Mr.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Chairman of Aditya Birla Group

Profile
Kumar Mangalam Birla, born on June 14, 1967 at

Kolkata. He is chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of India's largest business groups. Some of the AV Birla group's companies are: Grasim, Hindalco, UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Nuvo and Idea Cellular. He took over as chairman of the group in 1995, at the age of 28, after the sudden demise of his father, Aditya Birla.

 He is the Chairman of the US $40 billion multinational

Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 36 countries across six continents. Over 53 per cent of its revenues flow from its operations outside India. He has made 22 acquisitions in 17 years in India and globally, the highest by an Indian multinational in India.

Contributions in various regulatory Bodies

He is a Director on the Central Board of Directors of

the Reserve Bank of India.

Mr. Birla also served as Chairman of SEBI's

committee on insider trading, which formulated corporate governance principles for Indian corporates.

Contribution in the field of education

He is the Chancellor of the renowned Birla Institute

of Technology & Science (BITS), with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. He is a Director of the G. D. Birla Medical Research & Education Foundation.

Future Plans
The initial target is to take the group to $65 billion by

2015. The group is typically focusing on acquiring mining or copper assets abroad, in the mere future. They are looking at acquiring solar assets.