Vikram Kirloskar

Vikram Kirloskar (19 November 1958 – 29 November 2022) was an Indian businessman and industrialist who served as the Vice Chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor. He was a fourth generation member of the Kirloskar business family and is credited with bringing Toyota's business to India in the late 1990s.

He died on 29 November 2022, at the age of 64, due to a heart attack.

Early life and education He was born in November 1958 in Bengaluru, India. He attended The Lawrence School in Ooty for his schooling. After school, Kirloskar went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where his grandfather had also studied. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical engineering from MIT. He was the son of Shreekant Kirloskar and the grandson of S.L. Kirloskar. (SIAM) from 2013 to 2015. He also held the presidency of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during 2019–2020. Vikram also served as the president of Automotive Research Association of India.

Personal life Vikram Kirloskar lived in Bengaluru with his wife Geetanjali Kirloskar. They have a daughter named Manasi Tata, who is married to Neville Tata, the son of Noel Tata.

Vikram was a wine connoisseur with a large collection of wines. He also loved cooking and described it as his favourite hobby.

In 2021 he was elected a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) and affiliated with its Engineering Section III (Mechanical Engineering). He was posthumously awarded the India Business Leader Award by CNBC-TV18 in 2023.

In March 2023, Vikram Kirloskar was posthumously conferred an honorary doctorate by Visvesvaraya Technological University.