Aditya Birla Group Profile

 A US $44.3 billion corporation

 Founded in 1857: Seth Shiv Narayan Birla commences cotton trading operations at Pilani,
Rajasthan, sets foundation of the Birla Group of Companies
 Is in the League of Fortune 500
 An extraordinary force of over 120,000 employees, belonging to 42 nationalities
 Over 50 per cent of its revenues flow from its overseas operations spanning 35 countries
 Named the AON best employer in India for 2018 - the third time over the last 7 years
 The Group topped the Nielsen's Corporate Image Monitor 2014-15 and emerged as the
'No.1 Corporate', the 'Best in Class', for the third consecutive year
 Number of companies: 38
 Companies listed on BSE and NSE:
 Grasim Industries Limited
 Hindalco Industries Limited
 UltraTech Cement Limited
 Vodafone Idea Limited
 Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited
 Aditya Birla Capital Limited

Globally, the Aditya Birla Group is

 1st in aluminium rolling

 1st in viscose staple fibre
 1st in carbon black
 2nd in telecom
 4th in cement (excluding China)
 4th largest producer of insulators
In India, the Group leads in several sectors

 No. 1 fashion (branded apparel) and lifestyle player

 No. 1 mobile telephony company
 The 2nd largest player in viscose filament yarn
 The largest producer in the chlor-alkali sector
 No. 1 player in grey cement, white cement and concrete
 A leading player in life insurance and asset management

Beyond business

 Reaches out annually to 7.5 million people through the Aditya Birla Centre for Community
Initiatives and Rural Development
 Works in 5,000 villages globally
 Runs 56 schools which provide quality education to 46,500 children.
Of these 18,000 students belong to the underprivileged segment
 Merit scholarships are given to 24,000 children from the interiors
 Its 20 hospitals tend to more than a million villagers
 Ongoing education, healthcare and sustainable livelihood projects in Philippines, Thailand,
Indonesia, Egypt, Korea and Brazil lift thousands of people out of poverty
 Providing mid-day meals to 74,000 children through Akshaya Patra

Leadership team

CHAIRMAN
 Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

BUSINESS DIRECTORS
 Mr. Ajay Srinivasan
Director, Financial Services
 Mr. Ashok Gupta
Group General Counsel & Chief Legal Officer
Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited
 Mr. Dilip Gaur
Business Head - Pulp & Fibre Business
Managing Director, Grasim Industries Limited
  Mr. Himanshu Kapania
Non-Executive Director, Vodafone Idea Limited
Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited
Vice Chairman, Grasim Industries Limited
 Mr. K. K. Maheshwari
Managing Director, UltraTech Cement Limited
 Mr. Pranab Barua
Business Director, Aditya Birla Retail Limited
Non-Executive Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited
Group Mentor
 Dr. Santrupt Misra
Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Black Business
Director, Chemicals
Director, Group Human Resources
 Mr. Satish Pai
Managing Director
Hindalco Industries Limited

Business Heads & CEO

 Mr. Ashish Dikshit

Business Head and Managing Director, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited
 Mr. Balesh Sharma
CEO, Vodafone Idea Limited
 Mr. D. Shivakumar
Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Aditya Birla Management Corporation
Private Limited
Business Head, Birla White
 Mr. Dev Bhattacharya
Group Executive President & Business Head, E-Commerce, Solar Power,
Payment Bank and New Ventures
 Mr. H. K. Agarwal
Business Head, Fibre Business
 Mr. K. C. Jhanwar
Business Head, Cement
Dy. Managing Director, UltraTech Cement Limited
 Mr. Kalyan Madabhushi
Business Head, Chemicals Sector
  Mr. Shrijeet Mishra
Chief Innovation Officer and Head Group Services, Aditya Birla Management Corporation
Private Limited
 Mr. Steven Fisher
Business Head, Novelis
 Mr. Sushil Agarwal
Group CFO;
Whole Time Director & CFO, Grasim Industries Limited
 Mr. Thomas Varghese
Business Head, Textiles, Acrylic Fibre & Overseas Spinning
 Mr. Tuhin Mukherjee
Sector Head, Minerals Resource Development
Managing Director, Essel Mining & Industries Limited

Senior Leaders

 Mrs. Rajashree Birla

Chairperson, The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiative and Rural Development
 Mr. Askaran Agarwala
Birla Group Trusts & Special Community Projects
 Mr. Debu Bhattacharya
Vice-Chairman and Non-Executive Director, Hindalco
Vice Chairman, Novelis
Group Mentor
Chairman – BRC (Manufacturing)
Non-Executive Director - Vodafone Idea Limited
 Mr. Shailendra Jain
Business Review Council

Contact

Aditya Birla Centre

Useful links
3rd Floor, S K Ahire Marg
 Downloads
Worli, Mumbai – 400 030
 Businesses and brands
INDIA
 Investors
Tel: 022 - 6652 5000

Updated on 15 January 2019