Education
Bagwadia completed his secondary education at Saint Xaviers Boys Academy, and attained an undergraduate degree in Polymer Engineering. Later, he obtained his Masters in Business Management.
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He was an executive at Dupont India, and was the Chief Executive Officer of Essel Propack, an international lamitube producer. Bagwadia started his career as a management trainee in 1968, with Voltas. In 1983, he left Voltas to start the Far East Division of Dupont in India.
In 1989, he moved to Hong Kong, heading Dupont"s regional office.
In 1995, he moved to Essel packaging as its President and Chief Executive Officer, and was made the Managing Director in October, the same year. Under Bagwadia"s leadership Essel Packaging Limited. expanded its manufacturing and sales, producing over 1 billion tubes annually.
He oversaw the merger of Essel Packaging with Swiss-based Propack AG, which led to operations in South America, South East Asia and Europe. The newly formed Essel Propack had a global market share of over 30%.
In 2002, he organized the setting up of a 60,000 square ft manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia, for the manufacture of toothpaste tubes to supply P&G in North America, at a cost of 15 Million United States Dollars.
Following his stint at Essel Propack, Bagwadia moved to Bilcare Research in 2003, where he served as a Director. In 2009, Bagwadia ran an Entrepreneurship Development program in association with the World Zarathushthi Chamber of Commerce, guiding startups and entrepreneurs on building and sustaining businesses.
