Birla: Great-grandfather pushed him to make independent decisions by grade six
Kumar Mangalam Birla · Nikhil Kamath x Kumar Birla | People by WTF Ep #5 · Nikhil Kamath · Dec 20, 2024 · at 26:17
Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla reflects on how multi-generational parenting empowered him to take personal agency very early in life.
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“I was in class five or six and I remember him saying, you know, you've got to take your own decisions now. Any important decision of your, concerning your life should be yours.”
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