Bajaj, Rahul-industry

Born On 10 Jun, 1938 at 5.10 a.m

Rahul Bajaj (born 10 June 1938) is an Indian billionaire businessman.^[2] He is the chairman emeritus^[3] of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group and a member of parliament. Bajaj comes from the business house started by Jamnalal Bajaj. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2001.^[4] In a recent interview for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business School, Bajaj provides a devastating critique of Indian industrial policies before the liberalisation in the 1990s.^[5] In 2008, he split Bajaj Auto into three units – Bajaj Auto, finance company Bajaj Finserv and a holding company. His sons Rajiv Bajaj and Sanjiv Bajaj are now managing the day to day affairs of the company.^[6]