Arun Firodia

Arun Firodia
Nationality Indian
Alma mater IIT Bombay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
Occupation Chairman of Kinetic Engineering Limited
Religion Jain
Awards Padmashri (2012)

Arun Firodia (born 1943) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of Kinetic Group,[1] India's leading manufacturers and exporters of two wheelers. Arun Firodia obtained his B.Tech with distinction in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Mumbai in 1965. He later went to US and obtained his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT. He completed his M.S. in Management from Sloan School of Management.[2]

He was awarded the Padmashri, fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2012.[3][4][5][6]

Personal Life

Arun Firodia is the son of late Shri. H.K. Firodia founder of Kinetic Engineering Limited. He has two daughters Sulajja Firodia Motwani who is the current Joint Managing Director of Kinetic Engineering Limited and Vismaya Firodia who was the Vice President of Kinetic Engineering Limited.

Honours and Awards

Year Award
2012 Padmashri for excellence in Trade & Industry
2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Award for distinguished achievement and exceptional service to Country, Society and MIT
2006 Auto Cluster Appreciation Award in appreciation of initiative and efforts for the successful operation of ACDRIL
2006 Pune Super Achievers Award instituted by ASM's - IBMR and IIBR jointly with Vision India
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award instituted jointly by SIAM, ACMA, ICICI, and Overdrive Magazine
2005 TERI - Corporate Social Responsibility Award
2004 The Helen Keller Award
2003 FICCI Annual Award for outstanding achievement in Employment of Physically Challenged people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Arun Firodia:Founder of Kinetic Group of Companies". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
  2. ↑ "Our Founder: H. K. Firodia". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
  3. ↑ "Padma Shri Awardees". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sancheti to be honoured with Padma Vibhushan". The Times Of India. Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
  5. ↑ "Four Punekars win Padma". Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.
  6. ↑ "Republic Day: Muthuraman, Subbiah, Priya Paul among Padma awardees". The Times Of India. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 13 Aug 2012.

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