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Established in 1857 in the tiny village of Pilani, Rajasthan, the Aditya Birla Group took shape when Seth Shiv
Narayan Birla ventured into cotton trading. Today, with operations across 36 countries revenues of US$41 billion,
the Group is a leading player in aluminium, cement manufacturing, viscose staple bre, chemicals, copper,
insurance services, telecom, branded apparels, fertilisers, software, viscose staple yarn, carbon black and
insulators. We trace the highlights of this remarkable journey, starting from the present:
2015
The Minister of Industry of Thailand honours Thai Carbon Black with the 'National QC Promotion Award 2015' in
recognition of its outstanding commitment to quality.
Birla Carbons Korean plant was hailed by the Korean Employment and Labor Minister, Mr. Lee Ki-Kweon as
'The Distinguished Contributor of Industrial Accident Prevention Award.'
Idea Cellular wins Silver and Bronze for Ideas No Ullu Banaoing campaign at the Asian Marketing
Effectiveness Awards 2015 in Singapore.
Idea wins Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year and Most Innovative Telecom Service Provider of the Year
award at Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacic ICT Awards 2015.
Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company wins Best Fund House Debt category and Best Intermediate
Bond Fund' award for 'Birla Sun Life Dynamic Bond Fund at the Morningstar Awards 2015. Morningstar is a
leading global investment research and investment management rm.
Birla Sun Life Insurance Companys Khud Ko Kar Buland marketing campaign wins the Best Screenplay
award at the 5th Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival 2015.

Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited consolidates its Branded Apparels Businesses under listed subsidiary Pantaloons
Fashion & Retail Limited (PFRL). The Board of PFRL approves PFRL to be renamed as Aditya Birla Fashion &
Retail Limited (ABFRL).
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is bestowed with 'Global Leadership Award' of the US India Business Council
(USIBC), at the 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit at Washington DC.
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is conferred with 'Hello Hall of Fame Award Business Leader of the Year' by the
World Wide Media Group (WWM), a joint venture between the Times Group and BBC Worldwide.
Aditya Birla Group Indonesia (Fibre and Spinning Business) is named one of the 'Best Employers in Indonesia,
2015' in the 8th edition of Aon Hewitts Best Employers study in Asia.
Mr. Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director, Idea Cellular, is named 'Outstanding CEO of the Year' in Master
Category at CEO India Awards 2015.
UltraTechs Vikram Cement (Madhya Pradesh) wins the prestigious IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality
Performance Excellence Trophy.
Aditya Birla Nuvos Indian Rayon wins Golden Peacock Award for HR Excellence and Golden Peacock
Environmental Management Award; GreenTech Silver Award for Outstanding Achievement for Best Strategy
in HR and GreenTech Silver Award for Outstanding Achievement in Safety.
Idea Cellular wins three awards at the Ees 2 gold and a silver Gold in the Services category (Telecom)
for 'No Ullu Banaoing', Gold For Best Ongoing Campaign 'An Idea can change your life' and Silver in the
category Integrated Advertising Campaign (for a 360 approach on the campaign across all media). It also
won ET Telecom Award for the Best Marketing Campaign of the year for No Ullu Banaoing.
Idea Cellular wins award in 'Analytics' category for the implementation of end-to-end Campaign Management
solution at Business Technology IT Awards.
Aditya Birla Financial Services wins CIO Impact Award 2015 from Frost & Sullivan USA and Best in Class
Cloud Computing category for 2015; wins two Midas Awards 2014; Silver at Emvies from the Advertising Club,
India; three Bronze medals at Goafest Creative & Media Abby Awards; two Bronze and one Silver at DMAi
Award and Silver for its marketing campaign at Ees.
Aditya Birla Money wins Best Performing National Financial Advisors award at the CNBC TV 18 Financial
Advisor Award.
Birla Sun Life Insurances 'My Solutions' wins at the Celent Model Insurer Asia Awards in Digital and Omnichannel category; Golden Peacock Award for Business Excellence.
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund wins Morningstar Award 2015 for the Best Fund House Debt' and 'Best
Intermediate Bond Fund'; the Asset Management House of the Year at Money Today, FPCIL Awards.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla conferred with the Champion of Humanity award by the Hindustan Chamber of
Commerce
The Board of Directors of Grasim Industries Limited approves the proposed merger of Aditya Birla Chemicals
(India) Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, with Grasim.

