Meher Pudumjee: Green Energy Crusader
Meher Pudumjee, Chairperson of the Pune-headquartered Thermax, is following her mother’s footsteps and is taking rapid strides in her initiatives to go green and clean. Anu Aga was the chairperson of the company from 1996 to 2004, till she handed over the reins to her daughter, Meher Pudumjee.
“My daughter stands for certain values and governance and that is more admirable than all the other things one can talk about,” says Aga about her daughter. “She looks after all the stakeholders. Our company has not done well for three years and has not grown much but somehow our share prices have performed,” adds Aga. She also adds that Meher is a great believer in green and clean energy. “We are basically a boiler maker company but are moving towards green areas. And I think that is her great contribution,” says Aga while exalting her daughter’s views on sustainable energy and her ambition of looking at the larger picture.
Pudumjee holds a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College of Science & Technology, London. She joined Thermax as a trainee engineer in August 1990. She worked with the treasury and capital management functions of Thermax. She served as Vice Chairperson at Thermax until October 2004. Pudumjee has been a Director at Thermax since September 1996.
Pudumjee also served as an Independent Director of Crompton Greaves from July 2007 until May 2016. She serves as Director of Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions. She is a member of CII’s Family Business Forum and the Young Indians (Yi).
While Anu Aga is indeed the posterwoman for Indian entrepreneurs, there is absolutely no doubt that Pudumjee is all set to fill her mother’s shoes.
