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= Sanjaya Mariwala = Sanjaya Mariwala is the executive chairman and managing director of OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd., a preventive healthcare company that he founded in 2004.

He is also the founder-president of the Association of Herbal and Nutraceuticals Manufacturers of India (AHNMI). AHMNI is an industry body of 350-plus manufacturers of the nutraceutical industry in India. India's nutraceuticals industry has the potential to expand to $25-30 billion placing  the country prominently in the global industry map due to the country's inherent advantages.

Early Life
In 1980 Sanjaya Mariwala joined his family business The Bombay Oil Industries group set up by his great-grandfather Kanji Morarji in 1911. He was associated with various businesses of the group, MARICO, VKL and others. He ran Kancor Ingredients Ltd, a pioneer in the extraction of spices like bell pepper, turmeric and paprika for 24 years. In 2014, he sold a majority stake of Kancor Ingredients.

Investments into other Businesses
Sanjaya Mariwala’s Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) had received investment worth Rs 250 crore from Kotak Special Situations Fund (KSSF) – managed by Kotak Investment Advisors Limited (KIAL). The investment objective was to buy-out two B2C supplement businesses – “Setu" and “Edence" from Omniactive Health Technologies Limited (OmniActive). Nihaal Mariwala, son of Sanjaya Mariwala is the co-founder of Setu, direct-to-consumer health-tech brand focused on revolutionising the supplement industry in India.

Awards

 * December 2016 – "Entrepreneur of the Year Award” at the Ascent Conclave.