anand mahindra is the chairman of mahindra group, an india conglomerate in the automobiles, software services, hospitality, aerospace and defense industries. he has been a non-executive director of kotak mahindra bank limited. he has been a member of the asia business council, the world bank group's advisory board for doing business, and harvard global advisory council. he was also a member of the global board of advisers for the council on foreign relations. in 2009, he was the world economic forum co-chairman. anand mahindra is the grandson of jagdish chandra mahindra, co-founder of mahindra & mahindra and mahindra group. jagdish chandra mahindra and his brother kailash chandra mahindra founded mahindra group in 1945 along with its subsidiary mahindra & mohammed (later renamed as mahindra & mahindra). council on foreign relations annual report from july 1, 2013june 30, 2014 at cfr.org:   iles/report_pdf/ar2014_web.pdf  global board of advisers anand mahindra (india), chairman and managing director, mahindra & mahindra limited anand mahindra at weforum.org:   d-mahindra/  chairman, mahindra group graduate, harvard univ. and harvard business school. chairman, mahindra group. thought leader in indian business. serves on many industry confederations. initiated the nanhi kali programme to provide free education to economically underprivileged girls in india. co-founder, naandi danone, india's largest safe drinking water provider to rural areas. life trustee, board of naandi foundation. co-chair, world economic forum annual meeting 2009. named among worlds 50 greatest leaders, fortune magazine (2014); named one of the top 25 most powerful business people in asia, fortune magazine (2011).   ory:mahindra_family
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