Goa’s Chowgule Group splits into two following a family settlement January 14, 2021 bl26_think2_split deal.jpg× Padma V Chowgule, Chairperson and Managing Director of flagship company, Chowgule & Co, will get control of the mining, pellets, salt, ship-building and educational institutions of the Group The Chowgule Group, the 104-year-old Goa-based business conglomerate, has split into two following an “amicable” family settlement. Padma V Chowgule, Chairperson and Managing Director of the legacy flagship company, Chowgule & Co, will get control of the mining, pellets, salt, ship-building and educational institutions of the Group, which has 14 business units. Padma Chowgule, 65, is the youngest of founder Vishwasrao Chowgule’s five children.