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
biggest
India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.
became building business career education family four general improve manager option time within worth
I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
aerospace customers industry power tour
We are working with the power industry all over the world. We are meeting customers in aerospace and getting them to tour our plants.
car design designed europe single somewhere unable
Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
companies integrate people
The most important part of any acquisition is your ability to culturally integrate the people in the companies you acquire and your company.
skier water wind
I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.
business driving involved
I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.
compete labour technology
I am able to compete not because my labour is cheap, but because I can use technology better than others.
india
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
believed billion largest somebody
If somebody told me you'd be a one and a half billion dollar company and be the largest in the world, I wouldn't have believed it myself.
attracts outdoor
It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me.
countries criteria multiple
One of the criteria for a global company is that it should have a manufacturing presence in multiple countries and should not only be an exporter.
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.