Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm

Power Turks III is a free-flowing show where established professionals of India Inc meet for a t?te-?-t?te with Shereen Bhan. The first episode of Power Turks in its third season takes a look at the life of Kumaramangalam Birla, among the richest person in India and the eighth youngest billionaire outside India according to the Fortune magazine.

Kumaramangalam Birla , son of Aditya Birla, was just 28 years-old when his father died. A holder of an MBA from London Business School, Kumaramangalam was compelled to be the chairman of the $4.5 billion group.

Kumaramangalam Birla now heads the Aditya Birla Group, the world number one in viscose staple fibre; the world's largest single-location palm oil producer and Asia's largest integrated aluminium producer; a globally competitive, fast-growing copper producer, the number two private sector insurance company and the fourth-largest asset management company in India and the world's eighth-largest producer of cement and the largest in a single geography;

The group employs about 72,000 people, has some 800,000 shareholders and aggregate revenue of US$ 7.9 billion as of this year. Aditya Birla Group has operations in 18 countries across four continents.

Watch Kumaramangalam Birla share aspects of his life not just limited to the corporate world with Shereen Bhan only on CNBC-TV18. The show brings to light his motivations and the environment that the super achiever - Kumaramangalam Birla - functions in.

Catch the sometimes reclusive and often inspiring Kumaramangalam Birla as he talks about his work, his life and his dreams on Power Turks II only on CNBC-TV18.

Kumaramangalam Birla in conversation with Shereen Bhan on 'Power Turks III' only on CNBC-TV18
Friday, August 11, 2006 at 7 pm
Repeat telecast on Sunday, August 13, at 1 pm and 9.30 pm