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Until 30 June 2001, he was
President of The Oberoi Group of Hotels, and
in this capacity responsible for the operations
of the Group worldwide, consisting of thirty-six
hotels, flight catering units and luxury cruise
ships in six countries across Asia. Prior to
joining The Oberoi Group, he was Head of Personnel
Worldwide with BAT plc [London], Managing Director
of VST Industries Ltd [Hyderabad] and Director,
ITC Limited, both BAT Associate Companies in
India. Significant portions of his career at
senior levels were spent in Human Resource Development
(HRD) and with Hotels. Ravi Bhoothalingam (born:
1946) is a B.Sc Hons in Physics from St. Stephen’s
College, Delhi and holds a Masters degree [M.A.
Cantab] in Experimental Psychology from Gonville
and Caius College, Cambridge University, UK,
as also an AMP from Harvard [1986].
He has been President
of the Employers’ Federation
of Southern India [1990-92], Chairman of the
National Committee on Tourism and Heritage of
the Confederation of Indian Industry [CII] 1997-2001,
Member of the Review Committee for the Archaeological
Survey of India, as also a Member of the Working
Group on Tourism for India’s 10th Five
Year Plan [2002-2007]. He is currently a Member
of India’s National Tourism Advisory Council,
Chairman, CII Task Force on India-China Tourism,
and Convener of the Tourism Task Force for the
Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Regional Development
Initiative.
Ravi Bhoothalingam
serves on the Board of Directors of Dr. Reddy’s
Laboratories Ltd, Hyderabad, India, Sona Koyo
Steering Systems Ltd, New Delhi,
India and Nicco Internet Ventures Pvt Ltd, Calcutta,
India. He is also on the Executive Board of Kuoni
Travel India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India and a member
of the Advisory Board of Genesis PR, New Delhi,
India. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society, London. Ravi Bhoothalingam is married
with a son and a daughter and lives in Gurgaon,
Haryana, India. He speaks English, Hindi, Tamil,
Marathi, French and basic Mandarin.
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