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	Aditya Birla \| media \| press reports \| Kumar Birla on world stage
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Rs 27,000 crore AV Birla group, is scaling up his international operations, which contribute a third to his topline in the new financial year.
		Last year, it is believed, the AV Birla group spent Rs 1,500 crore as capital expenditure for expansion and acquisitions.
		Kumar Birla, always loathe to discuss future plans, said, "The year that has gone by has been a watershed year for the group because in this year we have seen the last of the major restructuring initiatives that we need to undertake."
	www.adityabirla.com /media/press_reports/20040401_world_stage.htm (358 words)

	Aditya Birla Group \| Our Group \| Kumar Mangalam Birla profile
		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.
		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".
		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.
	www.adityabirla.com /the_group/km_birla_profile.htm (1099 words)

	CFO Asia -- February 2003 -- Cover story -- Talking on the World
		Birla Group is being challenged by global competition, intensifying in India's opening market, and the young tycoon, five years Sinha's junior, needs a CFO with the 'tude of an investment banker to chart a different course for the company.
		Kumar Birla was listed as the 200th richest man in the world, with US$2.1 billion of personal wealth, on the Forbes list of billionaires in March 2002.
		Kumar's grandfather Ghansyam Das Birla, developed a system of accountability based on partha, in which each company in the group had to draw up a series of informed estimates of how much it should cost to manufacture a particular volume of production, sell it and meet a profit target based on this estimate.
	www.cfoasia.com /archives/200302-01.htm (3700 words)

	Print Article - What the quota panel told the government
		In question is a will left behind by Priyamvada Birla, the chief of the Madhav Prasad Birla group, which bequeaths all of her Rs.50 billion ($1.09 billion) group to a trusted aide and group's co-chairman Rajendra S. Lodha, who is unrelated to the family.
		But, sources said the Birlas might wait for the Lodha to make the first move because he would now have to probate the will, or seek the court's authentication of it, when Birla scions would be called upon for their views.
		Also, lawyers for the Birlas could argue that the ownership issue of their companies was not clear because there were cross-holdings and the companies were considered separate entities so far as their management was concerned.
	www.siliconindia.com /print_article.php?24872 (493 words)

	"Bharti-Walmart doesn't scare us": Kumar Birla
		Birla said, retail is a local business and I believe we have the ability of developing our own supply chain and making sure that it extends back to the farmers and provides an alluring proposition to our customers.
		Birla: We have looked at competencies where you don't have talent available in the country for obvious reasons because there has not been need for those competencies in the past.
		Birla: No, like I said, across sectors where you have foreign competition, its going to be the same thing here and we are looking at providing the consumer with a world-class benchmark experience, so I don't think Bharti-Wal-Mart should scare us at all.
	www.rediff.com /money/2007/may/28kumarbirla.htm (1012 words)

	Kumar Birla to get Kesoram Industries
		According to a will made by BK Birla in July 2004, a company would be inherited by the person who was in charge of it and overseeing its day-to-day affairs.
		Birla said Kumar Mangalam would like him to continue to serve as chairman of these companies, as long as he was active.
		BK Birla had earlier told Business Standard that Kumar Mangalam Birla would also inherit nearly 15 charitable trusts that run 16 schools and educational institutes across the country and the Birla Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata.
	www.rediff.com /money/2007/jun/28birla.htm (544 words)

	Birla - Encyclopedia.com
		The best known member of the family was Ghanshyam Das Birla, who became Mahatma GANDHI's principal financial backer, paying most of the cost of the ashram (retreat), the Harijan organizations, the peasant uplift campaign, and the national language movement, as well as supporting many other Gandhian welfare projects.
		It was at Birla House, New Delhi, that Gandhi was killed.
		Birla Sun Life files requisition for registration application for life insurance.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O48-Birla.html (412 words)

