Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (1967- ) is one of India’s leading industrialists and is credited with expanding the worldwide footprint of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates of India.

He was born on 14 June, 1967, in Kolkata, and raised in Mumbai. He received his Bachelor’s degree from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics. He completed his MBA at the London Business School and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He took over as the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group in 1995. He has won numerous awards in business leadership categories and has been the Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India. He has also been Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Along with being the Chairman of IIMA, he is also the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.