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Mr.
Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group
Mr.
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 and globally — Novelis,
Minacs, Aditya Birla Minerals, Aditya Birla Chemicals.
Its JV include Birla Sun Life (Financial Services).
While Mr. Birla is the Chairman of all of the
Group's blue-chip Companies in India, he serves
as Chairman/Director on the Board of the Group's
International Companies spanning Thailand, Indonesia,
Philippines and Egypt, USA and Canada. The Group's
operations extend to Canada, China, USA, U.K.,
Germany, Hungary, Australia, Laos, Brazil, Italy,
France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Malaysia and
Korea.
Additionally,
he is 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 "Honorary
Fellow" of the London Business School (LBS),
a title conferred upon him by the Governing Board
of the LBS.
Mr.
Birla has and continues to hold several key and
responsible positions on various regulatory and
professional Boards, viz.:
- Director
of the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve
Bank of India from 27 June 2006
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Chairman of the Staff Sub-Committee of the Central
Board of the Reserve Bank of India
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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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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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Inducted on the Economic Times Corporate Advisory
Board - 2006
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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 eleven 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 :
2007
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Was
honoured with the Asia Pacific Global HR Excellence
"Exemplary Leader" Award |
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Was
named "Global Indian Leader of the Year"
by NDTV Profit in their Business Leader Awards
category |
2006
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Awarded
the Rotary International District 3140's Excellence
Award. |
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Conferred the Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM,
Lucknow National Leadership Award - 2006,
Business Leader. |
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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. |
2005
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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 Business Today. |
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PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Udyog
Ratna. |
2004
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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 him the D.Litt (Honoris Causa) degree. |
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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. |
2003
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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". |
2002
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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". |
2001
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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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Hindustan
Times named Mr. Birla "The Businessman
of the Year". |
2000
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The Bombay Management Association honoured
Mr. Birla as "The Management Man of the
Year 1999-2000". |
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". |
1998
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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". |
The
media too have showered accolades on Mr. Birla.
Between 1997 to-date, India Today has named him
among the top 5 in their "High and Mighty"
Power List and The Economic Times - among the
top 10 most influential Leaders. 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 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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