2014
Mr. Phil Martens, President & CEO, Novelis, is named Automotive News Industry All-Star (December 2014).
Idea Cellular wins ET Telecom award 2014 in Enterprise category for the second year in succession for smart
cab solution.
Birla Carbon (Brazil) is named 'Best Carbon Black Supplier Company', by virtue of which it was awarded 'The
Top Rubber 2014', title by Borracha Atual, a key trade magazine in the rubber industry.
Novelis is honoured as the winner of the Minister of Environment Award at the 2014 Korea Lifestyle of Health
and Sustainability (LOHAS) Awards.
Novelis wins Edison Green Award Silver Trophy (April 2014); Aluminium Industry Leadership Award at Platts
Global Metals Awards (May 2014) and Clean Tech Innovation Award at Metro Atlanta Chamber E3 Awards (May
2014).

The Board of Directors of UltraTech Cement, the largest cement company in India, approves the acquisition of
cement units of Jaiprakash Associates Limited in Madhya Pradesh in December. The enterprise value of this
acquisition was agreed at Rs.5,400 crore.
Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited (ABCIL) acquires the chlor-alkali division of Jayshree Chemicals Limited
in September.
Birla Sun Life Asset Management, joint venture between Aditya Birla Group and Sun Life Financial Inc.,
acquires Mutual Fund Assets of ING Investment in May.
Aditya Birla Money Mart wins Best Financial Advisor (Retail) award at CNBC TV18 Financial Advisor Award
2013-14.
Novelis, a leading producer of rolled aluminium, is honoured with Industry Leadership award - Aluminum at
Platts Global Metals Awards 2014. The award recognises Novelis' decisive action to transform its business,
demonstrated leadership as a rst-mover and willingness to take risks by making fundamental changes in the
way it operates.
Aditya Birla Group is ranked number 1 in the Nielsen Corporate Image Monitor 2013-14, for the second year in a
row, across the six pillars of corporate performance products and services, vision and leadership, workplace
environment, nancial performance, operating style and social responsibility.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla accorded the CSR Leader award a Jury award at the CEO India Awards 2014.
Dr. Santrupt Misra is awarded 'Global Leader of the Year' at the CEO India awards 2014.
The Fine Arts Society (FAS), Mumbai, confers the 'FAS Stree Ratna Award 2014' on Mrs. Rajashree Birla.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla receives the 'Exceptional Leader Social and Rural Development' award from the
ASSOCHAM Ladies League.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM) bestows the 'AMCHAM Award' on the Aditya
Birla Knowledge Centre, the rst centre of its kind set up by the Group in South East Asia to provide
community service through vocational training.
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team at Grasim Industries Limited (Grasim), a global leader in
viscose staple bre manufacturing, wins the rst 'CSR Activist of the Year Award' instituted by the Federation
of Madhya Pradesh Chamber of Commerce & Industries for its work in uplifting the marginalised.
Birla White (UltraTech), the largest cement company in India wins the 'Golden Peacock Innovation
Management Award 2013'.
Vikram Woollens, a unit of Grasim Industries Limited, is named the overall winner at the 'Amity CSR Conclave
2013'.
Novelis is honoured with 'Best Report' award in PR Daily's 2013 CSR Awards.
The CSR team at Indian Rayon, Veraval is awarded the 'Greentech CSR Award' for a sustainable development
project empowering 400 marginalised women through extensive training in tailoring.
Novelis is awarded the 'Climate Leadership Award' by the US Environmental Protection Agency for exemplary
leadership in reducing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.
Aditya Birla Financial Services (ABFS), one of Indias reputed non-banking nancial companies, is given the
'Excellence Award' by the Institute of Internal Auditors India Bombay Chapter, for use of the most innovative
processes in conducting branch internal audit.
Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company is recognised as the 'Most Admired AMC of the Year' in the BFSI
Category by Star of India Awards.
ABFS wins the 'Best Marketing Campaign Birla Sun Life Insurance' at the Ees, the Indian chapter of Ees
International, which recognises marketing campaigns for their effectiveness in the market.
ABFS wins four Gold Midas awards between Birla Sun Life Insurance, Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund and Aditya
Birla Money at the Midas Awards, New York, the only international platform that recognises excellence in
nancial advertising and marketing. The company's insurance business bags the Grand Midas at the event.
more.Megastore is chosen as the winner under the 'Food & Grocery Retailer' category - 'Images Most Admired
Food & Grocery Retailer of the Year, Large Format' at the 7th edition of the Coca Cola Golden Spoon Awards
2014.

