Founders
Sunil Kant Munjal
Chancellor, BML Munjal University & Chairman, Hero Enterprise
Sunil Kant Munjal is one of the founders and promoters of Hero Group, India’s premier automotive manufacturing group that has evolved from being the world’s largest bicycle maker to the largest two-wheeler maker. He is the Chairman of Hero Enterprise, which is interested in insurance distribution, steel-making, real estate, and corporate training. He has made strategic investments in several areas ranging from e-commerce to hospitality. He also supports start-ups in digital learning, community transportation, healthcare, women empowerment and education.
Sunil Kant Munjal also chairs the board that runs the Doon School and sits on the boards of the IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA), ISB, and SRCC. He has co-founded BML Munjal University (BMU) and is President of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. He has also served as president of the CII and AIMA, been a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry and was on government taskforces that prepared the ground for India’s banking and insurance reforms.
He has set up the Serendipity Arts Foundation to revive patronage in the arts; he is also President of the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam, which supports performing arts across North India.