Rama Prasad Goenka (1 March 1930 – 14 April 2013) was the founder and chairman Emeritus of the RPG Group, a multi-sector Indian industrial conglomerate. Born in 1930, he was the eldest son of Keshav Prasad Goenka and grandson of Badridas Goenka, the first Indian to be appointed Chairman of the Imperial Bank of India (now the State Bank of India). His two younger brothers were Jagdish Prasad and Gouri Prasad. On Keshav Prasad Goenka's death, his businesses were split between the three brothers. Rama Prasad Goenka (better known as RP Goenka), established RPG Enterprises in 1979.[1][2]
He attended Presidency College of University of Calcutta in his home town of Kolkata and Harvard University in the United States. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, or upper house, of the Indian Parliament.[3] Goenka was the chairman of the Board of Governors of International Management Institute[4]