Anurag Choudhary is the Chairman and Managing Director of Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd, one-of-its-kind vertically integrated speciality corporation globally with extensive value chain in carbon chemistry. He co-founded Himadri in 1990. Under his leadership, the Company has become market leader and a significant player in all its product segments like coal tar pitch, carbon black, speciality carbon black, naphthalene, refined naphthalene, construction chemicals etc. He has a firm belief that true value stems from innovation and has built a team with very strong R&D capabilities and global expertise which powers its growth through innovations in products, processes and technology. He strongly backs the transformational opportunity in electric vehicles and electric storage space and is pioneering the development of lithium-ion battery materials in India. Himadri is in process of creating a raw material hub for lithium-ion cell manufacturing to power global battery production.