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Pramod Narayan Karlekar

Active Director Director DIN 01776461
DIN 01776461 First appointment Sep 2007 Primary industry Agriculture
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Current companies 9 active board seats
Past companies 4 historical roles
Total affiliations 13 Since Sep 2007
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About Pramod Narayan Karlekar

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Pramod Narayan Karlekar is a Director at Best Agrolife Limited (since 2025), Managing Director at Best Crop Science Private Limited (since 2022) and Director at Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private Limited (since 2018), and holds 6 more current directorships. The companies operate in Agriculture and Chemicals and Materials. The 4 current companies with reported revenue have a combined latest revenue of ₹2,775 Cr; the largest is Best Agrolife Limited at ₹1,819 Cr (FY 2025). Earlier, Pramod Narayan Karlekar was a Managing Director at Cheminova India Limited (2008–2017) and Additional Director at Deepak Novochem Technologies Limited (2007–2008) and 2 more.

DIN 01776461
Primary Designation Director
Industry Agriculture
First Appointment 14 Sep 2007
Oldest Company Age 56 yrs
Largest company Best Agrolife Limited · ₹1,819 Cr (FY 2025)
Combined revenue ₹2,775 Cr across 4 companies

Current companies

CompanyDesignationAppointmentFoundedRevenueStatus
Best Agrolife Limited L74110DL1992PLC116773
Director02 Jul 20251992₹1,819 Cr (FY 2025)Active
Best Crop Science Private Limited U24299DL2021PTC385735
Managing Director22 Jul 20222021₹572 Cr (FY 2023)Active
Director21 Jun 20182018₹378 Cr (FY 2025)Active
Crop Care Federation Of India U24211DL1970NPL005200
Director30 Sep 20191970₹5.83 Cr (FY 2023)Active
Sfc India Private Limited U24290MH2020PTC348265
Director20 Oct 20202020Active
Sfc Corporation Private Limited U24232MH2020PTC348176
Director19 Oct 20202020Active
Sfc Global Private Limited U24290MH2020PTC348038
Director16 Oct 20202020Active
Kie Agro Solutions Private Limited U24299MH2018PTC311937
Director16 Jul 20182018Active

Previous companies

CompanyDesignationAppointmentFoundedRevenueStatus
Cheminova India Limited U24100MH1986PLC038627
Managing Director04 Jun 20081986₹1,206 Cr (FY 2025)Active
Deepak Novochem Technologies Limited U24100GJ2007PLC101165
Additional Director14 Sep 20072007₹503 Cr (FY 2025)Active
Croplife India U91110DL1980GAP216937
Director31 Mar 20161980₹4.98 Cr (FY 2025)Active
Fmc India Private Limited U02429MH2000PTC324443
Director16 Oct 20152000₹3,279 Cr (FY 2023)Active

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Board colleagues of Pramod Narayan Karlekar

NameDINCompanyDesignation
Aarti AroraBest Agrolife LimitedCompany Secretary
Braj Kishore Prasad01603310Best Agrolife LimitedDirector
Chetna08981045Best Agrolife Limited , Best Crop Science Private Limited and 1 moreDirector
Isha Luthra07283137Best Agrolife LimitedWhole-Time Director
Surendra Sai Nallamalli08837064Best Agrolife LimitedWhole-Time Director
Vikas Sohanlal JainBest Agrolife LimitedCfo
Vimal Kumar01260082Best Agrolife Limited , Best Crop Science Private LimitedManaging Director
Gaurav Sharma06531102Best Crop Science Private LimitedWhole-Time Director
Ajit Inamdar00895784Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private Limited , Sfc India Private Limited and 4 moreWhole-Time Director
Ganesh Keshavrao Gawade05162346Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private LimitedDirector
Satish Kumar02539032Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private LimitedWhole-Time Director
Anand Jha11381593Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Anil Jagdishchandra Kakkar01424309Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Deepak Pranjivandas Shah00864335Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Dinesh Amrutlal Prajapati08387527Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Kailashnath Hridainarain Singh02582917Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Kamlesh Kumar Gupta00079536Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Ombeer Singh Tyagi09378292Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Pradeep Narayana Ghattu09378363Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Raghuram Kanyan Shetty00038703Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Rajesh Aggarwal00576872Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Rajivkumar Madhusudan Pandit00207540Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Shivraj Anand05269953Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Surinder Kumar Chaudhary00263756Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector
Venkat Sai08976504Crop Care Federation Of IndiaDirector

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Sfc Corporation Private Limited
Sfc Global Private Limited
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Pramod Narayan Karlekar currently holds 9 directorships: Best Agrolife Limited (Director, since 02 Jul 2025, revenue ₹1,819 Cr (FY 2025)); Best Crop Science Private Limited (Managing Director, since 22 Jul 2022, revenue ₹572 Cr (FY 2023)); Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private Limited (Director, since 21 Jun 2018, revenue ₹378 Cr (FY 2025)); Crop Care Federation Of India (Director, since 30 Sep 2019, revenue ₹5.83 Cr (FY 2023)); Sfc India Private Limited (Director, since 20 Oct 2020); and 4 more.

Pramod Narayan Karlekar was first appointed on 14 Sep 2007 as Additional Director at Deepak Novochem Technologies Limited. The most recent appointment on record is 02 Jul 2025 at Best Agrolife Limited.

The 4 current companies of Pramod Narayan Karlekar that report revenue have a combined latest revenue of ₹2,775 Cr: Best Agrolife Limited ₹1,819 Cr (FY 2025); Best Crop Science Private Limited ₹572 Cr (FY 2023); Sudarshan Farm Chemicals India Private Limited ₹378 Cr (FY 2025); Crop Care Federation Of India ₹5.83 Cr (FY 2023).

Pramod Narayan Karlekar held 4 earlier board appointments: Cheminova India Limited (Managing Director, 04 Jun 2008 to 31 Aug 2017); Deepak Novochem Technologies Limited (Additional Director, 14 Sep 2007 to 22 Jul 2008); Croplife India (Director, 31 Mar 2016 to 31 Aug 2017); Fmc India Private Limited (Director, 16 Oct 2015 to 31 Aug 2017).

The current boards of Pramod Narayan Karlekar's companies include Aarti Arora (Best Agrolife Limited), Braj Kishore Prasad (Best Agrolife Limited), Chetna (Best Agrolife Limited), Isha Luthra (Best Agrolife Limited), Surendra Sai Nallamalli (Best Agrolife Limited), Vikas Sohanlal Jain (Best Agrolife Limited), among others.

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