Pearl Tiwari

Designation: Director and CEO - Ambuja Cement Foundation

  • Ms. Tiwari is the Director and CEO of Ambuja Cement Foundation. With 37 years of experience in the development sector, Ms. Tiwari is a social development professional having worked in this area across diverse academic, NGO and CSR roles. A post-graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), she completed the Executive Education course in CSR from the Harvard Business School in 2008 and the Management Programme in Sustainability from Stockholm, Sweden in 2010. Pearl joined Ambuja in 2000 and ever since has been at the helm of nurturing Ambuja Cement Foundation that has expanded from a fledging team to nearly 1500 development professionals it now boasts of today, with a pan-India presence active in 54 districts across 12 states. Ambuja Foundation has been recognised widely, and the recent years has seen a slew of national awards for CSR, water management, women empowerment and skill training bestowed by different chambers of commerce and other organisations of repute.