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Indian Entrepreneurs Shobhana Bhartia

Shobhana Bhartia born in 1957. Daughter of renowned industrialist KK Birla, Shobhana Bhartia is the vice-chairperson as well as the editorial director of the Hindustan Times group, which is among India's major newspaper and media houses. In the year 2001, she received the Outstanding Business Woman of the Year award.

Born in the year 1957, the daughter of renowned industrialist KK Birla and grand daughter of GD Birla, Shobhana Bhartia is the vice-chairperson as well as the editorial director of the Hindustan Times group, which is among India's major newspaper and media houses. This lady holds the credit of raising Rs 400 Crore via public equity launch of the HT Media group in the year 2005. Till the year 2004, the Birla family owned 75.36 per cent stake in HT Media. 

Here's more information about the biography of Shobhana Bhartia, who graduated from the Calcutta University and later, wedded Shyam Sunder Bhartia. This particular gentleman is the chairman of the Rs 14 billion Jubilant Organosys Limited, a Pharma company. Shamit Bhartia, their son, is also a member in the HT Media group. At the same time, he operates lifestyle businesses like Domino's Pizza franchise in the country and a convenience store chain in Bangalore city. 

Biography Of Ghanshyam Das Birla : An Indian Entrepreneurs

Ghanshyam Das Birla Born April 10, 1894. He laid the foundations of the Birla Empire; founder of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Ghanshyam Das Birla is considered as a doyen of Indian Industry. He was the man who laid the foundations of the Birla Empire. G.D. Birla was a multi-faceted personality. He was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and advised Gandhiji on economic policies. He was the most important pre-Independence contributor to the Indian National Congress. Ghanshyam Das Birla was the founder of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He is also popularly known as the builder of Birla Mandirs.

Born on April 10, 1894, G.D. Birla, was a native of Pilani. His grandfather Shiv Narayan Birla was a traditional marwari moneylender. Ghanshyam Das Birla entered the business arena during the time of First World War. He established a cotton mill in Sabzi Mandi, and later on established Keshoram Cotton Mills. Along with cotton mills he diversified to jute business and shifted his base to Calcutta city in Bengal, the world's largest jute producing region. He established Birla Jute Mills in Bengal, much to the consternation of established European merchants.

Indian Entrepreneurs Ekta Kapoor ’s Biography

Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms; Awarded with Ernst & Young (E&Y) Startup Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2001.

Ekta Kapoor can be aptly called as the reigning queen of Indian television industry. The serials produced by her company Balaji Telefilms are a great hit with the masses and are dominating all the major T.V. channels in India.

Born on June 7, 1975, Ekta Kapoor is daughter of former Bollywood superstar Jeetendra and sister of current Bollywood hero Tusshar Kapoor. Ekta Kapoor did her schooling from Bombay Scottish School and later on joined Mithibai College. She was not interested in academics and on the advice of her father ventured into TV-serial production at the age of 19. And soon she changed the face of Indian television industry and completely dominated it.

Today, Ekta Kapoor is the creative director of Balaji Telefilms. Her company has produced more than 25 serials and each one is being shown, on an average, four times a week on different television channels. Ekta Kapoor's serials have captured the imagination of masses. She broken all previous records of TV serial production and popularity in India. Her most famous television venture has been "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" which began in 2000 and is still leading the TRP ratings in India. Her other famous serials include "Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki", "Kahiin To Hoga", "Kavyanjali", "Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa", "Kasamh Se", "Kahin Kisii Roz", "Kasautii Zindagi Kay", "Kkusum", "Kutumb", "Kalash", and "Kundali".

Biography Of Indian Entrepreneurs B.M. Munjal

B.M. Munjal

B.M. Munjal is the Chairman of the Hero Group; Honored with Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2001

B.M. Munjal (Brij Mohan Lall Munjal) is the Chairman of the Hero Group. He is a first generation entrepreneur who started very small and through sheer hard work and perseverance made it to the top. Today, Hero Group is the largest manufacturer of two-wheelers in the world and Brij Mohan Lal Munjal is the man widely credited with its success.

