Narasimha Sastry Sridhara
Chemical Industry Specialist | Independent Director | Executive Leadership & Team Coach|ESG & Sustainability Advisor | Executive Coach | Advancing Holistic Industrial Leadership
GRASIM INDUSTRIES LIMITED ( ADITYA BIRLA GROUP)•India
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SRIDHARA NARASIMHA SASTRY Independent Director | Executive Coach (ICF) | Industrial Leader – Chemical Sector Certified Independent Director – IICA & KPMG | ACC & ACTC – ICF | Life Member – AIMA EXECUTIVE BIO Mr Sridhara Narasimha Sastry is a seasoned industrial leader and board-level professional with nearly four decades of experience in the chlor-alkali and chemical manufacturing industry. He brings deep expertise in operations, safety, governance, and strategic leadership, including over eight years of full P&L responsibility for large integrated manufacturing complexes. Throughout his career, he has led large-scale transformations in process safety, operational reliability, quality systems, and organisational culture. He embeds zero-harm safety philosophies and disciplined execution, consistently delivering sustainable performance improvements and strengthening compliance and governance frameworks. As a Certified Independent Director (IICA & KPMG), Mr Sastry would like to contribute effectively to board oversight across risk management, ESG, strategy, and organisational performance. He brings clarity, independence of thought, and a balanced, long-term perspective to board deliberations. In parallel, he is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified Executive and Team Coach (ACC, ACTC), specialising in leadership development and team effectiveness. His distinctive approach integrates contemporary coaching practices with insights from the Bhagavad Gita, enabling leaders to navigate complexity with resilience, ethical clarity, and purpose. He is pursuing independent directorships, governance advisory, and industrial consulting, while serving as an executive leader and Team coach. He also contributes as a speaker and thought leader on safety leadership, operational discipline, and values-based leadership.
Career Timeline
- Jul 2026–Present· 2 mos
- Independent DirectorCurrentJul 2026–Present
- 2019–Present· 7 yrs 8 mos
- PresidentCurrent2019–Present
- Jul 2022–Jul 2023· 1 yr
- President & Unit Head Grasim RenukootJul 2022–Jul 2023
- 2019–Jun 2026· 7 yrs 5 mos
- Head of Unit2019–Jun 2026
- Oct 2013–2019· 5 yrs 3 mos
- Vice PresidentJul 2017–2019
- AVP - CTECOct 2013–Aug 2017
Education
Doctor of Business Administration
Business Administration and Management, General
GlobalNxt UniversityGlobal Strategy
Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
Business Administration and Management, General
U21 Global universityMaster of Business Administration - MBA
Business Administration and Management, General
Global Nxt UniversityMaster’s Degree
Master of science
SV University Tirupathi