R S Sodhi
Managing Director, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF) (AMUL)
R S Sodhi has been the Managing Director at Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (AMUL), Anand in Gujarat since January 4, 2011. He served as in-charge Managing Director of GCMMF from June 2010 to January 4, 2011 and also served as its Chief General Manager. He was the Non-Executive Director at Kaira Can Company Limited from February 2011 to December 2014.
Sodhi is a first-batch alumnus from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), India and obtained his B.E. (Ag) degree from CTAE, Udaipur, India. He joined GCMMF (Amul) in the year 1982 directly after completing his post-graduation in rural management from IRMA and rose to the present level of Managing Director in June 2010.
For more than 35 years, Sodhi has been providing dynamic leadership to Amul and the entire Indian dairy industry, especially the critical cooperative dairy sector, which generates livelihood for millions of dairy farmers and provided essential goodness of milk nutrients to one billion Indian consumers. Due to his leadership, Amul accounts for 25 per cent of organised dairy industry, within India. He has inspired Amul to achieve number 1 position in the Indian food category as per brand trust report 2015 and 13th position on the list of top milk processors of the world and win several national and international awards for innovations in dairy sector.
For almost three decades, Sodhi has worked under direct guidance and mentorship of the legendary Dr Verghese Kurien (father of dairy cooperative movement in India) and has ensured that values cherished by Dr Kurien, such as integrity, dedication, courage, honesty, commitment to farmers and to consumers, remained deeply ingrained in the culture of Amul.
