The Bajaj group will release a book, commemorating the birth centenary of Kamalnayan Bajaj, on January 23.
Titled ‘Kamalnayan Bajaj — Architect of the Bajaj Group’ and written by noted business historian Gita Piramal, the book traces the struggles, tribulations and emergence of one of the largest business houses in India and captures the spirit of the country in challenging times while profiling one of the giants of Indian industry.
From a trading group whose reins he took over from his father Jamnalal Bajaj, the group founding, till his passing in 1972, Kamalnayan (Kakaji) Bajaj transformed the group to being among the top 20 industrial houses in the country.
“Kakaji transformed us from a successful and reputed cotton trading group to an industrial group. This he did purposefully. Even as he carried forward the family tradition of contributing to public life, be it in political, socio-cultural or philanthropic fields,’’ Rahul Bajaj, son of Kamalnayan Bajaj and Chairman of Bajaj group, said in the book’s foreword.
