Baba Kalyani
Baba Kalyani
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 January 1949
CountryIndia
both terms
Our company is very diversified, both in terms of geography and in terms of products.
america buy hardly north prior
Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.
almost business region
The year 2013 has been very difficult, with a lot of headwinds in almost every region and every business.
exports fixed market rate spot
We book our exports forward for more than a year, and so we have a fixed rate. We do not get the spot rate that we see in the market every day.
agile business
We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
business railways trying united
We have got into Indian railways and are trying to get into the railway locomotive business in Europe and the United States.
cheap germany india industry labor low move people plant quite reactions saying steal technology
The first reactions from Germany and German industry was quite negative. People right from the start were saying that we will steal technology and take it away and move the plant to India and use low cheap labor to compete.
business commercial contracted domestic far grown heavy largely medium vehicle
The Indian business has largely grown on the back of exports. The domestic markets, as far as our Indian business is concerned, actually have contracted because of the contraction in the medium and heavy commercial vehicle space.
best build built business created footprints global period
The period from 2002 to 2007 was probably our best period. We created a strategy to build global scale, footprints in each of the geographies and dramatically built our international business.
break brush capability defence equipment feeling money prove spent system
There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside.
anticipate capacity cater countries heavy increasing power spending
We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.
backward benefit sections society
We are a heterogeneous society. We have to accept that. Growth has to be such that the most backward sections also benefit from it. Otherwise, it will be a very imbalanced growth.
almost commercial components critical diesel domestic engine engines entirely including market medium parts passenger portion relatively till
We manufacture automotive components including critical engine and axle parts for passenger cars, diesel engines and medium & heavy commercial vehicles. Till 1997, our focus was almost entirely on the domestic market with a relatively insignificant portion of revenues from exports.
countries defence examples private
We need to just study what other countries have done. There are examples of a strong partnership between the defence establishment and the private industry.