by Major Events Of Salil Singhal’s Life
- 1954: Salil Singhal is born in Jaipur, India.
- 1976: Singhal graduates with a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
- 1978: Singhal obtains a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
- 1981: Singhal starts PI Industries, a small-scale agrochemicals business, in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
- 1991: PI Industries goes public, listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
- 1995: Singhal establishes a research and development center for PI Industries in Udaipur.
- 1998: PI Industries begins supplying custom synthesis services to global agrochemical companies like Syngenta and BASF.
- 2000: PI Industries sets up a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation to manufacture agrochemicals in India.
- 2006: PI Industries acquires the agrochemicals business of Germany’s BASF in India.
- 2008: PI Industries acquires the Indian agrochemicals business of Swiss company Syngenta.
- 2012: Singhal steps down as Chairman of PI Industries, handing over the role to his son, Rahul Singhal. He continues to serve on the company’s board as a non-executive director.
- 2013: Singhal is appointed to the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
- 2017: Singhal receives the Chemtech Pharma Bio Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering.
- 2020: PI Industries is recognized as India’s Most Admired Company in the chemicals sector by Fortune India.
Salil Singhal is an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur from India. He is best known as the founder and former Chairman of PI Industries, a leading agrochemicals company that he grew from a small-scale operation into a billion-dollar enterprise. Throughout his career, Singhal has also been involved in philanthropic work. He is a founding member of the PI Foundation, which supports education and healthcare initiatives in rural India. He has also been involved with other charitable causes, including the Jaipur Foot Organization and the Pratham Education Foundation.
