Bhupendra Kumar Modi
B. K. Modi or Bhupendra Kumar Modi, now famously known as Dr. M, is a social entrepreneur, a philanthropist and an author with more than 30 years of business leadership experience. He is also a recognized pioneer in the areas of office automation, telecom, healthcare, electric vehicles, global citizenship and omniscience. Amongst his other efforts, Dr. M also organised the UN World Peace Summit and received appreciation for his global peace efforts from the United States House of Representatives. He is currently realizing his vision to bring revolutionary new technologies to life which can transform human living for generations to come.
In 2016, Forbes estimated Dr M's net worth at US $645 million.
Dr. B.K.Modi has authored many books, including One God, Hinduism – The Universal Truth, Performance – A Manager's Challenge and Whispers of Peace.
Dr M was born in 1949 to the visionary industrialist Mr Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi & Mrs. Dayawati Modi. He was born in Modinagar, an Indian city established by his father. The first amongst his siblings to be born after independence, he was the 9th child of Mr. Modi.
He completed his primary schooling from the Scindia School, Gwalior. He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) and received an MBA from the University of Southern California. He also received a PhD. in Philosophy and Doctor of Letters in Industrial Management.
Dr M is married to Veena Modi. His son, Dilip Modi, was the youngest ASSOCHAM president in 2011 and also the youngest COAI president in 2004–05. His daughters, Divya (Director, Spice Finance) and Ritika, are both married.
Dr M began his career in Modi Steel, one of the prime units of his family business, Modi Industries.
Dr M revolutionized multiple industries like tyre, office automation and telecom by bringing global giants to the Indian sub-continent. Dr M is an ardent advocate of conscious capitalism and built all his ventures with this vision.
In 1975, as head of Modi Rubber, Dr M sealed the first Indo-International technical collaboration in the tyre industry with Continental (Germany). Modi Rubber set up the first world-class tyre manufacturing facility in the country.
In 1981, Dr M laid the foundation for his business empire by setting up Graphics India which became the sole distributor of Rank Xerox copiers in India. In 1983, he formed Modi Xerox as a joint-venture with Xerox. Modi Xerox became the first Indian manufacturer of high-end laser copier. Then in 1987, he formed a joint-venture with Olivetti (Italy), Modi Olivetti. This became the first Indian joint venture to manufacture advanced PCs and floppy disks.
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