Birla Corporation Limited, popularly known as Birla Corp is an India

India

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n company based in Kolkata

Kolkata

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. It is the flagship

Flagship

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 company of the M P Birla group of companies

Aditya Birla Group

The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide...

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In 1919, Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla founded the Birla Jute

Jute

Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from plants in the genus Corchorus, which has been classified in the family Tiliaceae, or more recently in Malvaceae....

 Manufacturing Company. This company diversified and expanded and was renamed to its present name to reflect the change. Today the company deals in products ranging from jute to cement, PVC floor covering and auto trims (jute felt-based interiors).

Chairpersons

• Ghanshyamdas Birla
• M. P. Birla (d. 1990)
• Mrs. Priyamvada Birla (d. July 3, 2004)
• R. S. Lodha
  Rajendra Singh Lodha
  Rajendra Singh Lodha , popularly known as R. S. Lodha, was an Indian chartered accountant and the chairman of the Birla Corporation....
  
  (d. October 3, 2008)

External links

• Corporate overview on official site