| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Founder(s) | Jamnalal Bajaj |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra[1], India |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Rahul Bajaj (Chairman & MD)[2] |
| Products | Automobile Financial services Home appliances Electrical Iron and Steel Insurance |
| Revenue | 30,000 crore (US$5.7 billion) |
| Employees | 36,000 (as of 2010) |
| Subsidiaries | Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Electricals, Mukand Ltd & Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd |
| Website | www.bajajgroups.com |
Bajaj Group is an Indian conglomerate founded by Jamnalal Bajaj in 1926, Mumbai.[3] Bajaj Group is one of the oldest & largest conglomerates based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[4] The group comprises 34 companies & its flagship company Bajaj Auto is ranked as the world's fourth largest two & three wheeler manufacturer.[5] Some of the notable companies are Bajaj Electricals, Mukand Ltd & Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd.[6] Involvement in various industries that include automobiles (2 and 3 wheelers), home appliances, lighting, iron and steel, insurance, travel and finance. The Group is headed by Rahul Bajaj.
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The Bajaj Group of Companies was founded by Jamnalal Bajaj. An astute businessman, Jamanalal’s foresight in picking the right business at the right time that generated phenomenal growth. However, his business interests were the means to a larger and holistic end. Very active during India’s freedom struggle, Jamanalal was a philanthropist who delighted in donating most of his wealth for worthy causes. From the beginning, Jamanalal was always more involved in social and philanthropic activities rather than business.
He was a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi and had the rare distinction of being regarded by Gandhiji as his own protege. Jamanalal assisted in Gandhiji’s activities and was increasingly involved, and committed to, the Mahatma’s programmes and India’s freedom struggle.
Kamalnayan Bajaj, the eldest son of Jamanalal Bajaj, started shouldering family responsibilities from an early age. After completing his education from University of Cambridge, England, Kamalnayan returned to India to assist his father Jamanalal, both in business and in social service. Kamalnayan was a man of strict principles, which he never swerved from. He had earmarked a large portion of the income from his family business for public causes and social service programmes, the mantle of all of which he had inherited from his father. He always had a sense of a larger social mission, transcending the dictates of business and the bottom line.
Every new business venture that Kamalnayan got into, eloquently testified to his legendary business acumen. With tremendous foresight and a spirit of zestful enterprise, Kamalnayan acquired ailing industrial units and then miraculously turned them around. He went on to expand the business by branching into manufacture of scooter, three-wheeler, cement, alloy casting and electricals. In 1954, Kamalnayan took over active management of the Bajaj Group companies.
Ramkrishna Bajaj, the younger son of Jamanalal, took over after the demise of his elder brother Kamalnayan Bajaj in 1972. In addition to shouldering business responsibilities, Ramkrishna’s energies were largely directed towards the social service and social welfare programmes of the Bajaj Group. He was of the firm conviction that he could make an impactful and meaningful contribution to the community through social work.
Ramkrishna had a flair and panache for working with youth. He was elected as the Chairman of World Assembly for Youth (India) in 1961. He also held the office of the Managing Trustee of the Indian Youth Centres Trust, which conceived and created the Vishwa Yuvak Kendra in 1968, a trail-blazing organisation in youth development.
Rahul Bajaj, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Bajaj group, is one of India's renowned industrialists and is internationally respected for his business expertise and entrepreneurial character. Rahul Bajaj is the grandson of Jamanlal Bajaj, who founded the Bajaj Group. He completed his schooling from Cathedral, a school in Bombay. Then he further pursed his studies from St Stephen's College, Delhi and Harvard University, USA. He took over control of the Bajaj Group in 1965 and successfully established one of India's best companies.
Bajaj Group is involved in a variety of welfare activities, which are carried out with the support of its companies and trusts.
Shiksha Mandal Wardha was established in 1914 by Jamnalal Bajaj and Shri Shrikishandas Jajoo for educating the youth of India. This Mandal was a part of the national movement and received support for several national leaders including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. It was also the first institute in India to prepare text books and conduct examinations in Hindi and Marathi at the graduate level. Currently, the Mandal runs three commerce colleges (in Wardha, Nagpur & Jabalpur), a Science College and Agricultural and Rural Institute and a Polytechnic at Wardha.
Kamalnayan Bajaj School location at Chinchwad was established in 1976. Initially it started off as a school providing education from Lower KG to grade 12 and in 2007 it also started running a junior college.
Jankidevi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies was established in August 1997. It is a Centre of Management Studies and the Postgraduate Department of Management Education of the S.N.D. T. Women's University. It offers a variety of full-time and part-time professional courses at Masters level and postgraduate Diploma courses in management specifically for women.
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, setup by the University of Mumbai in collaboration with the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. With a donation from the Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust, was established in 1965. It was the first to start a full-time 2 year Masters Programme in Management Studies (MMS) in India. Besides that, it offers various management courses for executives.
