Balasubramanian Muthuraman (born 26 September 1944) is an Indian industrialist, corporate executive, he was the

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's largest

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manufacturer and chairman Tata International.

Early life and career

He studied metallurgical engineering at

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, followed by M.B.A. from XLRI Jamshedpur, and started his career at

in 1966. He is also an alumnus of the GMP (General Management Program) a
CEDEP
the European Center for Executive Development, where

has been a Corporate Member since 1991. He is also the former chairman of the board of governors of XLRI- Xavier School of Management (XLRI),

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and National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (N. I. T.). Mr. B. Muthuraman, was also nominated as the chairman of the board of governors of

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by the Honourable President of India,

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. He is currently the chairman of the board of governors of

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. He is also currently the chairman of XIME, Chennai. He retired at the age of 70, as per norms laid out by the Tata Group. He has been awarded the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

by the

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in 2012. B. Muthuraman joined Tata Steel as a trainee in 1966, where he worked for 20 years.

References

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