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Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group
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Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which is among
India's largest business houses. Among its major companies in India are Grasim,
Hindalco, UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Nuvo and Idea Cellular. Its JVs
include Birla Sun Life (Financial Services) and Birla NGK (Insulators). While
Mr. Birla is the Chairman of all of the Group's blue-chip companies in India,
he serves as a Director on the Board of the Group's International Companies
spanning Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Egypt. The Group's
operations extend to Canada, China, Laos, USA, U.K. and Australia as well.
Mr. Birla is also on the Board of the G.D.Birla Medical Research & Education
Foundation, and a Member of the Board of Governors of the Birla Institute of
Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani. He is a Member of the London Business
School's Asia Pacific Advisory Board, which provides counsel on the School's
strategy and curriculum. He is an "Honorary Fellow" of the London Business
School (LBS), a title conferred upon him by the Governing Board of the LBS.
Mr. Birla has held and continues to hold several key and responsible positions
on various regulatory and professional Boards, such as:
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Director of the Central
Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India from
27 June 2006 |
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Chairman of the Advisory
Committee constituted by the Ministry of Company Affairs
for 2006 and 2007 |
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Member of The Prime Minister
of India's Advisory Council on Trade and Industry |
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Chairman of the Board of
Trade reconstituted by the Union Minister of Commerce
and Industry |
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Chairman of the National
Safety Council |
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Member of The National Council
of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) |
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Member of the Apex Advisory
Council of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry
of India |
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On The Advisory Council
for the Centre for Corporate Governance |
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Member of the Organising
Committee for Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010 |
In the ten years that he has been at the helm of the Aditya Birla Group, he has
won recognition for his contribution to Industry and to professionalising
management. An indicative list is as follows :
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Represented India at the Ernst & Young World
Entrepreneur Award in Monte Carlo, Monaco in June 2006, where he was inducted
as a Member of the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Academy
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Awarded "The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the
Year —- India"
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Named "Young Super Performer in the CEO Category" by
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PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry — Udyog Ratna |
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Chosen by the World Economic Forum (Davos) as one of
the Young Global Leaders. In this capacity, Mr. Birla is committed to share his
knowledge, expertise and energy over the next five years to usher in a future
of "hope, progress and positive change"
Drawn from a pool of 8000 candidates from around the world, of whom 600 were
short listed and 237 finally named, the Young Global Leaders have been hand
picked by a Nomination Committee of 28 global media leaders
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In recognition of his exemplary contribution to
Indian business, The Banaras Hindu University awarded the D.Litt (Honoris
Causa) Degree to Mr. Birla
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To salute his entrepreneurial excellence and
exemplary contribution to Indian business, the All India Management Association
conferred its "Honorary Fellowship" on him
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Named "The Business Leader of the Year" by The
Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2002-2003 |
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Close on the heels of the Economic Times' "The
Business Leader of the Year" Award, he was selected Business India's "Business
Man of the Year — 2003". This is indeed historic, as no Chairman / CEO has ever
won both these prestigious awards in a single year
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The National Institute of Industrial Engineering's
(NITIE) "The Lakshya — Business Visionary Award"
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The Indo-American Society's "Young Achiever Award"
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"The 2003 Institute of Marketing and Management Award for Excellence".
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The Qimpro Foundation's "Qimpro Platinum Standard
Award"
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The Amity Business School Award for "Excellence in
Business"
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Ranked among the first five Asian business leaders
for the CNBC/INSEAD sponsored "Asian Business Leader Award 2002"
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The Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Business Excellence and
his contribution to the country" by the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress
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The National HRD Network (Pune) — "The Outstanding Business Man of the Year"
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The Giants International Award for "Business
Excellence and his contribution to the Industry"
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The Institute of Directors' "Golden Peacock National
Award for Business Leadership"
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The Rotary Club's "Award for Vocational Excellence"
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The Bombay Management Association honoured Mr. Birla
as "The Management Man of the Year 1999-2000"
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| 1999 |
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The Lions Clubs International's "The Achiever of the
Millennium"
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The Rotary Club of Ahmedabad's "The Legend of the
Corporate World"
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Mr. Birla was the first and only industrialist to
have been appointed as a public nominee on the Governing Board of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by the Finance Ministry. He
served as the Chairman of SEBI's 17-Member Committee on Corporate Governance
constituted in mid-1999, and as Chairman of SEBI's Committee on Insider Trading
The Kumar Mangalam Birla Report on Corporate Governance became the cornerstone
of Corporate Governance practices in India |
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Recipient of the Rotary Club's "Award for Vocational
Excellence"
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The media too have showered accolades on Mr. Birla. Between 1997 to-date, the
NDTV, Star Plus "India Business Week" designated him as "The Businessman of the
Year". Global Finance has cited him among the 10 Super Stars of Corporate
Finance. Business World ranked him among the top 10 of India's most admired and
respected CEOs and the top CEO of the coming millennium, and Hindustan Times
named him as "The Businessman of the Year" as well.
Born on June 14, 1967, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla was raised in Calcutta and
Mumbai. He is a Chartered Accountant and earned an MBA (Masters in Business
Administration) from the London Business School, London. Mr. Kumar Mangalam
Birla and his wife, Neerja have three children, Ananyashree, Aryaman Vikram and
Advaitesha.
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