About Paul Pothen
Lived 1916 – 2004 (aged 88). Paul Pothen was an Indian businessperson.
Paul Pothen (1916-2004) was an Indian industrialist and one of the pioneers of fertilizer industry in India. He was the founding managing director of three large scale fertilizer manufacturing firms in India. Christian family on 8 January 1916 at Nedumangad, in the Thiruvananthapuram district and graduated from the University of Madras in 1935, after which he secured his graduation in civil engineering from the University of Mysore in 1940.
The Government of India awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1977. He died on 3 August 2004 at the age of 88, succumbing to old age illnesses at Amrita Hospital in Kochi.
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Indian industrialist
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Paul Pothen was born on 8 January 1916 in Kerala.
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Paul Pothen died on 3 August 2004.
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Paul Pothen was a businessperson.
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