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Birla on a 1984 stamp of India The statue of Ghanshyam Das Birla at Golders Green Crematorium. Envisioning infrastructural development in his hometown, Birla founded the Birla Engineering College (rechristened as Birla Institute of Technology and Science in 1964) in Pilani and the Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences in Bhiwani among other educational institutions in 1943.
GD Birla's both wives died early because of tuberculosis (He remarried after the death of his first wife), a common affliction at that time. The families of his brothers Brij Mohan and Rameshwar Das Birla helped in raising his children. When Yash Birla's parents died in a plane crash, Priyamvada Birla, ("Badi Ma") helped take care of him. [31]
The Aditya Birla Group operates across 36 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. [12] Metal: Hindalco founded in 1958. Four years later, GD Birla set up India's first integrated aluminium facility at Renukoot. In 2007, Hindalco acquired Atlanta-based aluminum manufacturer Novelis Inc. for $6 billion. [47]
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research is an award instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation in honour of the Indian philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla.The award is given to an outstanding scientific research, mostly during the past 5 years, undertaken by an Indian scientist, who is below the age of 50, living and working in India.
Birla Corporation Limited is an Indian-based company of the M.P Birla Group, founded by Ghanshyam Das Birla in the late 1910s and carried on by Madhav Prasad Birla. In the 1890s, Birla Corporation was a jute manufacturing company, but over time, it grew to operate four main divisions: cement, jute, linoleum, and auto trim. [ 1 ]
Aditya Vikram Birla (14 November 1943 – 1 October 1995) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. Born into one of the largest business families of India, he oversaw the diversification of his group into textiles, petrochemicals and telecommunications.
Established in 1927, [6] on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by Indian businessman G.D. Birla and Purshottamdas Thakurdas. It is the largest, one of the oldest and the apex business organisation in India. [1] It is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation.
Ganga Prasad Birla (2 August 1922 – 5 March 2010), born in Banaras [1] was an Indian industrialist. Ganga Prasad Birla belonged to Maheshwari Marwari Community from Rajasthan . Early life