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Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra

DOB: 1 May 1955

Anand Mahindra is the chairman of Mahindra Group which operates in agribusiness, aerospace, automotive, aftermarket, components, construction equipment, defence, farm equipment and energy. It also operates in industrial equipment, information technology, finance and insurance, leisure and hospitality, logistics and retail. Anand Mahindra’s net worth is approx $1.55 billion. Fortune Magazine included him among the 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders'. For the year 2013, he was noted by Forbes (India) as their 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. He became a member of the board of U.S.–India Business Council (USIBC), in April 2014. In 2004, he received the Rajiv Gandhi Award for outstanding contribution in the business field. In 2014, he, along with Mukesh Ambani and Mahesh Samat, co-founder EPIC, an Indian television channel. It showcases Hindi content. He is the Chairman of the India Advisory Council at the Lincoln Center, New York.[31] In January 2015, he was appointed on a four-year team as a Trustee of the Natural History Museum of London Early life: He was born on 1 May 1955 in Mumbai. After completing his school, he went on to study filmmaking and architecture from Harvard University. He completed his MBA, in 1981, from the Harvard Business School.

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Lockdown extensions economically disastrous, creating another medical crisis: Anand Mahindra

Business | May 25, 2020, 04:41 PM IST

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Monday said lockdown extensions are not just economically disastrous but also create another medical crisis.

Anand Mahindra wins internet again, widely appreciated for his banana leaf tweet

Anand Mahindra wins internet again, widely appreciated for his banana leaf tweet

Trending | Apr 10, 2020, 08:11 AM IST

Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to reveal that he received a message that made him focus on the plight of the struggling banana farmers and instantly took the measures to help them.

Mukesh Ambani to Ratan Tata: Business tycoons who made huge

Mukesh Ambani to Ratan Tata: Business tycoons who lead donations in battle against coronavirus

Business | Apr 01, 2020, 09:53 PM IST

India is among several other countries, who are battling against deadly coronavirus that has triggered a 21-day lockdown across the country and has sent us in a state of emergency and panic. During this worst-phase, several Indian business tycoons like Mukesh Ambani, Anand Mahindra, Ratan Tata among others have pledged to help fight the coronavirus that has thrown life off-track, in India and across the world. Here's what the India Inc biggies so far have committed to donating in the fight against COVID-19.

Anand Mahindra lauds his team for making ventilators to combat coronavirus outbreak. Watch video

Anand Mahindra lauds his team for making ventilators to combat coronavirus outbreak. Watch video

Trending | Mar 26, 2020, 02:05 PM IST

Mahindra Group's Chairman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter on Thursday to laud his team for coming up with three types of ventilators to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

Anand Mahindra's picture with 'real Iron Man' not the

Anand Mahindra's picture with 'real Iron Man' not the marvel character, see photo

India | Mar 01, 2020, 11:31 AM IST

Billionaire businessman, Anand Mahindra never fails in grabbing attention with each and every social media post. He makes sure that his followers never get bored with his posts.

Anand Mahindra to continue as M&M executive chairman till next year

Anand Mahindra to continue as M&M executive chairman till next year

Business | Feb 08, 2020, 10:27 PM IST

Mahindra & Mahindra on Saturday said Anand Mahindra has acceded the request of the board to continue as executive chairman till November next year. The board of directors of the company have unanimously requested Anand Mahindra to continue as the executive chairman.

Several other Twitter users too commented on Mahindra's

Anand Mahindra shares clever Math shortcut. Even Shah Rukh Khan is impressed

Trending | Jan 22, 2020, 04:58 PM IST

Anand Mahindra's tweet has a short video clip, wherein a school teacher describes a clever shortcut to multiply various numbers by nine -- to be more precise, a hack to remember the table of nine.

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Anand Mahindra felt 'inferior' over innovative wedding proposal

India | Jan 18, 2020, 05:03 PM IST

A video of a Disney themed proposal is doing the rounds on the Internet in which a Hollywood filmmaker is re-animating his girlfriend's favourite movie to propose to her.

