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Balkrishan Goenka was born in 1966, into a Marwari family of food grain traders. [2] [3] [4]He was born and brought up in Hisar (city), and later moved to Delhi. [5]After completing his schooling, he joined his father's dal mill business at the age of 16 and later traveled to London to gain insights into trading.
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana is a 1997 documentary about the introduction of S. N. Goenka's 10-day Vipassana classes at Tihar Jail in 1993 by then Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi. Bedi had her guards trained in Vipassana first, and then she had Goenka give his initial class to 1,000 prisoners. [36]
In 2009, Welspun appointed B K Goenka as the Chairman and Managing Director. [17] In 2013, Welspun Corp. Ltd., a subsidiary of Welspun Group, divested its entire 39.88 percent stake in Leighton Welspun India for USD 99 million. [18]
'Goenka' is an Indian surname. People with the Goenka surname belong to Marwari Agrawal community and mostly have their roots in Rajasthan state of India. Earlier it was written and pronounced as Govindka, but later it got anglicised to Goenka. Notable people with the surname include: Anupriya Goenka (b. 1987), Indian actress; and model
Sanjiv Goenka (born 29 January 1961) [7] is an Indian billionaire Businessman. [8] He is the founder and chairman of RPSG Group and an early-stage investor. With a US$6 billion asset base and US$4.3 billion revenue, this multinational conglomerate is headquartered in Kolkata.
Pawan Kumar Goenka is an Indian businessman, and the retired Managing Director [1] of Mahindra & Mahindra, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai, and the chairman of SsangYong Motor Company in Korea. He is currently the Chairman of INSPACE, a part of India's Space Program. [2]
In 1967, the business suffered a series of losses, leaving the Goenka family at a net deficit of ₹ 600,000 (equivalent to ₹ 32 million or US$370,000 in 2023). Between 1967–68, the Goenkas' connections in the Food Corporation of India (FCI) helped the family secure not only a deal to supply it with polished pulses and cleaned barley but also a later contract for storage of food grains.
GD Goenka University is a private university [1] located in Sohna, Gurugram, Haryana, India. It was established in 2013 by the GD Goenka Group [2] through the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Act, 2013. The GD Goenka Group was founded by Shri A.K. Goenka. GD Goenka University is approved by University Grants Commission (UGC).