Former Managing Director of the Amul Federation, Mr RS Sodhi stepped down on the 9th of January in 2023 from his post, know his wife and salary
The former Managing Director of Amul Federation RS Sodhi who has been a leading dairy giant since 2010 stepped down on the 9th of January 2023. The board decided for ending his tenure with “immediate effect”.
Who is RS Sodhi ex-Amul MD, his full name, age, wife, education, salary, net worth 2023
Salute to the wonderful 40 yrs of R S Sodhi @Amul_Coop When @Rssamul took over as MD, the federation's turnover was only Rs 9,774 crore in the 2010-11 fiscal. It touched Rs 61,000 crore in 2021-22 financial year. I am sure he will continue to guide cooperative movement in India. pic.twitter.com/CygyQi1LfL
— ASHWANI MAHAJAN (@ashwani_mahajan) January 10, 2023
RS Sodhi’s education and family
Dr. RS Sodhi was the Managing Director of the State Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ltd. prior his stepping down on the 9th of January 2023. Sodhi is 60-65 years of age and the names of his family members are not known.
Sodhi finished his B. E degree from the CTAE, Udaipur, India and received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Anand Agriculture. Further, he joined the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) for his MBA.
He belongs from Delhi India and started his education in Delhi Nagar Nigam School a municipal School in this school he studied from year 1967 to 1971.
Rupinder Singh Sodhi was the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ltd., (AMUL), which is India’s largest Food Products organization.
RS Sodhi professional career
RS Sodhi headed the Marketing and Sales function of Amul for more than two decades. He conducted widely acclaimed and extremely popular marketing campaigns such as
- Promoting milk as the ‘world’s original energy drink’
- ‘Eat Milk’ campaign is motivating Indian youth for including dairy products in every meal.
- The Amul Doodh Peeta Hai India
He has contributed and launched more than 50 new products during his tenure as a Managing Director in the last 6 years. He worked with a leading company in digital marketing endeavors and social media marketing innovations in the Indian dairy industry to make sure that the younger generation of India enhances its consumption of milk and dairy products.
Rupinder Singh Sodhi has successfully launched over 50 new products for Amul and it was under Sodhi’s leadership that Amul brought the milk cooperatives from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan under the shed of one umbrella which, previously, was only limited within Gujrat.
According to his LinkedIn profile, he joined Amul as a senior sales officer in 1982. Between 2000 to 2004, he served as its general manager (marketing), and in June 2010, he was elevated to MD.
He took Amul from Rs 8k cr to Rs 61k cr and his 1st career salary was just Rs 1,450 as senior sales officer in Amul. His current salary and net worth isn’t known.
Why did RS Sodhi step down?
As per media reports, Sodhi has been replaced for an interim period by Jayan Mehta, Amul’s incumbent chief operating officer as this decision was taken at the board meeting of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation.
When he joined Amul, in the March of 1982, their turnover was more than ₹121 crore and about 12 lakh liters of milk was produced. Amul is one of the biggest food companies in India as of India based on the values of the founders of the company.