In his own words, Bharat Forge has followed a step-by-step approach in building its business. "We first built an organisation on the foundations of cost, quality and processes and then leveraged the domestic market to build an export oriented global company." We are now engaged in transforming into a global engineering conglomerate and an end-to-end service provider for customers in the automotive and non-automotive space.
Kalyani's ‘look overseas' strategy not only grew his business manifold but also safeguarded it during the recessionary cycles as it had diversified substantially to make up for the losses suffered in one market by making profits in another. Another reason why Kalyani has been successful in taking his company into the big league is because of his hunger for new technologies that made business more market oriented and dynamic. Currently, the Kalyani Group has joint ventures with leading global companies that include ArvinMeritor, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Hayes Lemmerz, Alstom, NTPC and David Brown Gear Systems.
Kalyani has always believed that a robust manufacturing sector is the key to India's economic progress. Quite satisfied with the new government's emphasis on the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, he believes the recent budget is one of the few times that the manufacturing sector has received special attention. His vision is to see Indian become a global manufacturing leader integrating both innovation and development.
A strong believer in giving back to the society and industry, 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 sections of the local community. Since its inception in 2000, Pratham Pune has made a difference in the lives of over 150,000 children in Pune society. Kalyani is also steering a unique initiative to empower rural youth at a Taluka in Pune district by providing free technical and vocational training at a government Industrial Training Institute [ITI] that is being run as a Public-Private partnership. The pioneering model is being replicated in other parts of the country.
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