Rajen A. Kilachand

Rajen Arvind Dev Kilachand is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and President of the Dodsal Group, a UAE-based conglomerate founded by his family.

Early life and education Kilachand is the son of Arvind Nandlal Dev Kilachand and Chandanben Arvind Dev Kilachand. The family was originally from Patan, Gujarat. After his father's death, he took over Dodsal, a British trading company founded in 1948 by the Nandlal Dev Kilachand family.

Kilachand holds a master's degree from the Boston University Questrom School of Business.

Career Rajen Kilachand is the chairman & President of the Dodsal Group. He is a trustee and a member of the Board of Management of the Bhatia General Hospital in Mumbai, India. He is also the trustee of the Shree Somnath Temple Trust in Gujarat, India.

He was the former director of Federal Mogul Goetz India Limited, (1997 until 2006), and sat on the board of directors of Pathfinder International.

Philanthropy Kilachand has contributed an endowment of US$25 million for the Arvind and Chandan Dev Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. The donation is one of the largest in the university's history. The College delivers a liberal arts curriculum with a focus on innovation.

He also supports various corporate and law and order initiatives, including the Asian Business Leadership Forum Awards, the India-UAE Knowledge Forum, the IPLOCA Conventions, the Arab Strategy Forum, the India-Arab World Business Summit and Police & the Union, UAE.