Patu Keswani (born February 9, 1959 in Lucknow) is the Chairman and Managing Director of Lemon Tree Hotels [1] .
Lemon Tree Hotels listed on the National Stock Exchange of India on 9 April 2018.
Lemon Tree Hotels has been presented the National Award by the President of India for ‘Best Employer of Persons with Disabilities’ in 2016 & 2011 and a third National Award in 2012 for being a ‘Role Model in providing a Barrier Free Environment to Persons with Disabilities’.
Keswani was previously the Chairman of the Skills Council for Persons With Disability (SCPwD) as well as a member of the University Grants Commission and the Board of Governors of IIT Delhi.
They also have 6 dogs: B.Eagle (a beagle), Mocha (a chocolate labrador), Toy and Poodle (both apricot coloured toy poodles) who live in New Delhi along with Duke (a white labrador) and Oreo (a French bull) who live in Dallas, Texas.
· Power List 2017, Patu Keswani, CMD, The Lemon Tree Hotel Company.
September 26, 2018 · Mint | Lemon Tree Hotels Plans To Go Public In The Next 18 Months | January 2016 · Business Standard | Despite Slowdown, There Is Enough Demand | December 2013 · Mint | Patu Keswani: Sitting On Cash, Looking To Buy | July 2012 · Forbes India | Lemon Tree Hotels' Audacious Plan | July 2012 · Forbes India | Act Tree, Scene One | November 2009 · The Economic Times | Patu Keswani, Entrepreneur By Chance | June 2011