Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, was honored with the 2025 Global Leadership Award by the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) at its annual summit in Washington, D.C.

The award recognizes his outstanding contribution to strengthening U.S.-India economic ties and significant investments in the United States.

Key Points:

• Kumar Mangalam Birla received the USISPF Global Leadership Award during the 2025 Leadership Summit held in Washington, D.C.
• Under his leadership, Aditya Birla Group is the largest Indian investor in the U.S., including a $4.1 billion aluminum rolling mill project in Alabama.
• The award ceremony also honored leaders like IBM’s Arvind Krishna and Hitachi’s Toshiaki Higashihara for fostering U.S.-India-Japan economic cooperation.
• Birla highlighted the importance of long-term investments and community development in the U.S. in his acceptance speech.
• This recognition adds to Birla’s previous honors, such as the Padma Bhushan and Business Leader of the Decade awards.