B.M. Munjal's journey began in 1944 at the age of 20. Brij Mohanlall along with his three brothers, Dayanand (32), Satyanand (27) and Om Prakash (16) moved from his birthplace Kamalia in Pakistan to Amritsar. The brothers started supplying components to the local bicycle business. After partition in 1947, the family was forced to move to Ludhiana. The town of Ludhiana was already a major hub of the Indian bicycle business and an important textile center. The Munjals slowly spread their bicycle component distribution network in other parts of the country and became one of India's largest bicycle parts suppliers. In 1952 Munjals made a shift from supplying to manufacturing. They started manufacturing handlebars, front forks and chains.

Biography Of Bhai Mohan Singh : An Indian Entrepreneurs

Bhai Mohan Singh

Bhai Mohan Singh Born December 30, 1917.
He is the Founder of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd; Awarded with Padma Shri

Bhai Mohan Singh can be called as the doyen of pharmaceutical industry in India. He is the founder of pharmaceutical giant Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.

Bhai Mohan Singh was born on December 30, 1917 in Rawalpindi district. His father Bhai Gyan Chand was a Hindu and his mother Sunder Dai was a Sikh. Bhai Mohan Singh began his business career in the construction business during the Second World War. His firm bagged a contract to build roads in the North East. After Partition, he left Rawalpindi and settled down in New Delhi.

Bhai Mohan Singh started business as a moneylender. Ranbaxy was started by his cousins Ranjit Singh and Gurbax Singh. Ranbaxy's name was a fusion of Ranjit and Gurbax's names. They were distributors for A. Shionogi, a Japanese pharmaceutical company manufacturing vitamins and anti-TB drugs. When Ranbaxy defaulted on a loan, Bhai Mohan Singh bought the company on August 1, 1952, for Rs 2.5 lakh.

Indian Entrepreneurs Azim Premji

Azim Premji

Name: Azim Premji

Born: 24 July 1945

Place of Birth: Mumbai, India

Educated from: Stanford University

Works for: Wipro

Valued at: US $ 16.8 billion

Position: CEO

Married to: Yasmeen

Early life

Azim Premji, a man of brilliance is the CEO of WIPRO, one of the largest software companies in India. According to Forbes he was the richest man in the country from 1999 to 2005.He over the years has emerged as the 'tech king' of the country.

He was born on 24th July 1945 in Mumbai. His father MH Hasham Premji owned the Western India Products, which made hydrogenated vegetable oils and fats.

Azim Premji did his schooling from St. Mary’s School I.C.S.E. at Mazagaon, Mumbai. Premji had to leave his studies in electrical engineering fromStanford University, California, USA at the age of 21 to handle the family business when his father suddenly died in 1966. At that time MH Hasham Premji's net worth was estimated to be $2 million.

Dr Kallam Anji Reddy: Who introduced India to the drug called innovation

Dr Kallam Anji Reddy, founder of Hyderabad-based drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) and pioneering pharma entrepreneur who passed away on March 15, loved a challenge. This son of a turmeric farmer from Andhra Pradesh was in his element when faced with a seemingly intractable problem or hopeless cause.

Whether it was discovering a breakthrough new drug for diabetes in his company's labs, or supplying safe drinking water to rural India through Naandi, the philanthropic organisation that he helped found, Reddy was always ready to pick up the gauntlet.
Life did full justice to his enterprising spirit — it threw several challenges his way all of which he gamely tackled. What stood Reddy in good stead were his incurable optimism, his passion, his trust-and-delegate management style, and his ability to continuously seek inspiration.

Biography Of Anil Ambani: An Indian Entrepreneurs

Anil Ambani

Anil Ambani Born June 4, 1959. He is the Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group; Chosen as the 'CEO of the Year 2004' in the Platts Global Energy Awards and MTV Youth Icon of the Year' in September 2003
Anil Ambani is one of the foremost entrepreneurs of Independent India. He is the Chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Earlier, before the split in the Reliance Group, Anil Ambani held the post of Vice Chairman and Managing Director in Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
Born on June 4, 1959, Anil Ambani did his Bachelors in Science from the University of Bombay and Masters in Business Administration The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Anil Ambani joined Reliance in 1983 as Co-Chief Executive Officer. He pioneered India Inc's forays into overseas capital markets with international public offerings of global depository receipts, convertibles and bonds. Starting from 1991, he led Reliance in its efforts to raise, around US$2 billion from overseas financial markets. In January 1997, the 100-year Yankee bond issue was launched under his stewardship.