	G. Birla: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Birla's summary was automatically generated using 2 references found on the Internet.
		Ghanshamdas Birla is one of the pioneers of Indian industrialisation.
		D Birla who succeeded in weaning away the congress from the path of struggle after the collapse of the 1930 and 1932 movements.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/birla_g._33202615.aspx (841 words)

	Leading People The Kumar Birla Way
		The thick red carpet, the white upholstered sofas, the portraits of the 2 Birla giants-the late GD and RD-a couple of Gandhi-capped bearers, and, of course, the quietness.
		Moreover, Kumar Birla is coming to grips with issues that are in sharp contrast to those his father faced.
		Soon after he took over, Kumar Birla says he got the feeling that there were pockets in the Group where people were discouraged from showing their real feelings about the status quo; they were expected to toe the line.
	www.india-today.com /btoday/19991007/leader.html (4094 words)

	Business World - Cover story (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kumar Mangalam's team may prefer a "corporate solution" to the situation: it may prefer the cement and textiles divisions be hived off from Century and sold to Grasim and Indian Rayon, rather than a straight inheritance, because that could possibly iron out family cross-holding complications.
		Kumar Mangalam's ambition, he tells Businessworld, is to be Number 1 or Number 2 in the industries he is in.
		Sudarshan Birla and his son Siddharth Birla are up and running, but are far from the number one spot in their industries.
	www.businessworld.in /archive/990830/cover.htm (2342 words)

	Businessworld: Kumar's big bets (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Birla had spent a better part of his time trying to untangle his existing jumble of businesses and driving operational efficiency.
		In the last eight years, Birla has consciously shifted the focus of his overall portfolio from predominantly fibre-based businesses to one that is now driven by non-ferrous metals.
		In the Utkal project, where the Birlas have a 55 per cent stake along with Alcan, the plan is to have a 1.5-million tonne alumina plant.
	www.businessworld.in /sep2704/coverstory01.asp (3697 words)

	Sarala Birla Academy \| About SBA
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group, a US $12 billion corporation, and his wife, Neerja Birla.
		The Aditya Birla Group believes that a sound education is essential for the progress of the country.
		The Aditya Birla Scholarship programme is not just about academic excellence; aspiring scholars are evaluated on holistic parameters that take on board their extra-curricular activities, leadership qualities, values, vision and their dreams.
	www.saralabirlaacademy.org /sba/about_sba.htm (780 words)

	The Hindu : Business : Citibank, others in race to finance Birla deal
		Birla said although in 1986, the assets of India's first corporate family were redistributed, the crossholding at PIIC was pending.
		Birla and his grandson, Kumar Mangalam would increase to about 51 per cent from 22 per cent held earlier.
		Birla refuted any links between this consolidation exercise and the ongoing battle with their once-trusted friend Rajendra Singh Lodha over the assets of late widow of M. Birla.
	www.hindu.com /2005/08/09/stories/2005080904171700.htm (339 words)

	Kellogg in the Media, Fortune International, October 31, 2005, Kellogg School of Management
		Kumar Mangalam Birla was 28 when he inherited custody of his family's multibillion-dollar business empire.
		Soft-spoken, almost shy, Kumar was fresh out of London Business School with barely two years experience as a middle manager in the cement business.cement, But when Aditya died of prostate cancer in 1995, few knew what to expect from his son.
		Kumar Birla's great-grandfather was inspired as much by his determination to smash iniquitous British trade cartels as by his desire for financial gain.
	www.kellogg.northwestern.edu /news/hits/051031fi.htm (1400 words)

	Moneycontrol India :: News :: Story of one of India's prominent business families :: :: Book Review :: Basant Kumar ...
		BK Birla was a little worried about whether her background would allow her to blend in very easily with the more conservative Birla family.
		GD Birla was a cautious businessman; his son Basant Kumar a risk-taker, Aditya Birla's zeal to go global was much ahead of his time and Kumar Manglam Birla has consolidated and reformed a sprawling empire.
		Kumar Mangalam Birla explains, "Management styles have a context to them and times has changed a lot since my grandfather’s time, when he first came into work, as also from my father’s time when he started working right up to the time that he passed away.
	www.moneycontrol.com /india/news/management/basantkumarbirlabook/storyoneindiasp/market/stocks/article/267930 (1912 words)

