Mr. B. N. Kalyani 

Chairman & Managing Director

Mr.Baba Kalyani is the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Forge Limited. Born on 7th January 1949, Mr. Kalyani is a Mechanical Engineer from the Birla Institute of Technology at Pilani, Rajasthan. He also has an M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Mr Kalyani is also the Chairman of Kalyani Group. The group’s business interests are in Specialty Steel, Forgings, Auto Components, Infrastruture and Specialty chemicals. With a global workforce of over 10,000 employees, the group comprises companies that include Bharat Forge Limited, Kalyani Steels Ltd, Kalyani Carpenter Special Steels Ltd, Automotive Axles Ltd, Kalyani Lemmerz Ltd, BF Utilities, Hikal Ltd, CDP Bharat Forge GmbH, Germany, Bharat Forge Aluminiumtechnik GmbH, Germany, Bharat Forge America, Inc, USA, Bharat Forge Kilsta AB, Sweden, Bharat Forge Scottish Stampings Ltd and FAW Bharat Forge (Changchun) Co. Ltd, China. The group’s annual turnover is USD 2.4 billion and it has joint ventures with leading global companies that include ArvinMeritor, USA, Carpenter Technology Corporation, USA, Hayes Lemmerz, USA and FAW Corporation, China.

Mr. Kalyani is associated with several leading Industry, Trade and Educational institutions in India and abroad. He is a member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry, the apex industry association in the country; Chairman, Board of Governors, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering & Technology Nanded; Vice President, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture; Member, India Education Initiative; Member, Governing Board, National Institute of Bank Management; Member, Executive Committee, Indo German Chamber of Commerce; Member, Indo-US CEOs Forum; Member, Robert Bosch Advisory Committee Member, India Advisory Committee, World Economic Forum, Switzerland; and Member, Commonwealth Business Council, UK.

Mr. Kalyani also serves on Boards of many prestigious companies and represents industry on several Government Committees including as Member, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council Member, Board of Trade; Member, National Knowledge Commission; Member, Development Council for Automobiles & Allied Industries; and Member, Consultative Group of Higher & Technical Education [including Vocational Education].

Mr. Kalyani is the Founder Chairman of Pratham Pune Education Foundation, an NGO that is engaged in providing primary education to children belonging to under privileged section of the local community in Pune.

Mr. Kalyani’s significant contributions to industry and the community have been recognized through various prestigious awards that he has received. He has been conferred “Businessman of the Year-2006” by Business India Magazine, “Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 for Manufacturing” by Ernst & Young and “CEO of the Year 2004” by the Business Standard group. He is also recipient of several other awards including “Leader of Quality [Gold Award]” by Qimpro Foundation; “The CEO of the Year 2006” by Indian Institute of Materials Management; “Baroda Sun Award” by Bank of Baroda; “V.Krishnamurthy Award for Excellence – 2006” from the Centre for Organisation Development, Hyderabad; FIE Foundation’s “Rashtrabhushan Award” for outstanding contribution in Industrial Globalisation; “Global Entrepreneur of the Year 2006” by Jagatik Marathi Chamber of Commerce & Industries [JMCCI]; the National Press Award and FIE Foundation Award.

Mr. Kalyani was conferred [D.Litt] Honoris Causa by Symbiosis International University, Pune in 2006 and he is a Fellow of The Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Mr. Kalyani has been honored by the Government of India with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award.