2013
Aditya Birla Chemicals (Thailand) Limited acquires 100 per cent equity stake in two epoxy companies based in
Germany, i.e., Chemicals & Technologies for Polymers (CTP GmbH) and 50 per cent equity stake in Chemicals
& Technologies for Polymers Advanced Materials (CTP AM GmbH) in Germany through its 100 per cent owned
German subsidiary Aditya Birla Chemicals (Europe) GmbH.
UltraTech Cementacquires the Gujarat Cement Unit of Jaypee Cement Corporation.
Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited acquires the chlor-alkali and phosphoric acid divisions of Solaris
Chemtech Industries through ABCIL for Rs.153 crore in May.
Madura Clothing wins the 2013 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is chosen 'Business Leader of the Year' at the Economic Times Awards for
Corporate Excellence 2012-13, becoming, in the process, the rst corporate leader to win the award twice in 10
years. His previous win was in 2003.
UltraTech wins the Intel-AIM Corporate Responsibility Award Governance and Society: Asian CSR Awards
2013, for its work among the underprivileged and highest standards of governance.
The chlor-alkali and phosphoric acid divisions of Solaris Chemtech Industries are acquired by the Aditya Birla
Group through ABCIL in May. The acquisition makes ABCIL the largest producer of chlor-alkali in India.
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Aditya Birla Group Chairman, is conferred with the "Most Inspiring Leader Award
2012" by NDTV.
The Government of India releases a commemorative postage stamp honouring the visionary Mr. Aditya Vikram
Birla as India's 'First Global Industrialist'. The special stamp is released by the President of India, Mr. Pranab
Mukherjee, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 14th January.
Aditya Birla Group tops Nielsen's Corporate Image Monitor 2012-13 that measures the reputation of 40 leading
corporates in the country across sectors. The Group emerged 'Best in Class' across the six pillars of corporate
image comprising product and service quality, vision and leadership, workplace management, nancial
performance, operating style and social responsibility.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is conferred with the Godfrey Phillips 'Social Lifetime Achievement Award' in April.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is conferred with the Giants International 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in April.
Birla White cement, an UltraTech brand, completes 25 years of operations.
UltraTech's Birla White (Jodhpur) receives the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award Performance
Excellence Trophy 2012.
Aditya Birla Nuvo's Indo Gulf wins the Platinum Award for Excellence in Manufacturing Processes in the
Medium Business Sector at the Economic Times India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA).
UltraTech Cement wins three awards at the Economic Times India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA)
Vikram Cement Works (Khor) won the Gold award; Rawan Cement Works (Raipur) bagged the Gold Certicate
of Merit; and Awarpur Cement Works (Maharashtra) received the Silver Certicate of Merit.
Hindalco Industries (Hindalco), the worlds largest aluminium rolling company, receives the Golden Peacock
National Quality Award for 2012.
ABFS receives the Bronze award at the International ECHO Awards 2012 in Las Vegas equivalent to the
Oscars of Direct Marketing and a Gold, Silver and Merit certicate at the Midas Awards 2012, New York. The
Midas Awards honours the world's best nancial marketing and advertising campaigns. The company also
wins a Bronze at Ee 2012 for its effective marketing campaign.
ABFS wins the Silver award at the Emvies 2012. The Emvies honour measurable and signicant contributions in
the eld of Indian media.
For the second year in a row, Idea wins the 'The Best Brand Campaign' award at the World Communications
Awards 2012 in London for its 'Population Control' (3G pe busy) campaign. The same campaign wins Gold at
APPIES 2012 in Singapore.
The mobile number portability campaign - No Idea, Get Idea - wins the award for 'Excellence in Marketing' at

the Economic Times Telecom Awards 2012.

