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G. D. Birla Indian businessman

Ghanshyam Das Birla was a pioneering Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family.

The Birla family is a family connected with the industrial and social history of India.

Birla Corporation Limited is an Indian-based flagship company of the M P Birla group of companies, founded by Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla in the late 1910s and carried on by Madhav Prasad Birla.

Aditya Birla Group Indian multinational conglomerate

Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates in 34 countries with more than 120,000 employees worldwide. The group was founded by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla in 1857. The group has interests in viscose staple fibre, metals, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel, carbon black, chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, and telecom. The group had a revenue of approximately ₹3,42,930 crore in year 2019.

Birla Mandir

Birla Mandir refers to different Hindu temples or Mandirs built by the Birla family, in different cities across India, with the exception of South India, whose cities were already well supplied with temples. All these temples are magnificently built, some of them in white marble or in sandstone. The temples are generally located in a prominent location, carefully designed to accommodate a large number of visitors. The worship and discourses are well organized. The first one was built in 1939 in Delhi collectively by Ghanshyamdas Birla and his brothers, as well his father. Later temples have been built by, and are managed by different branches of the family.

K. K. Birla Indian businessman, industrialist, philanthropist and politician

Krishna Kumar Birla was an Indian industrialist of the Birla family.

The K.K. Birla Foundation was established in 1991 by Krishna Kumar Birla in Delhi. Its mission is to promote literature and the arts, as well as education and social work. It regularly gets mentioned in the media for the awards it confers, including:

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Kumar Mangalam Birla Indian industrialist

Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. He is also the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, and the chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Basant Kumar Birla businessman from India

Basant Kumar Birla was an Indian businessman of the Birla family. He was chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET) and various educational trusts and institutes.

Aditya Vikram Birla industrialist from India

Aditya Vikram Birla, 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. He was one of the first Indian industrialists to expand abroad, setting up plants in South east Asia, the Philippines and Egypt. His net worth was estimated at £250 million by 1995. His death at the age of 51 left his young son Kumar Mangalam Birla in charge of his group of companies.

B R Birla Public School is an English medium co-educational school. It was established in 1991 to fulfil the dream of the late Bhopat Ram Birla, the grandfather of the present Birla family. The school is managed by a registered body, Bhopat Ram Birla Shikshan Sansthan, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Carmichael Road Residential Street in Maharashtra, India

Carmichael Road is an upmarket residential street of Mumbai, India. Situated on a ridge in South Mumbai, it is now officially called M.L. Dahanukar Marg. It has many old style bungalows and apartment houses, such as the art deco Kamal Mahal of film director, Kamal Amrohi. The street and surrounding neighbourhood is and has been home to Mumbai's rich and famous such as the Modys, the Commissariats, the Dahanukars, the Somaiyas, the Lalbhais, the Walchands and the Morarjees.

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Engineering School

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani is a deemed university and Institute of Eminence under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956 for higher education and research in India. The institute is backed by the Aditya Birla Group and is one of the first six institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status in 2018. After expansion to a campus in Dubai, it has become the first international deemed university, spearheading in science, engineering and research with 4 established campuses and 15 academic departments. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. Its history, influence, wealth and endowments have made it one of India's most prestigious universities.

Rakhi Birla is an Indian politician serving as Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly. She has served as Cabinet Minister of Women & Child, Social Welfare and Languages in the Government of Delhi. She represents Mangol Puri constituency from Aam Admi Party.

Rajashree Birla is an Indian philanthropist. She was married to Aditya Birla. After her husband's death in 1995, Rajashree began working in CSR and charity sectors, developing a large philanthropic organization funded by her family. In 2011, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for her services to society.

Sarla Birla business woman from India

Sarla Birla was an Indian Businesswoman prominent member of the Birla family of Indian industrialists. She took interest in public education and, along with her husband, is credited with having co-founded about 45 educational institutions supported by her family's conglomerate.

Birla Global University

Birla Global University (BGU) is a private university in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was founded by Basant Kumar Birla and Sarla Birla. It was established in August 2013 as Birla Institute of Management Technology Bhubaneswar, a private business school by Birla Academy of Art and Culture.

Gattamraju Ravindra Kumar is an Indian laser physicist and a senior professor of Nuclear and Atomic Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Known for his research on Ultrashort pulse and Warm dense matter, Kumar is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 2003. He is also a recipient of the B. M. Birla Science Prize and Infosys Prize.

Aryaman Birla is an Indian cricketer.