Baba Kalyani

Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world’s second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany.

  • MIT engineer Baba Kalyani‘s Bharat Forge, which his son Amit helps him run, was founded by his father in 1966.
  • Bharat Forge, best known for making auto parts, also manufactures components for sectors such as aerospace and oil and gas.
  • Bharat Forge is the flagship of the $3 billion (revenue) Kalyani Group.
  • Kalyani has a collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries to make air defense systems.