Aditya Birla Minacs wins Bronze in the 'Most Customer Friendly Company of the Year' category at the Best in
Biz awards from among more than 400 companies from nearly every major industry.
For the second time in a row, Aditya Birla Minacs' nance and accounting team wins the Asian Leadership
Award for 'Quality and Operations Excellence' for its innovative Q-Score Model.
The NDTV Prot Business Leadership Award jury rates Idea Cellular as the 'Best in Class' telecom company.
'Asian Centre Awards 2012 Awards for Corporate Governance, Sustainability & Leadership' commends the
Aditya Birla Group as the 'Company with Best CSR and Sustainability Practices'.

2012
Aditya Birla Group[Company name] makes a nancial investment of 27.5 per cent in Living Media India Limited
(India Today Group) through a private investment company in May.
Aditya Birla Group acquires Terrace Bay Pulp Mill in North Western Ontario in July 2012. Terrace Bay is
considered an anchor mill due to its location and its signicant consumption of residual chips produced by
regional sawmills.
Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited (ABNL), largest manufacturer of linen fabric in India, acquires Future Group's
Pantaloon format, a part of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited (PRIL). The acquisition is in line with the Group's
strategic intent to create the largest integrated branded fashion player in the country.
Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla conferred with Forbes India Leadership Awards'
agship award 'Entrepreneur of the Year' in October.
Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is honoured with the 'NASSCOM Global Business
Leader Award, 2012' at the NASSCOM India-Global Leadership Forum held in Mumbai.
The Asian Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability conferred the 'Transformational Leader Award'
on Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla in recognition of his extraordinary contribution
towards setting up corporate governance standards in India, for authoring the rst ever SEBI-initiated
Corporate Governance Report in India and for benchmarkable governance standards in the Aditya Birla Group
companies.
Aditya Birla Group wins the Economic Times Corporate Citizen Award 2011-12. The award honours the
contribution to public good through commitment to critical social causes that inuence the lives of thousands
of needy Indians. The Group had won this coveted award for the rst time in 2002.
Aditya Birla Group is at the top of the league among 'most loved companies' at the 11th edition of Business
Today's Best Companies survey. The survey, conducted online by Indicus Analytics from 6 September to 14
November, 2011, drew 6,176 responses from 323 cities. More than 80 per cent of the respondents were
between 24 and 35 years of age.
Novelis is conferred with the American Metal Market Environmental Responsibility and Stewardship Award
2012; three European Aluminium Awards for Innovation at the world's biggest Aluminium Trade Show; a Jury
Prize for the Titanic Belfast aluminium facade panels; and a Special Prize, Surface Treatment for its anti-grati
aluminium surface Clearky 105.
The Novelis Global Automotive team receives a Special Prize, rolling, for its three-piece tailored welded blank
for Mercedes SL.
The Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital is awarded the 'Performance/Excellence Trophy for its Compassionate
Quality Healthcare' by the Indian Merchant Chambers' Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards Committee in
Mumbai, India.
Birla White, a division of UltraTech Cement the largest cement company in India, is conferred with the
ASSOCHAM CSR Excellence Award.
CNBC TV18, one of the top business TV Channels in India, chooses the deal between the Aditya Birla Group
and Columbian Chemicals as the 'Best deal in the M&A category'.

