The Technologists
Behind 38 Years
of Process Firsts.
Two principals. Direct access at every level of engagement. Process IP decisions made by the technologist who invented the processes. Commercial decisions made by the CEO who ran the licensee operations.
All process technologies referenced are owned by Paragon Greentech.
Mr. Ashok Mahindru
Founder & Chief Technologist, Paragon Greentech · Managing Trustee, Mahindru Foundation"The only technologist in the world to have developed his own proprietary sulphonation technology."
A tireless, innovation-driven, socially responsible entrepreneur, technocrat and environmentalist. The foundation on which Paragon's entire deployed IP base rests — four process firsts between 1983 and 2014, each documented, attributed, and commercially deployed.
Four process firsts
| 1983 | LABSA at 90% active matter |
| 1987 | LABSA without Oleum — NDOM down, yield 1.47 |
| 2000 | Indigenous gas-route sulphonation, deployed commercially |
| 2014 | 100% SO₃ pure-oxygen route |
Industry affiliations
- Founding Member & President — All India Detergent Manufacturers' Association
- President — Oil Technologists' Association of India
- Member — American Oil Chemists' Society
- Detergent Development Board, Government of India
- ISI / BIS Committee
Managing Trustee — Mahindru Foundation, providing free eye care, with over 1.5 million patients served and 1,200+ cornea donations facilitated through the Y.P. Mahindru Niramaya Eye Bank.
Mr. Ashutossh Mahindru
Chief Executive Officer, Paragon Greentech · MBA — London Business SchoolFourth generation of his family in business and the operating leader of Paragon Greentech. MBA from London Business School. Operating responsibility for Paragon's licensing pipeline, LSTK execution, R&D pipeline programmes, and capital-partner relationships.
Career arc
Early-stage technology ventures: radio broadcasting infrastructure, satellite news gathering, IT consulting.
MBA — London Business School.
Surfactants and Fabric & Home Care operations. During tenure, the licensee operating company maintained the lead sulphonation supply position with Hindustan Unilever, grew to become the largest sulphonation partner in India for Procter & Gamble, added SC Johnson, Reckitt Benckiser, Dow Corning and PZ Cussons accounts, and increased export turnover from 5% to 15% of group revenues.
Operating responsibility for Paragon's licensing pipeline, LSTK execution, R&D pipeline programmes, capital-partner relationships.
All process technologies referenced are owned by Paragon Greentech.