Indian Entrepreneurs Adi Godrej’s Biography

 Adi Godrej

Adi Godrej was born on 3 April, 1942 in Mumbai. He is an Indian industrialist and the present Chairman of the Godrej Group, which includes many Indian companies. He is also the Chairman of 2 international companies; Keyline Brands, U.K and Rapidol, South Africa; as well as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Prize Fund.

In 2010, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US $5.2 making him one of the richest persons in India.

Family
Adi Godrej hails from a business family. His father was Mr Burjorji Godrej who was a successful businessman and his mother was Mrs Jai Godrej who spent her life as a teacher at one of the Godrej schools. He is married to Parmeshwar Godrej and the couple has 2 daughters and a Son. His eldest daughter, Tanya, is the Executive Director and President, (Marketing) of the Godrej Industries Ltd. His second daughter, Nisa Godrej has joined the group after completing her studies from the Harvard Business School, USA. His son, Pirojsha Godrej finished his management studies from abroad and has now joined Godrej Properties. Godrej always taught his children the value of money and ensured that they went through rigorous training, together with other managers in the company.

Indian Entrepreneurs Jamsetji Tata

A pioneer, a visionary, a seer - perhaps these adjectives are not enough to describe a man of such extraordinary caliber and stature who has secured a strong foothold in the map of industrialized nations of the world. The creative forces of his genius were harnessed to cater to the development of his own land and his dreams arising out of intense love of humanity. The same passion, ideals and vision went a long way in shaping an outstanding business conglomerate that, ever since, has been constantly nourished and nurtured to offer credence to this one man’s novel dream, dreamt more than a century ago.

An inclination to envision really big was recognized in Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata at a very young age. Born on March 3, 1839, in a small town of Gujarat, Navsari, he was the first child and only son of Nusserwanji Tata, the head of a family of Parsee priests.

It was only natural that Nusserwanji, would, as usual join the family priesthood, but the enterprising youngster broke the tradition to become the first member of the family to try his hand at business.

Biography Of Indian Entrepreneurs Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, famously known as Dhirubhai Ambani, the Indian business tycoon and the founder of Reliance Industries, was born on 28th December 1932 into a Gujarati Family, in Chorward, Junagadh in Gujarat.

He was the second son to Hirachand Gordhandas Ambani and Jamanaben. He had two brothers, Ramnikbhai and Natubhai and two sisters, Trilochanaben and Jasuben.

His father worked as a village school teacher. They were a reputed family in the village, but they were financially not very strong, since his father was the only earning member in a family of 5 children.

Growing Up
Since Dhirubhai's father was a village school teacher, he did not earn much. Though he was highly intelligent, he chose to use his physical abilities over cramming school lessons. He was said to be impatient of the oppressive grinding mill in the classroom. Once his mother asked him and his elder brother to support their father financially, after which he began putting up onion/potato fries stall at village fairs and gave the extra money he earned to his mother. He was enthusiastic and impatient about earning money as soon as possible.

Dhirubhai wanted to pursue a bachelor's degree, but due to his father's illness he had to take up a job in Aden, arranged by his elder brother, Ramnikbhai and so he could not study further.

Biography Of JRD Tata : An Indian Entrepreneurs

Born: July 29, 1904
Died: on November 29, 1993

JRD Tata had the honor of being India's first pilot; was Chairman of Tata & Sons for 50 years; launched Air India International as India's first international airline; received Bharat Ratna in 1992.

JRD Tata was one of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneurs. He was a pioneer aviator and built one of the largest industrial houses of India.

JRD Tata was born on July 29, 1904 in Paris. His mother was a French, while his father was Parsi. JRD's full name was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and he was popularly known as Jeh to his friends. JRD's father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and Sri Jamsetji Tata shared their greatness from the same great-great-grandfather, Ervad Jamsheed Tata, a priest of Navsari.