| Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
Repeat telecast on Sunday,
August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm Power Turks III is a free-flowing
show where established professionals of India Inc meet for a tête-à-tête
with Shereen Bhan. The first episode of Power Turks in its third season takes
a look at the life of Kumaramangalam Birla, among the richest person in India
and the eighth youngest billionaire outside India according to the Fortune magazine.
Kumaramangalam Birla , son of Aditya Birla, was just 28 years-old
when his father died. A holder of an MBA from London Business School, Kumaramangalam
was compelled to be the chairman of the $4.5 billion group. Kumaramangalam
Birla now heads the Aditya Birla Group, the world number one in viscose staple
fibre; the world's largest single-location palm oil producer and Asia's largest
integrated aluminium producer; a globally competitive, fast-growing copper producer,
the number two private sector insurance company and the fourth-largest asset management
company in India and the world's eighth-largest producer of cement and the largest
in a single geography; The group employs about 72,000 people, has
some 800,000 shareholders and aggregate revenue of US$ 7.9 billion as of this
year. Aditya Birla Group has operations in 18 countries across four continents.
Watch Kumaramangalam Birla share aspects of his life not just limited
to the corporate world with Shereen Bhan only on CNBC-TV18. The show brings to
light his motivations and the environment that the super achiever - Kumaramangalam
Birla - functions in. Catch the sometimes reclusive and often inspiring
Kumaramangalam Birla as he talks about his work, his life and his dreams on Power
Turks II only on CNBC-TV18. Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation
with Shereen Bhan on 'Power Turks III' only on CNBC-TV18
Friday, August 11,
2006 at 7 pm
Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm | 