Bajaj Group volunteered to adopt 3 Industrial training institute for Upgradation - ITI Mulshi, ITI Haveli and ITI Ramnager. A two day training program was organized for all the staff of the Institutes, at a remote location, to “open the minds” to “aim high” and receive better ideas and go out and achieve excellence.
The company enabled Education of eligible bright Backward students with the launch of a program that would help scheduled castes and scheduled tribes students achieve academic excellence and make them at par with those who can afford coaching for top institutes.
Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital in Aurangabad was established in 1990 as a hospital and research center. Although it was relatively small when it started, it has soon grown into a very well equipped hospital with 225 beds, 60 full-time doctors and 150 staff, organ transplant center, well-equipped Cath Lab, CT Scan, MRI, Mammography & Dept of radiation oncology and so on.
The Bajaj-YCM Hospital A.R.T Center for HIV/Aids in Pimpri was established as a Public Private Partnership between Government of India - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare - National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to provide better healthcare facilities to Aids patients.
Among others, one of the objectives of the Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha is to empower women and it has been doing so by training women in using improved technology for storage of food grains and initiating goat rearing projects owned and managed by women, emphasizing the importance of family planning particularly tubectomy operations and securing loans for women members for both consumption and income generation.
IMC Ladies' Wing Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar for Rural Entrepreneurship, which commemorates the birth centenary of the late Smt.Jankidevi Bajaj, is an award conferred for outstanding contribution of women working for rural development
The Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust initially assisted Sarvodaya workers and Gandhian constructive programmes. However, some years down, it established the International Sarvodaya Centre in Vishwaneedam with an aim to promote agriculture, dairy development, rural development and training local women and youth for self-employment. It also funded the establishment of Jamnalar Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and undertook the maintenance of Bajajwadi at Wardha. Finally, the trust has also made significant contributions to the promotion of arts and culture through the Kamalnayan Bajaj Hall and Art Gallery.
The Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha also pays great emphasis on self-reliance and it helps the rural population to do so by building family-size biogas plants, training women in using improved technology for storage of food grains and so on.
The IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards was instituted in 1997 to encourage Indian Industry to be alert to the importance of quality in the context of global competitiveness. The Quality Award is presented every year to companies in manufacturing, service sector and small business company.
The Institute of Gandhian Studies, established in 1987, promotes long-term and short-term study courses on Gandhian thoughts and methodology. The courses have attracted participation of students, youth and academicians from countries like the U.S., U.K., Germany, Holland, Norway and many Asian countries. In addition to the courses, the institute also organises seminars, consultative meets for Panchayat workers, special courses for women members of the Panchayats and trade union workers.
The trusts that work towards rural development include Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha, Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj Trust and Jamnalal Bajaj Seva Trust. The welfare activities are carried out in collaboration with CAPART, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, NEDA, respective State Governments and beneficiaries.
The rural development activities were aimed at improving the living conditions of the rural population via income generation, training for self-employment , improved health and sanitation, supply of drinking water, improved agricultural and land maintenance practices such as horticulture, social forestry and reclamation of waste land. Other activities include distribution of solar-lantern & solar cookers, installation of bio-gas plants, deepening and widening of wells and drinking water scheme, tree plantation and kitchen gardens, lift irrigation, veterinary services like insemination, vaccination and distribution of cattle feed, watershed development and building of model villages, distribution of agricultural equipment and building a center of Child Labor Welfare.
In addition, the Bajaj Group has also undertaken several educational activities. They not only focus on mainstream education through the maintenance and running of Bal Sanskar Kendras, Balwadis and conducting study tours, but also on vocational education through tailoring classes, literacy and hobby classes, training programmes for self-employment, and so on.
Some of the regions where these rural development activities have been implemented include Wardha, Pune, Aurangabad districts of Maharashtra, villages surrounding Shikohabad in Uttar Pradesh, Kashi-ka-bas village (birth place of Jamnalal Bajaj) and some of the surrounding villages in Sikar district of Rajasthan, and some of the villages adjoining Vishwaneedam, Bangalore.
Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha, a trust, named after the Padma Vibhushan late Jankidevi Bajaj, wife of late Shri Jamnalal Bajaj, was established in 1987. The aim of this trust is to work towards improving the quality of life of people in rural areas, eliminating poverty, empowering women, development of human and natural resources, promoting ecological balance, and so on. At present, it is being implemented in 24 remote and backward villages in the cities of Pune and Aurangabad. Some of the initiatives implemented include water conservation projects for improving agricultural productivity, construction of latrines, family size biogas plants, training women in using improved technology for storage of food grains, goat rearing projects owned and managed by women, vermiculture projects, improving agricultural implements in 11 villages, dairy development, family planning particularly tubectomy operations, polio immunisation campaigns, securing loans for women members for both consumption and income generation.
The Jankidevi Bajaj Gram Vikas Sanstha has taken several steps towards improving the ecological balance. Some of its activities in this area include water conservative projects for improving agricultural productivity, helping build family-size biogas plants, conducting vermiculture projects, and so on.
The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2011 has ranked Bajaj[7]
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