The main promoter of DD & Associates Group Cdr. Dipak D Naik (Retd.) took voluntary retirement from Indian Navy in September 1994 after 24 years of service. Post retirement, he established two proprietary consultancy concerns namely DD & Associates Environmental Consultancy and DD & Associates Training Solutions (DDATS).
DD & Associates Environmental Consultancy is recognised by the Ministry of Environment & Forestry (MOEF), Government of India; International Commission of Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), National Water Development Agency and Central Water Commision, as leading consultants on environmental aspects of water resources project. DDATS had Ford Motors India as their first client in 1997 and there after a series of automobile manufacturers have been utilising the services of DDATS for training of their dealershippersonnel and implementation of correct operating procedures
