Karsanbhai Patel

Karsanbhai Patel is an Indian businessman and the founder-promoter of Nirma Group, which grew from a detergent venture into a diversified enterprise spanning consumer goods, chemicals, cement, and healthcare. He also established Nirma University and other educational initiatives, and received the Padma Shri in 2010. Patel’s low-cost Nirma detergent helped reshape India’s laundry-products market and challenge established multinational brands.