Devdas Baliga: Coca-Cola India

Devdas Baliga, Vice President – Legal

Known facts

Devdas Baliga is Vice President - Legal at Coca-Cola India & South West Asia.
With a career spanning over two decades, he has worked across a diverse set of industries including Gillette India and South Asia, The Times of India Group, National Stock Exchange of India and SRF Limited.
Prior to joining Coca-Cola, he was the Head of Legal and Company Secretary for the Gillette India and South Asia business of Procter & Gamble and was instrumental in setting up a number of Greenfield ventures.
A qualified lawyer from the University of Delhi, Devdas also holds a Post Graduate diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College, London.
He is currently a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
As Vice President – Legal for Coca-Cola India & South West Asia, Devdas oversees and provides legal counsel to the business unit across a wide range of subjects including corporate, regulatory, environment and governance & compliance related issues.

Apart from providing strategic legal counsel, Devdas is also an expert in whipping up delectable Italian cuisine.
Happiness for him lies in the simple things of life like cutting a cake in the shape of the Coca-Cola contour bottle or losing himself to the serenity of nature while trekking.
An artist at heart, the paintbrush is his medium of choice for storytelling, while tuning into old Hindi music is his preferred way to relax and unwind.
When not engrossed with work, he likes to spend his Friday evenings sipping a Coke with lots of ice and a slice of lemon while watching an action or science fiction movie.