Sumant Moolgaokar (5 March 1906 – 1 July 1989) also known as SM was an

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industrialist, known as the architect of

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. He was the chief executive of Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO). Moolgaokar was also vice-chairman of

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and served as the non-executive chairman of

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. He was awarded the

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, third-highest civilian honour by the

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in 1990. He started his career as an engineer in CP cement, located at kymore a small town in Madhya Pradesh now known as ACC kymore cement works where he worked from 1932–33 later he joined TATA group. He established Kymore engineering institute now known as ''Sumant Moolgaokar Training Institute'' on 17 March 1957 it has many departments in many disciplines from instrumentation to welding which are the core maintenance requirements for cement plants then it was first training Institute of its kind in India especially for cement industry. In his memory ''Sumant Moolgaokar Stadium'' opened at Telco Colony,

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. The

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vehicle, launched in 1994, was named after him.

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