Aditya Vikram Birla (14 November 1943 – 1 October 1995), 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. At the age of 22, he was given the responsibility of the entire Birla company, and soon with his dynamic leadership skills, the organisation was expanded in its core sectors. Even before the word globalization was included in India’s dictionary, Aditya set up a global business empire, thereby placing India on the world map in 1969. Birla was born on 14 November 1943 in Calcutta to industrialist Basant Kumar and Sarala Birla. His grandfather Ghanshyam Das Birla was an associate of Mahatma Gandhi and had built his fortune on aluminium prospecting and as the manufacturer of the Ambassador car.

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