2011

Aditya Birla Group acquires Domsj Fabriker, a leading Swedish speciality pulp and biorenery company.
Domsj, with its cutting-edge technology and production process coupled with a state-of-the-art biorenery,
adds signicant value to the Group's pulp and bre operations.
Birla Carbon, a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality carbon black, acquires Atlanta-headquartered
Columbian Chemicals Company, thereby becoming the worlds largest carbon black manufacturer by volume.
ABCIL acquires the Chloro Chemicals Division (CCD) of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited in April. The
acquisition strengthens Aditya Birla Group's position as the country's largest producer of chlor-alkali.
The Government of India bestowed the Padma Bhushan Award on Mrs. Rajashree Birla for her exemplary
contribution in the area of social work. The Padma Bhushan is among the highest civilian awards in India and
was conferred on Mrs. Birla at a special ceremony on 1 April.
The 'Corporate Citizen of the Year' award is bestowed upon the Aditya Birla Group by the Public Relations
Council of India for "its work amidst the rural poor in the country and for setting a ne example for other
corporates". Mrs. Rajashree Birla receives the award from Mr. H. K. Dua, Member of Parliament and one of the
most distinguished editors of the country.
Aditya Birla Group is ranked No.4 in the list of global top companies for leaders and No.1 in Asia Pacic for 2011
in a study conducted by Aon Hewitt, Fortune magazine and RBL, a strategic HR and leadership advisory rm.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is presented the All India Management Association (AIMA) Managing India Award 2011 for
'Corporate Citizen of the Year'.
Vikram Cement Works, a division of UltraTech Cement, wins the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award
for 2010-11.
Vikram Cement Works is awarded the Business World FICCI SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award
2010-11 in recognition of its CSR activities.

2010
UltraTech Cement acquires a majority stake and management control in Dubai-based Star Cement Company,
LLC (Star Cement). Star Cement owns cement plants in UAE, Bahrain and Bangladesh with a total capacity of
three million tonnes annually. This acquisition gives the Aditya Birla Group a strong foothold in the Middle East.
Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla wins the AIMA Managing India Award 2010 for
'Business Leader of the Year'. AIMA confers these awards to "exemplary leaders who have made a
fundamental difference".
Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development
receives the 'Hello Hall of Fame' award for 'Exemplary Philanthropist of the year' from Worldwide Media
Group's 'Hello' celebrity journal.
Hindalco is ranked ninth across industries on Forbes Asia's 'Fab 50 Companies' list.
UltraTech Cement's 'Concern for Health' project is awarded the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility award
by the Asian Institute of Management Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility.
Indian Rayon, Veraval, (a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo) is awarded The Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award for
clean technologies by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
Hindalco and Birla White are declared winners at the Golden Peacock Awards for Corporate Social
Responsibility 2010.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development,
receives the Global Golden Peacock Life Time Achievement Award for Community Development 2010 for
'Outstanding Contribution towards Community Development and Social Welfare'.
The Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development teams up with Columbia University's
research centre the Columbia Global Centres' Earth Institute in Mumbai, to become its principal partner. The
Earth Institute's goal is to help achieve sustainable development primarily by expanding people's
understanding of the earth as one integrated system.
Hindalco wins the Amity International Business School's 'Amity Corporate Excellence Award for Corporate
Social Responsibility'.

Vikram Cement Works wins the National Award for Prevention of Pollution for 2009-2010 under the cement
category for meeting pollution prevention goals and taking substantial and consistent steps for environmental
improvement. The company also wins the Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award for Clean Technology for 20092010 and the State Level Environment Award (Plant) for 2009-2010.

2009
Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG acquires Apollo Sindhoori Capital, a leading brokerage rm in
India
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is conferred with The Rajiv Gandhi Award for Eminence in Social Field by Mr. Jyotiraditya
Scindia, Union Minister of State Commerce and Industry, on 19 August. The award recognises Mrs. Birla's
path-breaking work for the poor, more so in India's villages, carried out through the Aditya Birla Centre for
Community Initiatives and Rural Development.
Idea Cellular wins the Economic Times' 'Emerging Company of the Year Award for 2009'.
Grasim's pulp and bre division wins the Asian CSR award, Asia's Premier CSR Awards programme. The
awards is a project of the Asian Institute of Management, Manila.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Government of Thailand, confers the 'Best Labor Relations and
Welfare Award, 2009' on Indo Thai Synthetic Company Limited.
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, a part of ABFS, is named 'The Asset Management Company of the Year, India, by
the Hong Kong based magazine The Asset in the country awards category of their Triple A Investment
Performance Awards 2009.
CNBC TV18 Crisil recognises Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund as 'The Mutual Fund House of the Year' in 2008 and
2009 (for 2007 and 2008), creating history as the only fund house to have won this recognition for two
consecutive years.
The Birla Sun Life Equity-Linked FMP wins the 'Best Local Currency Structured Product India' at the Triple A
Investment Performance Awards 2009.
Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund is named the best 'Onshore Fund House India' by Hong Kong-based magazine
The Asian Investor at the Investment Performance Awards 2009.
Vikram Cement and Aditya Cement win the 'Social Awareness Award 2008-09' from the Federation of Indian
Mineral and Industries.
Hindalco is conferred with the Reader's Digest Pegasus Star Award in recognition of the company's corporate
leadership for social responsibility and sustainable development initiatives. Mrs. Rajashree Birla, who
spearheads all the social projects of the Aditya Birla Group, receives the coveted award on behalf of Hindalco
from Mr. Arun Jaitley, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, on 21 January in Delhi.
The State Level Environment Award for mines was won by Vikram Cement Works for the year 2008-09.

