Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar
Kirloskar on a 2003 stamp of India
Born(1903-05-28)28 May 1903
Solapur
Died24 April 1994(1994-04-24) (aged 90)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.)
Occupation(s)Chairman, Kirloskar Group
SpouseYamutai Kirloskar
ChildrenChandrakant Kirloskar
Srikant Kirloskar
Sarojini Amin

Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May 1903 – 24 April 1994) was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.[1]

S. L. Kirloskar was the son of Laxmanrao Kirloskar, who established the Kirloskar Group and the township of Kirloskarwadi. S. L. Kirloskar earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was among the first Indians to graduate from MIT.

Kirloskar was a global thinker and an enterprising person who had the courage and the confidence in the potential of his own country even in the pre-independence era. He often said, "Economic preparedness is as vital as military preparedness."[2] He viewed India as a part of the rest of the world and worked towards making India globally competitive.

After the end of World War II, the Kirloskar Group grew rapidly under the leadership of S. L. Kirloskar. In 1946, he established Kirloskar Electric Company and Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited at Bangalore and Pune, respectively. He is credited with developing the manufacture of diesel engine indigenously as an import substitute after India attained independence. He penned an autobiography under the title Cactus and Roses.

Kirloskar was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 1965 for his contribution to trade and industry.[3]

On 26 February 2003,[4] Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister of India, released a commemorative postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of Kirloskar's birth.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "S. L. Kirloskar, 90, Industrialist in India". The New York Times. 6 May 1994. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Our Inspiration". S. L. Kirloskar Centre for Executive Education. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "India at a Glance | National Portal of India". India.gov.in. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "India Post website, Philately, Stamp Image, 2003". Indiapost.gov.in. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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