Mumbai: Basant Kumar Birla, chairman of the BK Birla Group and grandfather of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, died on Wednesday in Mumbai. (From left) Aditya Birla, Kumar Mangalam Birla, G.D. Birla and B.K. But it was not always about business: B.K. He also established Birla Public School in Qatar and the BK Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Kalyan near Mumbai. After his son’s untimely death, he helped his grandson, Kumar Mangalam, take over the AV Birla Group’s leadership mantle.

Source: Mint July 03, 2019 18:33 UTC