2008
Aditya Birla Group acquires a 100 per cent stake in Birla Jingwei Fibres Company Limited.
Aditya Birla Group acquires Spice Communications for US$1.8 billion.
Mrs. Rajashree Birla is conferred with the 'Rotary International Polio Eradication Champion Award' by the
President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

2007
Hindalco acquires Atlanta-headquartered Novelis Inc (Novelis). With the addition of Novelis, Hindalco
becomes the world's largest aluminium rolling company, one of the biggest producers of primary aluminium in
Asia and a leading copper producer in India.
Aditya Birla Group acquires a majority shareholding in Trinethra Superretail Limited.
Aditya Birla Group is honoured with India Today Group's Reader's Digest Gold award in recognition of the work

that exemplies the highest values of society. The award is received by Mrs. Rajashree Birla, Chairperson,
Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, at the Pegasus Corporate Social
Responsibility Awards 2007
Hindalco is awarded the CII-Sorabji Green Business Centre 'National Award for Excellence in Water
Management 2007'.

2006
TransWorks Information Services, a subsidiary of ABNL, acquires Canada's leading BPO provider, Minacs
Worldwide.
Hindalco enters into a joint venture with Almex USA Inc.
Grasim, India; Thai Rayon Public Company Limited, Thailand; and P.T. Indo Bharat Rayon, Indonesia, form a joint
venture with Hubei Jing Wei Chemical Fibre Company, China, for manufacturing viscose staple bre
Hindalco is awarded the Greentech Safety Silver Award for its outstanding safety performance during 200506.

2005
Aditya Birla Group acquires Philippines-based Pan Century Surfactants in September.
Indian Rayon is re-christened Aditya Birla Nuvo.
Aditya Birla Group sets up a world-class aluminium project in Orissa.
Aditya Birla Group signs a framework agreement to acquire St Anne Nackawic Pulp Mill, Canada.

2004
Aditya Birla Group Board is reconstituted with Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla taking over as Chairman.
The process of demerging L&T's cement business is completed. Grasim acquires a controlling stake in the
newly-formed company UltraTech after its open offer is taken up.
Grasim, Nagda receives the FICCI Annual Award 2003-2004 for corporate initiative in rural development.
ABCIL, Rehla, Jharkhand, receives the FICCI Annual Award 2003-2004 for its corporate initiatives in family
welfare.
Hindalco receives the India CFO Award 2004 for excellence in nance in a large corporate.
A scheme of arrangement is announced to merge Indal with Hindalco.
Indian Rayon completes its browneld expansion of 40,000 tpa at Hi-Tech Carbon, Gummidipundi, taking its
total capacity to 1,60,000 tpa.
Indo Gulf wins the Deming Award.
Indal wins the FICCI Award 2002-2003 for 'Corporate Initiative in Rural Development'.

