Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva

President for Global Division Monomers,

BASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm. V., Waterloo at BASF

President, South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand (effective July 1, 2018)

Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva was born in India 1968. In 1996 he earned a Ph.D. in Organic Synthesis, Photo & Electro Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He was a research chemist in Polymer Dispersions Laboratory in BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany when he joined BASF.

2019   President for Global Division Monomers, BASF Belgium Coordination Center Comm. V., Waterloo at BASF
2018   President, South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong
2013   Senior Vice President, BASF Monomers, Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong
2012   Senior Vice President, BASF Polyurethanes, Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong
2008   Vice President, BASF Coatings Solutions, Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong
2005   Chief Executive, BASF Coatings (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India
2002   All India Sales Manager for Functional Polymers, Mumbai, India
2000   Product Manager, BASF India Limited, Mumbai India
1999   Product Development Manager, Adhesives & Construction Marketing Division, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1998   Deputy Plant Manager for Polymer Dispersions Plant, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1996   Joined BASF as a Research Chemist at Polymer Dispersions Laboratory, Ludwigshafen, Germany