	Birla Blues - The late Priyamvada Birla's Will, R S Lodha, MP Birla timeline
		Kumar Managalam Birla said it was a delicate matter involving the Birla family and handed the chair to director BD Desai who tabled the proposal.
		Birla Corporation will move an ordinary resolution seeking permission of the shareholders so that the ‘vacancy caused by the demise of Priyamvada be not filled up at present’, according to the company’s notice for the annual general meeting.
		Gajanan is grandfather of Yashvardhan Birla, one of the caveators.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /birla_will.asp (6991 words)

	My Way - News
		Basant Kumar Birla, patriarch of the Birla family, said on Wednesday the family was stunned to learn that his cousin's widow had willed her inherited business empire and real estate to her chartered accountant, Rajendra S. Lodha.
		Her husband, Madhav Prasad Birla, died in 1990 leaving her businesses that ranged from chemicals and optic fiber cables to schools and hospitals.
		If the will is executed, it will be the first time the assets of the Birla family -- many of whom count among the who's who of corporate India -- will go outside the family.
	news.myway.com /odd/article/id/183899\|oddlyenough\|07-14-2004::10:52\|reuters.html (259 words)

	Aditya Birla \| media \| features \| The Aditya Birla Group - In perspective
		Moving on to the other metal in the Group's stable, it is commendable that Birla Copper has attained a leadership status -- commanding a market share of over 45 per cent -- within a short span of three years from its first commissioning.
		Although the sale of the group companies' equity stakes in MRPL will have a one-time impact on their profits, the exit from MRPL indicates our firm resolve to rationalise the Group's portfolio of businesses with a view on the future, and also bears testimony of our commitment to a key group of stakeholders: our lenders.
		Birla Sun Life is perceived as a leading quality market player recognised for its superior service levels, and we consider this as a core business with immense growth potential in the years ahead.
	www.adityabirla.com /media/features/group_perspective.htm (1003 words)

	Kumarmanglam Interview With India Today
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman Aditya Vikram Birla Group.
		Niranjan Nath Misra: Sir, Sri G D Birla was in the habit of building temples popularly known as the Birla Mandir.
		K K Verma: Dear Mr K M Birla, I am glad to see Ajay Puri, a kid of 3 years, son of an employee of your textiles unit at Bangkok, in the lap of the President of USA for his excellent performance in the field of computer science.
	www.bridge-india.org /hindalco/interview.htm (4734 words)

	Aditya Birla Group \| Media \| Features \| Aditya Birla Group is Hewitt Best Employer 2007
		Maybe you would like to take a crash course on branding, run a marathon or even go deep into the hinterland to manage a water conservation project, or probably do all of these while working quietly on a global acquisition.
		Strong orientation to continuous personal and professional growth, challenging canvas, feeling of ownership, values driven work culture, quality of life, are just some of the elements that have catapulted the Group to be the top employer in 2007.
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group, “The broad philosophy of our company as an employer is to empower and to enrich and as part of that there are a couple of things.
	www.adityabirla.com /media/features/hewitt_best_employer_2007.htm (479 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		The Birlas were quick to quell speculation about the growing frostiness in the relations with the Tatas.
		Birla sources said Kumar Birla — who had joined the Tata Steel board in 2001 — had onerous responsibilities after being persuaded by grandfather Basant Kumar Birla, 86, to come on board as an additional director in Century Textiles in February.
		Tata patriarch JRD Tata and Kumar’s great grandfather GD Birla were the architects of the famous Bombay Plan in 1944 that spelt out a framework for India’s transition from agrarian feudalism to industrial capitalism with a humane face.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060817/asp/frontpage/story_6620134.asp (495 words)

