From RSS, Nation Building & India’s Economic Rise | Kumar Mangalam Birla · · Organiser Weekly
“Big businesses must continue to see MSMEs as complementary partners, and collectively we should aspire to create at least 100 national champions who are globally competitive, globally recognized, and who lead their respective sectors.”
On , Kumar Birla, Chairman at Aditya Birla Group, spoke about MSMEs during RSS, Nation Building & India’s Economic Rise | Kumar Mangalam Birla on Organiser Weekly.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, spoke at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event in Nagpur in late May 2026, where he praised the organization's century-long contribution to nation-building and societal service. He called for stronger national resilience as India enters the "Amrit Kaal" phase of growth, and said that self-reliance is about capability and confidence. Birla also attended the concluding function of an RSS training camp in early June alongside RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. In April 2026, Birla addressed the convocation of BITS School of Management, where he said that in the age of AI, empathy will become a premium differentiator as intelligence becomes abundant. He also spoke at an UltraTech Cement event celebrating the company's growth, noting that the company's capacity had reached 200 million tons per annum, making it the largest cement company in the world outside of China. He described scale as revealing itself in impact, reach, reliability, and responsibility.