Rahul Bajaj
The industrialist who led Bajaj Auto for decades and made its Akurdi factory in Pune a household name across India.
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The industrialists and entrepreneurs who made Pune a city of factories, vaccines and software.
Pune is not only a city of history and learning. It is also one of India's great industrial cities, home to companies that make motorcycles, cars, engines, forgings, vaccines and software for the whole world. Here are some of the people who built them.
- Pune's Pride People who made Pune the cultural capital of Maharashtra. Read more
- Sports Personalities of Pune Cricketers, hockey players, badminton champions and chess grandmasters from Pune. Read more
- Science and Medicine Personalities of Pune The scientists, engineers and doctors from Pune who built supercomputers, rockets, research institutes and hospitals. Read more
Cyrus Poonawalla
Founder of the Serum Institute of India in Hadapsar, which makes vaccines used by children in many countries.
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The engineer and industrialist who built the Kirloskar group into one of Pune's first great engineering companies.
Read more about Shantanurao KirloskarBaba Kalyani
Chairman of Bharat Forge in Mundhwa, which supplies forged parts to vehicle and aircraft makers around the world.
Read more about Baba KalyaniAnand Deshpande
Founder of Persistent Systems, one of the IT companies that made Pune a software city.
Read more about Anand DeshpandeChitale Bandhu
The Chitale family's sweet shop, started in Pune in 1950, whose bakarwadi is now known all over India.
Read more about Chitale BandhuAnu Aga
Former chairperson of Thermax, the Pune energy and environment company, and a social worker and former Rajya Sabha member.
Read more about Anu AgaLila Poonawalla
One of the first women to head a large engineering company in India, and founder of the Lila Poonawalla Foundation for girls' education.
Read more about Lila PoonawallaAbhay Firodia
Chairman of Force Motors in Akurdi, maker of Traveller vans, Gurkha SUVs and engines for luxury car makers.
Read more about Abhay FirodiaArun Firodia
Founder of the Kinetic group, which gave India the Luna moped and the Kinetic Honda scooter.
Read more about Arun FirodiaAdar Poonawalla
Chief executive of the Serum Institute of India in Hadapsar, the world's largest vaccine maker by number of doses.
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