Part A
ABG touches millions in the world. It is unlikely that you have never used a product, or travelled on a road or visited a site where ABG has not contributed in some way. Its presence in your life is massive.
An Indian multinational premium global conglomerate Aditya Birla Group headquartered in Worli, Mumbai, India is in the League of Fortune 500. It has itspresence on a wide range of sectors- chemicals, fertilizers, insulators, financial services, viscose filament yarn, telecom, BPO and IT services metals, cement, branded apparel, carbon black,. ABFSG ranks among the top 5 fund managers in India. Its operation spans around 34 countries globally with more than 120,000 employees worldwide.
They are the world's largest rolled-aluminium producer, India's largest cement company, largest manufacturer of carbon black worldwide, world's largest producer of Viscose staple fibre, largest telecom company in terms of subscribers and revenue, ABFSG ranks among the top 5 fund managers in India.
It is associated with 18 hospitals conducted many immunization programs against polio also conducted more than 4,000 medical camps and helped many patients. It empowered 40,000 plus women by training and improving their skills ultimately helped them to form around 4,000 self-help groups. Its contribution is not only in health and women empowerment but also in education. It has 42 schools associated with it, affecting the lives of approximately 45,000 children, it has also provided more than 12,000 scholarships.
The Birla Group, was started by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla which not just sustained this drain of wealth but also progressed like there was no leaps and bounds to the growth and now the legacy is continued by Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla.