Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Biral, has been named the 'Global Entrepreneur of the Year in Business Transformation' by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), officials said here on Thursday. He was presented with the award at the two-day TiE Global Summit in Dubai, which is being attended by top business and policy honchos from 30 countries.

The award acknowledged Birla's extraordinary leadership of a globally diversified conglomerate during the unprecedented global turmoil created by the Covid-19 pandemic in the past two years. In his acceptance speech, Birla said the Aditya Birla Group stands out for its pace of activity, range of businesses and breadth of its geographical presence.