About

Chakradhar Varadarajan, has served as head of corporate legal at Godrej Industries since March 2013. The path leading up to his current position is a 27 year journey as in-house counsel and three years as a practising advocate from 1988-1991. He enjoyed successful stints at Unilever India, Cargill India, ITC and Tata Cellular starting with the Nagarjuna Investment Trust’s in-house legal team. In his current role, Varadarajan makes a point of ‘celebrating the success of individuals while emphasising team-work, creating a culture of “we-achieved-it-together” despite some team members being located offshore in Indonesia, Africa and South America’. During the last 3 years, major achievements for Varadarajan and his team include working on the acquisition of a Chile based joint venture by Godrej Consumer Products, the acquisition of Frika’s dry-hair braids and weaves business in South Africa as well as the Darling brand in South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania. In addition Varadarajan also worked on the acquisition of Strength of Nature in the US and the recovery of significant sums through litigation and due diligence.