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Anand Mahindra tweets menu of 'pure veg eatery' serving veg mutton dosa, leaves netizens in splits

Trending | Jan 06, 2020, 07:05 PM IST

The tweet shared by Anand Mahindra features a menu standee of Pure Veg restaurant that serves Veg Mutton Dosa, Veg Fish Fry, and veg chicken rice.

Mukesh Ambani to Ratan Tata: Top 7 business tycoons who

Mukesh Ambani to Ratan Tata: Top 7 business tycoons who made headlines in 2019

Business | Dec 29, 2019, 10:20 AM IST

From Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) creating history by becoming the first Indian company to breach the Rs 10-trillion valuation mark to Wipro founder Azim Premji stepping down from his post of executive chairman of Wipro, top business tycoon leaders made headlines in 2019.

Anand Mahindra's tweet on man mimicking truck horn wows Tweeple

Anand Mahindra's tweet on man mimicking truck horn wows Tweeple

India | Dec 20, 2019, 04:58 PM IST

Industrialist Anand Mahindra's tweet of a video clip of a man imitating the sounds of different truck horns amused his Twitter fans, who marvelled at the man's talent.  

Anand Mahindra to step down as Mahindra Group Executive

Anand Mahindra to step down as Mahindra Group Executive Chairman next year

Business | Dec 20, 2019, 03:07 PM IST

Mahindra Group on Friday said Anand Mahindra will step down as Executive Chairman from April 1, 2020. 

Anand Mahindra: Economics, geopolitics more gripping than TV serials

Anand Mahindra: Economics, geopolitics more gripping than TV serials

India | Dec 02, 2019, 06:46 PM IST

A tweet on Monday by a senior economist of the Mahindra group, on potentially important developments, coming up this week, drawing a response from group chief Anand Mahindra, which also set social media platform Twitter abuzz.

Watch: To explain Maharashtra's 'Game Of Thrones', Mahindra tweets Kabaddi video

Watch: To explain Maharashtra's 'Game Of Thrones', Mahindra tweets Kabaddi video

India | Nov 24, 2019, 07:45 AM IST

Mahindra retweeted an old viral video of a Kabaddi match, which showed a `raider' getting trapped by a `defender'.

Do Indian travellers fake wheelchair need, asks Mahindra

Do Indian travellers fake wheelchair need, asks Mahindra

India | Nov 02, 2019, 03:42 PM IST

"Most of these are parents of folks settled in the west and many times are not well versed with navigating airports, their children hence ask for wheelchair assistance so that they don't miss connecting flights. It's opportunity for airlines to make money from what is complementary," said one user.

The mother-son duo travelled through many states -

Anand Mahindra offers car to man to take his mom on pilgrimage

India | Oct 24, 2019, 06:57 PM IST

A beautiful story. About the love for a mother but also about the love for a country..." wrote Mahindra. "If you can connect him to me, I'd like to personally gift him a Mahindra KUV 100 NXT so he can drive his mother in a car on their next journey.".

Mahindra to observe no production days at plants for up to

After Ashok Leyland, now Mahindra to observe no production days

Business | Sep 13, 2019, 08:17 PM IST

The company had earlier said in August that it would be observing no production days for 8-14 days across its automotive sector plants in the July-September quarter.

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Anand Mahindra's tweet gets government support for this Tamil Nadu woman

Trending | Sep 12, 2019, 08:04 PM IST

Anand Mahindra in a tweet shared the story of Kamalathal, an 80-year woman who has been selling Idlis for Rs 1

Viral Video: Naga women battalion lifting Bolero out of

Viral Video: Naga women battalion lifting Bolero out of ditch leaves Anand Mahindra stunned

Trending | Aug 29, 2019, 08:07 PM IST

The video started trending after Nagaland MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon shared it on his official Twitter handle, tagging Mahindra along with others.

Indian sportspersons will follow PV Sindhu, says Anand Mahindra after watching her workout video

Indian sportspersons will follow PV Sindhu, says Anand Mahindra after watching her workout video

Trending | Aug 28, 2019, 12:53 PM IST

Anand Mahindra tweeted 'exhausted' after watching the video of PV Sindhu has made the entire Nation proud after her bagging the title of first Indian to win the Badminton World Championships.