Chairman,
Apollo Tyres Ltd
Chairman, Artemis Medicare Services Limited
Chairman,
BRICS Business Council, India
Past President, Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association
Past President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Past President, International Chamber of Commerce, India
Past Chairman, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association
Onkar Kanwar is the Chairman of Apollo Tyres Ltd., one of largest
automotive tyre manufacturer in India. As a visionary entrepreneur, he plays a
pivotal role in the company's operations and the articulation of its business
philosophy.
Modernisation, excellence and quality are his guiding principles, which
have steered Apollo Tyres to become a leader in the Indian market by
implementing several pioneering initiatives in the spheres of product,
marketing, R&D and manufacturing. Registered in 1976, Apollo Tyres under his
guidance transformed itself from an Indian
manufacturer of commercial vehicles tyres, to a global entity with a
full-fledged product portfolio, spanning 3 continents.
Onkar Kanwar has a keen interest in the field of education and
healthcare. He is the chief architect of the Company’s vision and value-driven business
strategy. The first state-of-the-art, super speciality hospital, Artemis
Hospitals, was introduced in Gurgaon, India. Artemis Hospitals’ mission is to
revolutionize healthcare by providing a patient-centric ecosystem where
advanced technology, compassionate care, and medical excellence come together
to offer the best outcomes for every individual.
As a business leader, Onkar Kanwar has been closely associated with
leading national and international industry organisations. He is the Past
President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI), former Chairman of the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association and
was a Member of the Board of Governors for the Indian Institute of Management
(Kozhikode). Currently, he is the Chairman of the BRICS Business Council,
India.
A Science and Administration graduate from the University of California,
Onkar Kanwar is a widely travelled individual. He devotes a large part of his
time to reading and is passionate about learning modern management practices
and their successful application in business.
He has been conferred with ‘Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
award - Manufacturing’ for the year 2012. He has been awarded with Hungarian
‘Order of Merit’, and Government of Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver
Star’.
Dr. Devlina Chakravarty started her career in 1993 as a radiologist trained from Mumbai University. She did fellowships/ preceptorship programmes from University of Berlin (Germany), UCLA (Los Angeles) and Brigham & Women (Boston) in Head and Neck & Body Imaging. She worked as senior faculty and Programme Director in Radiology in different reputed hospitals in Delhi before joining Artemis in 2007. She strongly believes in ethical practices in healthcare and quality of service. She believes private hospitals can make "profits" without "profiteering." She is a process and system driven person and believes strongly in "quality" and "efficiency" in healthcare. Good medical outcomes, patient safety, infection control and antimicrobial resistance are something close to her heart over and above creating great working environments for doctors and all other staff, through a transparent system of management. "Personalized tertiary care" with "service excellence" is her motto. Her dream is to create the most prestigious hospital in India with cutting edge technology, best in class professionals, medical education, ethical and transparent practices.
