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B. K. Birla or Basant Kumar Birla is son of Ghanshyam Das Birla[1], Father of Late Aditya Birla, Grand Father of Kumar Mangalam Birla, brother of Dr. KK Birla(Dr. Krishna Kumar Birla) & Chairman of BK Birla Group, Krishnarpan Charity Trust, BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani ( BKBIET ) and various educational Trusts & Institutes.
Shri. B.K. Birla, the youngest son of the late Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 4 February, 1921. He had married in April 1942 to Sarala, daughter of Brijlal Biyani [2]. They had one son – Aditya Vikram Birla who expired in 1995 – and has two daughters – Jayashree Mohta and Manjushree Khaitan. At the age of 15, he was actively associated with a large number of Companies & became the Chairman of Kesoram Industries. 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, M.D.F. Board etc. & Indo Ethiopian Textiles Share Company was established by him which was the first major joint venture by any Indian Industrialist in globe & the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Sellassie awarded him, the medal of the Mainelik II’, the highest Ethiopian Award. He is heading the following Companies:
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He has made notable contributions through his social and institutional activities & takes active part in their working & is associated as Governor or Trustee or otherwise by establishing the following Institutions:
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Awards
- "Medal of the Mainelik II"
- “Officer in the order of Organge Nassau” by the Netherlands Government.
- Officer in the Order of the Crown (Belgium).
Trivia
He has hobby of music, art, literature, photography and sports and have received medals and certificates of merit. His collection of Indian Art including the collection of Birla Academy of Art & Culture is praiseworthy. He is the Chairman of Krishnarpan Charity Trust which runs an Engineering College in Rajasthan & of Swargashram Trust, Rishikesh which runs a Sanskrit school.
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