Company overview
- Sector
- Industrial, Machinery & Engineering
- Sub-sector
- Chemicals
- Mandate (derived)
- Technology & Engineering
- Parent headquarters
- Midland, Michigan, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $40,000,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 16,473
- India headcount
- Not disclosed
GCC locations
- Mumbai
- Chennai
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- ABAP
- AC500 PLC
- ACL
- AVEVA InTouch HMI
- AVEVA PDMS
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Step Functions
- Absorb LMS
- Act!
- Adconion
- Adelphic DSP
- Adobe
- Adobe CQ
Public leadership
Rahamtul Nadaph
Managing Director
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Research overview
Dow Inc. is a US-headquartered (Midland, Michigan) chemical materials science company with roughly 36,000 employees across ~160 countries and about $43B in 2024 revenue; Jim Fitterling is Chairman and CEO.
- India launch
- 1998
- Maturity
- Scaling / Established Center
Legal entity since 1998, dedicated 70,000 sq ft Technology Centre since 2018, separate Chennai Central Engineering function, locally-appointed CEO & Country President since Jan 2025, repeated Best Workplace recognitions 2023-2025.
Location rationale
Navi Mumbai hosts Dow India's corporate HQ and the Technology Centre, positioned within Mumbai's chemicals-and-manufacturing corridor near Taloja and Lote/Ratnagiri plants. Chennai (Porur) hosts Dow's Central Engineering hub, near the SIPCOT (Kanchipuram) manufacturing plant.
Timeline
- 1998
Dow Chemical International Private Limited incorporated in India (Mumbai).
- 2018-04-11
Dow India Technology Centre (DITC) - 70,000 sq ft R&D hub - inaugurated in Navi Mumbai, 70+ R&D specialists supporting six business divisions.
- 2024-09-26
Dow India announces Siddhartha Ghosal (previously Site Director, DITC) as incoming Country President, succeeding Chandrakant Nayak, effective Jan 1, 2025.
- 2025-01-01
Siddhartha Ghosal takes over as CEO & Country President of Dow India.
- 2025-07-23
Dow India recognized as Best Workplaces in Chemicals in India 2025.
Leadership context
Siddhartha Ghosal is CEO & Country President of Dow India (since Jan 1, 2025), 24+ years industry experience (17 at Dow), previously Site Director of the Dow India Technology Centre. MSc synthetic organic chemistry (Mumbai University), MBA HR (Jamnalal Bajaj Institute). On-file head 'Rahamtul Nadaph, Managing Director' could not be corroborated.
Real estate
Corporate Office: Mindspace IT Park, Airoli, Navi Mumbai. Dow India Technology Centre: Raheja District 2, MIDC, Juinagar, Navi Mumbai (~70,000 sq ft, opened 2018). Chennai Central Engineering hub: RMZ One Paramount, Porur, Chennai. Manufacturing: Taloja, Sunkuvarchatram (Chennai), Lote (Ratnagiri).
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- ~34 LinkedIn listings, ~136 Naukri Mumbai listings
- As of
- 2026-08-27
- Manufacturing & Engineering (campus pipeline, Chennai)
- Civil/process/site engineering (Chennai)
- R&D/application development (Navi Mumbai)
News and developments
Dow India recognized as Best Workplaces in Chemicals in India 2025
Ranked 58th among India's Best Companies To Work For; CEO Siddhartha Ghosal credited continuous learning and innovation culture.
2025-07-23 Indian Chemical News ↗
Dow India appoints Siddhartha Ghosal as new country president
Dow named Ghosal, a 17-year Dow veteran and outgoing Site Director of DITC, as Country President effective Jan 1, 2025, succeeding retiring Chandrakant Nayak.
2024-09-26 The Machinist ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.