Baba Kalyani

Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman[5] who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the Flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany.[6][7]

This article is about the businessman. For the 2006 film, see Baba Kalyani (film).
Baba Kalyani
Kalyani at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2009.
Born (1949-01-07) 7 January 1949[1]
Pune, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materRMS Belgaum
BITS Pilani
MIT
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$2.7 billion (2015)[2]
TitleFounder and Chairman of Kalyani Group
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2008)
Order of the Polar Star[3]
Bundesverdienstkreuz (2012)[4]

Early life and education

Babasaheb Kalyani was born in a Marathi family on 7 January 1949 to Mrs. Sulochana and Mr. Neelakanth Kalyani, a Pune-based technocrat and maker of automotive components. He completed his high school from Rashtriya Military School, Belgaum; and also attended Dr.(Mrs)Erin N.Nagarvala School,(formerly National Model School),Pune. He attended BITS Pilani, from where he earned a BE (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1970,[8] and later Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned an MS degree.

Career

Baba Kalyani joined Bharat Forge, a global manufacturing company, in 1972.[9]

He is the founder-chairman of Pratham Pune Education Foundation, an NGO that is engaged in providing primary education to children belonging to under-privileged sections of the local community, which was established in 2000.[10]

To contribute to a clean and emission-free environment, Kalyani set up Kenersys Limited to manufacture various energy-efficient wind turbines for domestic and international markets. The company also has its own wind turbines in Maharashtra which generate "green energy" for the group's manufacturing operations. He is also engaged in developing solar energy equipment for the non-conventional energy sector. In a joint venture with KPIT Cummins, Bharat Forge is developing a hybrid solution that would contribute in the country being able to meet its vehicular emission targets.

In SKF board of directors member since 2011.

Kalyani received the Indian government's Padma Bhushan award for contributions to Trade and Industry,[11] and was made Commander First Class of the Royal Order of the Polar Star by the Swedish government in recognition of his contribution in furthering trade and business cooperation between Sweden and India. Other awards include Global Economy Prize, 2009 for Business by Kiel Institute, German Businessman of the Year, 2006 by Business India Magazine, Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 for Manufacturing by Ernst & Young, and CEO of the Year 2004 by the Business Standard group.

Government of India constituted a task force under the chairmanship of Baba Kalyani to study policies related to special economic zone (SEZ) on 6 June 2018.

On 19 February 2015, the Kalyani Group announced a joint venture with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems of Israel. This joint venture company will be based in India.[12]

Philanthropy

He is the founding chairman of Pratham Pune Education Foundation,[13] a charity that provides primary education for underprivileged children.

References
  1. "Profile at Bharat Forge". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. "Baba Kalyani". Forbes.
  3. Profile at Kalyanigroup Website
  4. http://www.sify.com/news/germany-confers-cross-of-order-of-merit-to-babasaheb-kalyani-kiran-nagarkar-news-national-mlhtljeceihsi.html
  5. Srikar Muthyala (29 September 2015). "The List of Great Entrepreneurs of India in 2015". MyBTechLife. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016.
  6. Sonavane, Ravindra (20 May 2015). "Bharat Forge net profit up 70% to Rs 203 crore". livemint.com/. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. Raje, Aparna Piramal (24 August 2014). "Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani: The modern-day alchemist". livemint.com/. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  8. "BITS Pilani — Prominent Alumni".
  9. Priyanka Sangani (18 May 2012). "Bharat Forge 3.0: Return of Baba Kalyani who changed the face of Indian engineering globally". The Economic Times.
  10. "ACE Entrepreneur – Baba Kalyani, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Forge Ltd". The Machinist.
  11. "Sunita Williams, Baichung Bhutia among Padma awardees". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Pratham Pune Education Foundation". Pratham.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007.

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