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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 17, 2008 -- An iconic leader, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla who holds several key positions on various regulatory and professional boards is Chairman of the US$ 28 billion Aditya Birla Group which is India’s first truly multinational corporation. Mr Birla has served as the chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India’s Committee on Corporate Governance, and as chairman of SEBI’s committee on insider trading. He is on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); the Apex Advisory Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India, New Delhi and the Advisory Council for the Centre for Corporate Governance.

Winner of sevearl awards for corporate leadership, Mr Birla who is a chartered accountant, earned an MBA from the London Business School,

where he is also an Honorary Fellow. He also holds Honorary Doctorate degrees conferred by various Indian universities.

Born in 1967, the 41 year old Kumar Mangalam Birla is undoubtedly one of the youngest Chancellors of universities in India today.

Well known in the Indian media fraternity for setting new benchmark in the horizon of Indian media, Ms. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson and Editorial Director of India’s leading print media company HT Media Ltd., is publisher of English daily Hindustan Times and Hindi daily Hindustan both highly respected and circulating newspapers in India.

She has been Rajya Sabha member, the Chairperson of the Press Trust of India (PTI), the Deputy Chairperson of the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), and member

of the National Institute of Fashion Design, the National Institute of Design (NID), Indian Newspaper Society and Commonwealth Press Union London.

Her media initiatives such as Mint, a business daily launched in collaboration with the Wall Street Journal, FM Channel Fever 104 partnering with Virgin radio and daily tabloid Metro Now as joint venture with Times of India have been making waves all over.

1957 born Smt Shobana Bhartia is an alumnus of Calcutta University and takes credit for putting Hindustan Times right on top of web popularity of Indian Newspapers.

It goes without saying that starting with GD Birla followed by KK Birla, BITS Pilani which is one among the top ranking universities in India today has always been led by a leader who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.