3. RESUME…
Name –Ghansyam Das Birla
Date Of Birth- April 10,1894
Caste- Marwari
Place Of Birth- Pillani
(Rajasthan)
Children- Basant Kumar
Birla.
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4. BUSINESS …..
Ghanshyam Das Birla entered the business arena
during the time of First World War.
Besides Opium and silver, they make a killing
supply of jute bags and uniforms to the army when
World War 1 broke out. They Went into textiles in a
big way setting up mills across the country.
He established keshoram Cotton Mills. Along with
cotton mills he diversified to jute business and
shifted his base to Calcutta city in Bengal ,the
world’s largest jut producing region.
He established Birla jute Mills in Bengal.
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5. BIRLA GROUP..
Now The Birla Group is known as Aditya Birla
Group.
Birla Group is the world’s largest aluminium rolling
company.
No.1 in viscose staple fiber.
Amongst The largest producers of primary
aluminium in asia.
Among the top 10 cement producers globally.
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6. SECTORS OF BIRLA GROUP..
Agri-Business
Carbon Black
Cement – Grey And White
Chemicals
Ferro Chem
Financial Service
Insulators
Minings
Non-ferrous metals
Retails
Telecommunication
Textiles
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7. PROBLEMS
In Calcutta established a jute firm, much to the
consternation of established European merchants,
whom the biased policies of the British government
favored other than the local Bengali . He had scale
a number of obstacles as the British government
and Scottish merchants tried to shut his business
by unethical and monopolistic methods, but he was
able to persevere.
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8. HOW DID HE OVERCOME THE PROBLEM ?
When World War 1 resulted in supply problems
throughout the British Empire, Birla’s business sky-
rocketed.
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9. QUALITIES OF G.D.BIRLA
G.D. Birla was the good & successful entrepreneur.
In 1957, he was awarded India’s second highest
civilian honor , the Padma Vibhushan by the
Government of India.
There is a memorial to Ghanshyam Birla in Goldens
Green Crematorium, Hoop lane London.
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10. LEARNINGS…
We Should be the Brave & Successful
Enterprenuers like him.
We should Loyal To the Our Country.
We should donate some amount of money for
social service.
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