Baba Kalyani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Forge was awarded the Doctor of Science honoris causa by Peter Meehan , Deputy Chancellor, Deakin University during a special ceremony organized in his honour at the University’s Waterfront Campus in Geelong, Australia on Wednesday, 20 August 2014.
Speaking at occasion, Vice - Chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander said that Deakin University had conferred the Honorary Doctorate in recognition of Mr. Kalyani's distinguished services to the global scient ific & technological community and his strong support for community education.
"Mr. Kalyani has enriched the Bharat Forge group through sound business governance and management practices in the face of a rapidly - changing marketplace. With business experien ce of over three decades, he understands that innovation is critical to the ongoing success of any business,” she added.
Bharat Forge Ltd. (BFL), the flagship company of the USD 2.5 billion Kalyani Group is a global provider of high p erformance, innovative, safety & critical components and solutions to various sectors including Automotive, Oil and Gas, Power, Locomotive and Marine, Aerospace, Construction & Mining. It is the largest exporter of auto components from India and a leading chassis component manufacturer in the world. BFL today has the largest repository of metallurgical knowledge in the region and offers complete end-to-end capability from concept to testing and validation to marquee global OEM’s. At the cusp of a breakout growth and transformation into an engineering conglomerate through its aggressive foray in capital goods and infrastructuresectors, BFL is committed to proactively expedite India’s transformation into a global economic giant.