2003
Aditya Birla Group acquires Indonesia-based PT Indo Raya Kimia in January.
Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is chosen Business India's Businessman of the
Year.
Mr. Kumar Managalam Birla was earlier chosen The Economic Times' Business Leader of the Year.
Aditya Birla Group is ranked 16th in India's rst ever 'Great Places to Work' survey published in Businessworld
magazine. The Group's joint venture company, Birla Sun Life Insurance, is ranked 9th in the same study.
Aditya Birla Group is ranked 20th in a study on the 'Best Employers in India' conducted by Hewitt Associates

and Business Today.Hindalco receives the Asian CSR Award for its 'Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme'. The
Asian CSR Awards are Asia's premier awards programme on corporate social responsibility.
Aditya Birla Group acquires the Mount Gordon Copper mines in Australia, another strategic step in becoming a
globally competitive copper player.
Liaoning Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Group's rst carbon black company in China, is incorporated.
Indian Rayon acquires TransWorks, a leading Indian ITES / BPO company.
The board of engineering major Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T) decide to demerge its cement business into a
separate cement company (CemCo). L&T will retain 20 per cent of its equity in the newly formed company
and the balance will be distributed to its shareholders in proportion to their shareholding in L&T. Consequently,
Grasim would acquire an 8.5 per cent equity stake from L&T and then make an open offer for 30 per cent of
the equity of CemCo to take over the management control of the company.
Aditya Birla Group divests its entire 37.38 per cent equity stake in Mangalore Reneries and Petrochemicals
Limited (MRPL) to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Birla Copper acquires Nifty Copper Mines in Australia as part of a strategic plan to make the company an
integrated copper producer, and source raw material for its copper smelter at Dahej, Gujarat.
Indian Rayon launches a joint venture with Japan-based NGK Insulators Limited christening it 'Birla NGK
Insulators Private Limited'.
Birla Copper, a strategic business unit of Hindalco, is accorded London Metal Exchange (LME) registration. Its
copper cathodes are approved as 'Grade A' by LME.

2002
Aditya Birla Group receives the Corporate Citizen of the Year award from The Economic Times.
Grasim board approves an open offer for purchase up to 20 per cent of L&Ts equity in accordance with the
provisions and guidelines issued by the Securities & Exchange Board of India Regulations, 1997.
Grasim increases its stake in L&T to 14.15 per cent (351.84 lakh shares).
Aditya Birla Group undertakes corporate restructuring of Hindalco and Indo Gulf. The fertiliser business of Indo
Gulf is demerged into a separate company called Indo Gulf Fertilisers. Indo Gulf's copper business is merged
with Hindalco, creating a non-ferrous metals powerhouse.
Grasim divests its Gwalior unit to Melodeon Exports Limited, and consolidates its textile operations at a single
location in Bhiwani, MP, to manufacture both 'Grasim' and 'Graviera' brands.
PSI Data Systems acquires Birla Technologies Limited, bringing the Group IT services business under one
umbrella.
Indal acquires a controlling stake in Anapurna Foils Limited (AFL) to augment its position in the foil and
packaging sectors. Subsequently AFL is merged with Indal.

2001
Grasim acquires 2.50 crore shares representing just over 10 per cent of the equity in L&T from Reliance
Industries Limited.
Birla Consultancy & Software Services is spun off into a separate entity called Birla Technologies Limited.
Indian Rayon acquires a stake in PSI Data Systems in one of the largest cash transactions in the Indian
technology sector.
Grasim closes its pulp plant at Mavoor as part of its restructuring initiatives.

2000
Indian Rayon acquires Madura Garments and selected overseas brand rights, taking the Aditya Birla Group to
the top of the league in the branded apparels sector.

The Group forays into e-business through a strategic alliance of its software arm Birla Consultancy Software
and Services (BCSS) with Lawson Software (USA).
'Gyanodaya', the Institute of Management Learning of the Aditya Birla Group, is inaugurated.
Hindalco acquires Indal. Indals board is reconstituted with Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla becoming its new
Chairman. The Group holding goes up to 74.6 per cent and further increases to 96 per cent in FY03.
The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) grants registration in principle to Birla Sun Life
Insurance Company.
Indian Rayon acquires major world rights for international apparel brands Louis Philippe, Allen Solly and Peter
England.
Aditya Birla Group announces its intention to launch a 450 MW 'Green Power Project' in Karnataka.
The merger of Birla AT&T and Tata Cellular is completed.

