Amit Kalyani, 44, executive director, Bharat Forge, is prepping the 54-year-old firm for the future.
That helps cut through the clutter. "I'd just hang around, have lunch with my dad and leave. Other individuals Deeksha Amit Kalyani might be associated with:
And today? Medical Disclaimer. "Amit was Jesuit-schooled in Pune and got a mechanical engineering degree from Bucknell in Pennsylvania. Tofler, TWS Systems Private Limited and its officers respect the Intellectual Property Rights of all people.
He's still hands-on, traveling 20 days a month and keeping himself abreast of the latest technology. After that he worked in steel with Carpenter for a year, coming back to join the family business in 1999 as its chief technology officer, handling everything from axle beams to enterprise software.Meanwhile, Bharat Forge was globalizing, with father and son buying a series of European specialty manufacturers.
The company was founded by Dr. Nilkanthrao A. Kalyani, in 1961.
"His role has always been about how do we take what we have and make it much, much bigger," says the senior Kalyani. It was the dawn of 2008, and its industrial customers at home and in northern Then the financial crisis flattened the order book. "Building capacity is one thing, but they've been building revenues in totally new segments--and that, too, in segments where it's not that easy to get customer validation for supply of new products," says Kapil Singh, auto analyst at the Mumbai office of Nomura Securities.
The company was founded by Dr. Nilkanthrao A. Kalyani, in 1961. "He quickly sees multiple aspects of a complex problem, and he identifies the key issues in a very cogent way. I must have been 6 then. We are looking at supercharged growth leading up to 2020.
Bharat Forge Limited (BFL) is a Pune-based Indian multinational company involved in automotives, power, oil and gas, construction & mining, locomotive, marine and aerospace industries. The current chairman of the company is his son, Bharat Forge has signed a joint venture with France-based power generation company In 2015, Bharat Forge had total sales of over US$1.3 billion and a market capitalisation of over US$4.5 billion.
All Rights Reserved. And it's only going to get better once the auto market comes back." By fiscal 2010 revenues had fallen nearly 40%, to $740 million, and it reported a loss of $14 million. (Just recently, Bharat Forge ended its eight-year joint venture with China's FAW, almost recovering its investment of $28 million.
Tofler makes no claim of ownership or affiliation with any trademark (REGISTERED OR UNREGISTERED) that forms part of any Company/LLP name listed on this page. "As part of the due diligence for acquisitions I'd walk the shop floor. (credit: Ritam Banerjee ForAmit Kalyani had helped his father nearly triple sales in his three-plus years as executive director of Bharat Forge, the listed flagship of India's $2.5 billion-in-revenues Kalyani Group. "I give strong advice, but I don't expect it to be followed," says Kalyani matter-of-factly.While the father is a hard-core engineer ("I am an analog, slide-rule kind of guy"), Amit is more into systems and the marketplace, looking to build the brand of Bharat Forge and the Kalyani Group. The company was founded by Dr. Nilkanthrao A. Kalyani, in 1961. If you get emotional you'll never be able to take risks. As part of its risk mitigation efforts, Bharat Forge diversified into a variety of industrial sectors including oil & gas, infrastructure, and marine. "As part of this challenge Amit recently worked with Gautam Ahuja, a strategy professor at the University of Michigan's business school, to identify products and markets that could provide revenue leaps.
"We manufactured whatever we could get a license for," he says.Amit, however, entered a well-established business. © TWS Systems Private Limited. View the profiles of professionals named "Amit Kalyani" on LinkedIn. Meanwhile, Amit must build out its ventures into oil and gas, power, railways, aerospace and mining.
Background Report for Amit B. Kalyani. One little corner had machines--I used to play football at the other end.
Baba Kalyani and his family own 47% of Bharat Forge and with other holdings in the group commanded a net worth of $1.6 billion as of mid-May.The patriarch, who is 65, has no firm retirement date set yet. The company also has an extensive collaboration with major truck manufacturers.