Kalyani Group

The Kalyani Group is a privately held industrial group in India. It is focused in four primary sectors, viz. Engineering Steel, Automotive & Non-Automotive Components, Renewable Energy & Infrastructure and Specialty Chemicals.[1][2][3] It has also made strides into defence manufacturing, which has been showcased in DefExpo 2020.[4][5]

Kalyani Group
TypePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
HeadquartersPune, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India, Germany, Sweden etc.
Key people
Baba Kalyani (Chairman)
RevenueUS$ 2.5 billion (2010)
Number of employees
10,000 (2010)
Websitekalyanigroup.com

The group's annual turnover exceeded USD 2.5 billion as of 2011[6] and has joint ventures with companies such as Meritor, Carpenter Technology Corporation, Hayes Lemmerz, FAW Corp etc.

Kalyani group has very recently forayed into Indian football with entering in India's premier football tournament I-league. They launched their football team on 23 November 2014 named Bharat FC. They will start competing in I-league from January 2015. They are given direct entry to I-league by AIFF as an initiative to bring corporate in Indian football. Bharat FC will be 2nd team to enter I-league under this initiative after JSW lead Bengaluru FC which entered the league in 2013-14 season.[7]

History

Kalyani Group was founded by Nilkanthrao Kalyani, an Industrialist. The group is currently chaired by his son Baba Kalyani.

Companies

The group holds key stakes in a number of companies:

  • Bharat Forge
  • Kalyani Technoforge
  • Automotive Axles
  • Kalyani Steels
  • CDP Bharat Forge
  • Kalyani Carpenter
  • Hikal Chemicals
  • Kalyani Sharp
  • BF Utilities
  • Kalyani Brakes
  • Kalyani Thermal
  • Kalyani Lemmerz
  • Alstom Bharat Forge Power Limited
  • Kalyani technologies
  • Kalyani Investment

References
  1. Kumar, V. Rishi. "Kalyani Group to set up Missile MRO in Hyderabad". @businessline. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. Eshel, Tamir (7 February 2014). "Kalyani Group Expands Defense Activities, into Artillery, Systems Modernization and Upgrading". Defense Update. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. Sequeira, Newton (1 April 2016). "Kalyani Group and Junghans Defence partner to supply fuzing systems". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  4. "Bharat Forge looks to build quadcopter, to help Army carry on mountainous terrain". The Financial Express. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. www.ETAuto.com. "Kalyani Group mulls doubling of revenues from defence business - ET Auto". ETAuto.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. "Bharat Forge plans towed gun system for armed forces". The Economic Times. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  7. "Rozario to assist Watkiss at Kalyani Group's Football Club - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2020.


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