Munjal Brothers

From the bylanes of Kamalia and the rugged landscapes of Quetta in India of the 1940s which later became Pakistan, they escaped to the partition ravaged cities of Amritsar, Agra, Delhi and finally settled in Ludhiana with little more than the shirts on their backs.  From here, four of the six Munja…

Ghanshyam Das Birla (घनश्याम दास बिर्ला)

Ghanshyam Das Birla was one of the most prominent Indian businessmen from the era when India was struggling to get freedom from the British Empire. He belonged to the Birla family and is the founding father of the multi-billion dollar Birla Empire. He came from a humble background of Pilani in Indi…

Neelkanth Rao Kalyani - Forging India ahead

The podcast provides vivid account of the career and achievements of Dr.Kalyani, the battles he waged and the laurels he earned. It is a rare depiction of the qualities which go to make a person a successful entrepreneur. These qualities have not merely been enumerated here in the podcast but they …

Walchand Hirachand Doshi - Art of running before learning to walk!

Walchand Hirachand Doshi was an Indian industrialist and the founder of the Walchand group. He established India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory; he also established construction companies, sugarcane plantations, sugar factories, confectioneries, engineering co…

Dhirubhai Ambani - The story of dreams and risks

Dhirubhai Ambani's character is inspiring and invigorating as he reaches the Everest of success by starting his own business only on the strength of perseverance when there is no business tradition or business education required to back him up in business. Dhirubhai set up his business empire in Mu…

Parmanand Hinduja

The saga of the Hinduja Group started in Sindh, the cradle of the Indus Valley Civilisation, where more than 5,000 years ago, the human race learnt its first lessons in organized business and banking. Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja, a young entrepreneur from the fabled town of Shikarpur in Sindh distr…

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (Tata Steel)

They said Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata turned mud into gold or was it skillful management, clear thinking and honesty that did the trick? He had an uncanny knack for recognizing a good business opportunity and a selfless will to improve the lot of his countrymen. Thus a little known Zoroastrian famil…

Laxmi Mittal- Part 2

In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication’s annual list of the world’s richest people. In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe. He was ranked the sixth-ri…

Laxmi Mittal- Part 1

In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication’s annual list of the world’s richest people. In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe. He was ranked the sixth-ri…

Shantanurao Kirloskar

Shantanurao Kirloskar was born on 28 May 1903 in Solapur in a family of entrepreneurs who set the stage for the establishment of one of India’s biggest engineering conglomerates — Kirloskar Group. His father Laxmanrao Kirloskar was the founder of the Group. Shantanurao did his primary education f…