Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai [SEP] date of birth
Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai
Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai (28 December 1925 – 19 June 2014) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. After completing courses of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States, he joined the family business, a conglomerate of companies spanning multiple industries. He also served on the governing councils of a number of cultural, educational and religious institutions.
Family.
Lalbhai was born to the "Nagarsheth" family of Ahmedabad, and was a direct descendant of Shantidas Jhaveri, a
Bhagubhai was also in cotton trading business since the 1870s As an expansion of his cotton trading business, he decided to start his own cotton mill and in 1896 he floated the Saraspur Mills floowed by Raipur Mills in 1897. These two mills laid the foundation of present-day Lalbhai group. The group was later expanded by his sons and noted nationalist and philanthropist, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Narottambhai Lalbhai, Chimanbhai Lalbhai and grandsons like Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai, Arvind Narottambhai Lalbhai and Chinubhai Chimanbhai. The group now consists of mills like Arvind Mills