B K Birla Centre For Education

Shri Basant Kumar Birla, the youngest son of philanthropist Ghanshyam Das Birla.

By fifteen years of age, he was already actively associated with a large number of companies and eventually became the chairman of Kesoram Industries. He was the chairman of the Krishnarpan Charity Trust, which runs an engineering college named BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology in Pilani, Rajasthan. He, along with his wife Smt. Sarala Birla, established the school BK Birla Centre for Education. He also established the Birla College of Arts, Science & Commerce in Kalyan near Mumbai. He is the author of several books, including an autobiography entitled Svantah Sukhaya.