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
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.
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.
agile business
We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
almost business region
The year 2013 has been very difficult, with a lot of headwinds in almost every region and every business.
business driving involved
I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.
aerospace business components jet landing large parts structural three
Fundamentally, we have broken our aerospace business into three parts - large parts which go into the wings and fuselage, components for jet engines, and specialised structural components for landing gear.
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When I returned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, my father was running a forging business with a turnover of Rs 3.5 crore. But I had no patience and wanted to grow the business via exports.
build business call capable challenged colonel companies defence heads indian programme prove
We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.
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.
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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.
biggest
India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.
In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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.
believe joint proposed step venture vision
We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.