Gaurav Dalmia is a member of a leading industrial family in India, with substantial business interests mostly in India, UK and USA. The Dalmia Group has interests in cement, industrial ceramics, chemicals, real estate, information technology, investments, engineering and trading. Mr Dalmia is a prominent private equity investor through his investment vehicle First Capital. He has been involved in investments in more than fifty companies, mostly in India, some in the US, covering most industries like technology, entertainment, engineering, infrastructure, speciality chemicals, agro-products, apparel and consumer products. Mr Dalmia co-founded Infinity, a leading Indian technology venture capital firm. He is an early investor in and a member of the Investment Committee of GW Capital India, a general Indian private equity fund started by Gary Wendt, former CEO of GE Capital. He is the founder and Chairman of Landmark Holdings. Mr. Dalmia sits on the Boards of various companies and investment vehicles in India, Europe and the US. He was selected by the World Economic Forum as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” for the year 2000. He has a B.S in Computer Science from Salford University in the UK (Ranked 1 in 200) and an MBA from Columbia Business School (top 5% of class).