Arvind Narottambhai Lalbhai (born April 3, 1918 - died 2007) was among three brothers who founded the Arvind Mills

Arvind Mills

Arvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, is one of India's leading composite manufacturer of textiles. Its headquarters is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It manufactures a range of cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottomweights fabrics. It is India's largest denim manufacturer ...

 in 1931, which today is amongst the top textiles companies of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 and is the flagship company of the Rs. 2,000 crore Lalbhai Group.

He was also the president of the Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...

 Mill Owners Association, the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries and the Gujarat Small Scale Industries Federation.
Mr. Lalbhai served the textile industry in several capacities, including as chairman of the textile committee in 1980 and the Indian Cotton Mills Federation in 1982.
He also worked on various committees and panels of state and Central government and was a member of the Customs and Central Excise Advisory Council of India.

One of India’s visionary industrialists, Arvind Narottam Lalbhai died at the age of 89.