A US $ 29.2 billion corporation, the
Aditya Birla Group is in the League of Fortune 500. With operation in 25
countries, the Group is anchored by an extraordinary force of 1,30,000
employees, belonging to 30 different nationalities. In India, the Group has
been adjudged “The Best Employer in India and among the top 20 in Asia” by
the Hewitt-Economic Times and Wall Street Journal Study 2007. Over 60 percent
of its revenues flow from its overseas operations. A premium conglomerate, the Aditya Birla Group is a dominant
player in all of the sectors in which it operates, such as aluminum, viscose
staple fibre, copper, cement, viscose filament yarn, branded apparel,
chemicals, carbon black, fertilizers, insulators, power, telecom, financial
services and more recently, insurance. It is the world's largest producer of
viscose staple fibre, amongst the world's largest producer of white cement,
the largest single location refiner of palm oil, the third largest producer
of insulators, the fifth largest producer of carbon black, amongst the lowest
cost producers of aluminum globally and the largest fully integrated aluminum
producer in India. In India the Group is the single largest producer of viscose
filament yarn, grey cement (at a single location), white cement and rayon
grade pulp, the only producer of linen and a leader in the ready-to-wear
branded apparel. Grasim, Hindalco, Indian Rayon, Indo Gulf and Indal from its
stables - rank among India's top 50 most respected and admired corporations. The Group also has a significant presence in the Financial
services, Power and Telecommunication sectors - with strategic joint ventures
with giants such as - Sun Life (Canada), Powergen plc (UK), AT&T (USA),
the Tata Group and BPL Communications Ltd. respectively. In the software
sector, the Group is represented through PSI Data Systems marking its entry
into software development, system integration and software maintenance
services. On the social front: a value-based, caring corporate citizen,
the Aditya Birla Group inherently believes in the trusteeship concept of
management. Part of the Group's profits is ploughed back into meaningful
welfare-driven initiatives that make a qualitative difference to the lives of
marginalised people. Carried out under the aegis of the Aditya Birla Centre
for Community Initiative and Rural Development, it is spearheaded by Smt.
Rajashree Birla. |
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