Business Icons of Aurangabad

‘Business Icons of Aurangabad’ is the second coffee table book in the Business Icons series, introduced by Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd. to serve as a guide for the future generations of the country.

Over the past 30 years, Lokmat has struck deep roots among every segment of the society in Aurangabad. ‘Business Icons of Aurangabad’ salutes the business leaders who have built modern Aurangabad brick by brick. The book profiles 64 industrialists who have made major contributions to the spectacular growth story of Aurangabad.

Recognized over the last five decades as a major industrial destination, Aurangabad has been included in the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor which is expected to attract major investments. Industrial houses that have created wealth in Aurangabad represent a wide gamut of industry and trade segments such as automobile, education, real estate, white goods, pharma, steel, textiles and agro-products and include such eminent names as Bajaj Auto, Wockhardt, Videocon, Garware, Siemens, Nirlep, SkodaAuto India, RL Steels and many others. NASSCOM has included Aurangabad in the list of top 50 potential IT cities in India, as Aurangabad’s IT and ITES industries today provide employment to nearly 5000 people.

The selection of the business leaders profiled in ‘Business Icons of Aurangabad’ was made by a distinguished panel of social entrepreneurs, presidents of industrial associations, and the senior editorial board of Lokmat.

The book got unveiled at the hands of Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group on 3rd July 2012 at CIDCO Natyagruha, Aurangabad, in the presence of Guest of Honour Mr. Venugopal N Dhoot, Chairman Videocon, Mr Vijay Darda, MP Rajya Sabha and Chairman Lokmat Media, Mr Rajendra Darda, State Minister for Education, Mr Deven Darda, Director Lokmat Media, and Mr Rishi Darda, Joint MD Lokmat Media.

Also present on the occasion were the business icons honoured in the book, along with several eminent public figures of Aurangabad and Marathwada region.