Background
Birla, the youngest son of philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla, was born on 4 February 1921.
Birla, the youngest son of philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla, was born on 4 February 1921.
He is chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET) and various educational trusts and institutes. By fifteen years of age, he was already actively associated with a large number of companies and eventually became the chairman of Kesoram Industries. In this role, he concentrated on the industries of cotton, viscose, polyester and nylon yarns, refractory, paper, shipping, tyrecord, transparent paper, spun pipe, cement, tea, coffee, cardamom, chemicals, plywood, Magyar Demokrata Forum (Hungarian Democratic Forum) Board, et cetera
He later established the Indo Ethiopian Textiles Share Company, which was the first major joint venture by any Indian industrialist.
He is currently the chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, which runs an engineering college named BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology in pilani, Rajasthan, and the Swargashram Trust, which administers a Sanskrit school in Rishikesh. He is the author of several books, including an autobiography entitled Svantah Sukhaya.
Century Enka Limited
Century Textiles & Industries Limited
Jay Shree Tea & Industries
Kesoram Industries Limited.
Mangalam Cement Limited
Pilani Investment & Industries Corporation Limited
Jay Shree Sugar Mills
Maihar Cement
He has made notable contributions through his social and institutional activities and takes an active part in their working. He is associated as governor, trustee, or otherwise by establishing the following institutions:.