Dharmsinh Desai was great entrepreneur industrialist who founded APAR Group in year 1958. Today Apar Industries Ltd has become a billion dollar multinational company and operating in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Today APAR is third largest specialty oil company in India and number one ranked conductor manufacturing company.

  1. ^ India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 124. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ Bhavan's Journal. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1980. p. 76. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "University Overview". Dharamsinh Desai University. Retrieved 26 November 2017.