Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla Appointed Chairman of IIM-A
One of India's leading businessman Kumar Mangalam Birla has been appointed the new Chairman of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) by HRD Ministry.
The HRD committee also shortlisted the names of Deepak Parekh, Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation; R. Seshasayee of Infosys and Pawan Munjal, the CMD of Hero Motocorp.
The 49-year-old Chairman of the $41 billion industrial conglomerate Aditya Birla Group is the final choice from HRD ministry. The premier B-school in India has been without a regular Chairman since January when A.M. Naik, the CMD of Larsen & Toubro, quit citing "availability issue due to work".
Though he has no formal authority, the Chairperson can set the agenda by guiding discussions and influencing the direction of the institute. ...