President Releases a Commemorative Stamp on Shri Aditya Vikram Birla

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released a Commemorative Stamp on Shri Aditya Vikram Birla today (January 14, 2013) at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The theme of the stamp released today is ‘1st Indian Global Industrialist’. The stamp is designed with the picture of Shri Birla against the backdrop of the plant of one of his companies which rose to become the world’s largest integrated Aluminium plant.

This commemorative stamp is a unique recognition of the late Mr. Aditya Birla’s endeavours to pioneer the globalisation of India. Born into one of the largest business families of India and grandson of Late Shri G.D. Birla a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Late Shri Aditya Birla was an industrialist who put Indian business on the world map and truly exemplified the bold spirit of "Taking India to the World”. Besides being an entrepreneur, Shri Aditya was a social benefactor.

This release issued at 1830 hrs