1999
Aditya Birla Group inks a joint venture with Canada-based nancial services major Sun Life as part of the
overall restructuring of the Group's nancial services business.

1998
Aditya Birla Group forms a 50:50 joint venture company with Canada-based Tembec Inc. called A.V. Cell Inc to
supply pulp for the Group's VSF operations.
Grasim acquires Dharani Cement and Shree Digvijay Cement to consolidate the Group's leadership position in
cement.
The cement businesses of Indian Rayon and Grasim are consolidated into a single division of Grasim the
biggest restructuring ever by any corporate entity in India.
The Group forays into copper with the commissioning of Indo Gulf's copper smelter the largest of its kind in
India.
Thai Organic Chemicals begins commercial operations of chlor-alkali and epichlorohydrin.

1996
Aditya Birla Group launches a new corporate logo Aditya, the rising sun to honour the memory of the late
Aditya Birla.
All Group companies are consolidated under the umbrella of the Aditya Birla Group, led by Mr. Kumar
Mangalam Birla.
P.T. Indo Liberty Textiles is incorporated to manufacture yarn in Indonesia.

1995
Aditya Birla Group enters the telecommunications sector through a joint venture with AT&T (USA).
Thai Sulphites & Chemicals is incorporated to manufacture sodium sulphite and sodium metabisulphite.

1994
The Birla Growth Fund is renamed Birla Global Finance Limited as its span of operations expands.
Alexandria Carbon Black, the Group's rst joint venture with the Egyptian government, is established.

1992
Thai Epoxy and Allied Products commences production of epoxy resins in Thailand.

1991
Pan Century Oleo chemicals commences production of fatty acids and glycerine in Malaysia.

1990
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla gets actively involved in the Group's operations.

1989
Thai Peroxide commences manufacturing of hydrogen peroxide solutions in Thailand.

1988
The government liberalises the petroleum industry. Aditya Birla Group enters into a joint venture with
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited to set up a three million tonne renery Mangalore Reneries and
Petrochemicals Limited in Mangalore, Karnataka.

1987
Indian Rayon is renamed Indian Rayon and Industries Limited (IRIL) to reect its wide span of activities.
Thai Acrylic Fibre is incorporated to produce bre and tow.

1986
Birla Growth Fund is set up to nance industrial equipment, plants and machinery, and consumer durables, as
well as for stock market operations.

1985
India's rst gas-based fertiliser plant in the private sector Indo Gulf goes on stream at Jagdishpur, UP.

1984
Thai Polyphosphates and Chemicals commences production of sodium phosphates in Thailand.

1982
P.T. Indo Bharat Rayon is established. It is the rst producer of viscose staple bres in Indonesia.

1978
Thai Carbon Black, the Group's rst carbon black company, is incorporated in Thailand.

1977
Pan Century Edible Oils is incorporated in Malaysia. The company goes on to become the world's largest
single-location palm oil renery.

1975
Indo Phil Group of Companies, the rst Indo-Filipino joint venture, commences production of spun yarn.

1974
Thai Rayon, the Group's viscose rayon staple bre business, is incorporated in Thailand.

1973
P.T. Elegant Textiles is established to manufacture spun yarn. It marks the Group's rst venture in Indonesia.

1969
Mr. Aditya Birla sets up Indo Thai Synthetics Company Limited, the Group's rst overseas company.

1967
Hindalco sets up a captive power plant at Renusagar a signicant strategic move.

1966
Indian Rayon Corporation Limited is acquired.

1965
Mr. Aditya Birla, , starts the Eastern Spinning Mills & Industries.

1962
Hindalco commences production at its aluminium complex in Renukoot, UP.

1958
Hindalco is incorporated.

1947
Grasim is incorporated. The company commences its operations with a small rayon weaving unit at Gwalior,
MP.

1919
Mr. Ghanshyamdas Birla, grandson of Mr. Shiv Narayan Birla, sets up the rst Birla jute mill, marking his entry
into the manufacturing sector. Rapid business expansion follows.

1857
The foundation of the Birla Group of Companies is laid by Mr. Seth Shiv Narayan Birla cotton trading
operations commences at Pilani, Rajasthan.

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