	Birla’s fortunes to go to `outsider’ - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Birlas may contest Priyamvada Birla’s will in which she has bequeathed all of the Madhav Prasad Birla group's assets, estimated to be around Rs 5,000 crore, to a non-Birla - a Kolkata-based chartered accountant Rajan S Lodha.
		Yashovardhan Birla, the chairman of the Yash Birla Group, is the grand nephew of Madhav Prasad and Priyamvada.
		Ghanshyam Das Birla, the second son of Baldeo Das Birla, was, apart from being an industrialist, a close associate of the Congress party in the pre-independence period.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/july142004/n16.asp (578 words)

	Sarala Birla Academy
		The Sarala Birla Academy is a premier boarding school for boys in Bangalore.
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, The Aditya Birla Group and his wife, Mrs.
		Neerja Birla, the Academy is committed to provide wholesome and quality education.
	www.saralabirlaacademy.org (148 words)

	Aditya Birla Group \| Careers
		The Group's joint venture (JV) concern, Birla Sun Life Insurance Co Ltd, was ranked ninth in the same study.
		Driving the growth of the Aditya Birla Group are 100,000 committed employees, spread over 20 countries across the globe.
		Our human resource policies have won recognition and the Group was ranked number one in India and among the best in Asia by Hewitt in their Best Employers Survey 2007
	www.adityabirla.com /careers/overview.htm (300 words)

	New order: Kumar Birla to lead Century Textiles-Garments / Textiles-Cons. Products-News By Industry-News-The Economic ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kumar Mangalam Birla, 38, who was inducted on the board of Century Textiles as an additional director on February 7, is expected to chair the AGM of the Rs 2,500 crore company.
		The Aditya Birla group may have a larger stock of fresh blood, but Century managers have worked all their lives in the familiar confines of old Marwari tradition.
		Few would recall that Century Textiles was actually acquired by Birlas, when in 1945, RD Birla, BK Birla's uncle, started acquiring shares of The Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd and became the chairman of the company in 1951.
	economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1480835.cms (703 words)

	Kumar Birla: Miscellaneous
		In the caveats, the four Birlas have sought to be included in any hearing of Lodha’s probate application to have Priyamvada Birla’s will authenticated in court.
		When Birla joined the company, he worked with managers who were nearly thrice his age.
		Birla spent quite a lot of time to change this.
	www.lycos.com /info/kumar-birla--miscellaneous.html (356 words)

	Kumar Birla (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Utkal project, where the Birlas have a 55 per cent stake along with Alcan, the plan is to have a 1.5-million tonne alumina plant.
		Now, the problems seem to have been sorted out and the Birlas should be awarded the mining lease shortly.
		Having cleaned up the portfolio, Birla has now narrowed down his big bets to just two sectors: metals (copper and aluminium) and cement.
	www.lycos.com /info/kumar-birla.html (256 words)

	Aditya Birla Nuvo \| Media \| Press releases \| "An IDEA whose time has come"
		Idea Cellular, an Aditya Birla Group Company, which is amongst the leading mobile operators in India, listed on the bourses today.
		We are particularly happy by the number of applications from our employees — which is a reinforcement of their commitment to our Group.
		Needless to say, Idea Cellular is central to the Aditya Birla Group's plans and we will be providing unflinching support to it.
	www.adityabirlanuvo.net /media/press_releases/200703mar/idea_whose_time.htm (707 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Qatar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Birla said a top priority of BET was to expand the Birla Public School (BPS) in Doha which it had set up in association with some prominent Indians in Qatar in April, 2004.
		Birla, a prominent Indian industrialist and philanthropist, is in Doha with his wife Dr Sarala Birla at the invitation of the promoters of Birla Public School.
		Birla Public School chairman Dr Mohan Thomas and governing council members C V Rappai, Lukose Chacko and Komal Shahani, director (finance) Aarti Oberoi and principal A K Srivastava received the couple at the school on Thursday.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=120428&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 (795 words)

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