Priyamvada Birla (76), chairperson of the Rs 2,000 crore M P Birla Group, passed away in Kolkata on Saturday (July 3) after brief illness. She had been running the M P Birla Group since the demise of her husband M P Birla in 1990. The group companies include Birla Corporation, Universal Cables, Birla Ericsson Optical Ltd, Vindhya Telelinks, Indian Smelting & Refining, Hindustan Gum & Chemicals and Birla-DLW Ltd. | |
| The group has a major presence in cement, cables, auto trim, jute and ferrous products categories. |
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| Since 1990, she had greatly expanded the group's presence in health and education spheres through institutions such as Bombay Hospitals at Mumbai and Indore, Belle Vue Clinic and M P Birla Eye Clinic at Kolkata and Birla Hospital at Satna. |
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| The educational institutions included South Point School and M P Birla Higher Secondary School at Kolkata, M P Birla Institute of Management at Bangalore and Industrial Training Institute, Rewa, besides Kolkata's M P Birla Planetarium. |
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