Sanjay Kirloskar
Chairman and Managing Director,
Kirloskar Brothers Limited

From successfully manufacturing India's first indigenously-developed next generation API steam turbine to getting awarded as ‘India's Most Ethical Company in Industrial Manufacturing' and from being the only engineering company to have an all women record setting shopfloor to becoming the only Indian company to develop critical application sodium pumps for Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactors, Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has been creating new milestones regularly under the leadership of Sanjay Kirloskar.

And by the way, these are just some of the recent accomplishments.

When he took charge as the MD at the age of 28 in 1985, KBL's turnover was just about Rs70 crore. Today the turnover is well above the Rs2500 crore mark. And he has made this possible by bringing the company's focus to core engineering and industrial segments.

In fact, as Sanjay Kirloskar built KBL into India's largest manufacturer and exporter of pumps he also ensured that the company became more than just a product manufacturer and supplier. "We evolved KBL into a total fluid handling solutions company," he says. That's the reason KBL is also the largest infrastructure pumping Project Company in Asia.

In the meanwhile, he has also been acquiring and turning around fortunes of companies in different continents as he is spreading the KBL brand across the globe in more than 80 countries.

With India getting ready for the next phase of growth, Sanjay Kirloskar knows that he has already got KBL in the sweet spot by catering to power, industry, irrigation, water, oil & gas, marine, defence and distribution - all the key sectors that will transform India into an economic powerhouse.

At the same time, while taking KBL to greater commercial heights, Kirloskar remains equally committed to both the society as well as the environment. So whether it is working in the field of education or empowering women, he ensures that KBL is at the forefront.

And operating from a Platinum rated LEED certified headquarters and to making KBL the first Indian pump manufacturing company to achieve the ‘GreenCo' rating are just few of the many Green initiatives undertaken by this man who also happens to be the highest tax payer in the city of his residence.

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