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Aditya Vikram Birla (14 November 1943 – 1 October 1995) was an Indian industrialist. Born into one of the largest business families of India, he oversaw the diversification of his group into textiles, petrochemicals and telecommunications.
Mr. Ghanshyam Das Birla found no contradiction in pursuing business goals with the dedication of a saint, emerging as one of the foremost industrialists of pre-independence India. The principles by which he lived were soaked up by his grandson, Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla, the Group's legendary leader.
On 1 October 1995, he died after fighting cancer for last 2 years. For his notable work, once the Former Indian Prime Minister (then Finance Minister) Manmohan Singh quoted Mr Birla “among the best and brightest citizens of India.”
A visionary industrialist, Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla pionered India's foray into global markets. This section archives some of his speeches and tributes to him by prominent people.
Under Aditya Vikram Birla's leadership, the Group became a global leader in viscose staple fibre production, palm oil refining, insulators, and carbon black. His ambition for India's global industrial prominence inspired significant growth and innovation within the Group's various sectors.
Mr. Aditya Vikram Birla. Voice of a visionary. Leap years ahead. Share . Mr. Aditya Birla was an ardent advocate of professional management, which he equated with ‘good management’. To him, it was the key driver of ‘progress, prosperity and economic health’.
Aditya Vikram Birla (1943–1995), the grandson of G.D. Birla, grew the group's operations. At 24, Aditya Birla began establishing businesses abroad. In 1969, he founded 19 companies in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Egypt.
Oct 3, 1995 · Aditya Vikram Birla, the chairman of the $2.3-billion Birla Group and an advocate of expanding Indian economic activity abroad, died Sunday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of complications...
Aug 20, 2021 · New Delhi, ISSUE DATE: Aug 30, 2021 | UPDATED: Aug 21, 2021 03:58 IST. In the early 1990s, the Aditya Birla Group became the world’s #1 producer of viscose, ditto for palm oil, the third largest producer of insulators and the sixth largest producer of carbon black: all in all, it had 70 plants.
Oct 3, 1995 · Aditya Vikram Birla, the chairman of the $2.3-billion Birla Group and an advocate of expanding Indian economic activity abroad, died Sunday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore of...
