Balkrishna

Balkrishna (Known as Acharya Balkrishna[3] 4 August 1972) is an Indian billionaire businessman and chairman of the consumer goods company Patanjali Ayurved. He was reported by Forbes to have a net worth of US$1.5 billion as of January 2020.[2][4][3][5]

Not to be confused with Bala Krishna.

Acharya Balkrishna
Born (1972-08-04) 4 August 1972[1]
Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationAyurvedacharya, Businessman
Known for99.6% owner of Patanjali Ayurved
Net worthUS$1.2 billion (June 2020)[2]
TitleMD/CEO, Patanjali Ayurved
Websitewww.acharyabalkrishna.com

Early life

Balkrishna was born on 4 August 1972 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand (then Uttar Pradesh) to Nepalese immigrants, Sumitra Devi and Jay Vallabh Subedi from Syangja, Nepal.[1]

Career

In 1995, Balkrishna and Ramdev founded Divya Yoga Pharmacy in Haridwar, and in 2006, they founded Patanjali Ayurved,[6] a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company involved in the manufacturing and trading of FMCG, herbal, and ayurvedic products.[7] Followers of Ramdev, NRIs Sunita and Sarwan Poddar, helped kick-start the business with a loan. According to Balkrishna, he had taken out a ₹50–60 crore loan at a time when he had never held a personal bank account in his name.[8] In 2012, the company posted a turnover of ₹450 crore (US$63 million) which by 2015–2016 had risen to ₹5,000 crore (US$700 million).[9]

While Ramdev does not hold a stake in Patanjali Ayurved, he is the face of the firm and endorses its products to his followers across his yoga camps and television programmes.[9] Balkrishna owns 98.6% of the company[2] and serves as its managing director.[10] He is a close aide of Ramdev.[11]

Literary career

Acharya Balkrishna has authored more than 120 books on yoga and Ayurveda and edited more than 20 unpublished ancient Ayurveda manuscripts." .[12]

Books written by Acharya Balkrishna

Balkrishna, Acharya Balkrishna (2017). Yog Vigyanam. Divya Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-85721-55-7.

Acharya, Balkrishna (2017). The Checklist of World Herbal Encyclopedia. Divya Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-85721-58-8.

Acharya, Balkrishna (2017). World Herbal Encyclopedia. Divya Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-85721-57-1.

Awards

Balkrishna was awarded the Champions of Change award in 2019, for his work in the field of Ayurved.[13][14]

Acharya Balkrishna was awarded the UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award, for his work in Healthcare sector. [15]

Acharya Balkrishna received Best Wellness Impact Global award from the CFI.co.[16]

Acharya Balkrishna honored with Bheeshma Puraskar" by Sant shree Gyaneshwar Gurukul, Pune. [17]

Acharya Balkrishna was awarded with AIMA Managing India Award 2018 for the Transformational Business Leader of the Year by Central Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. [18]

Acharya Balkrishna was awarded with “Shalin Manav Ratna Award- 2018” By Anoopam Mission for his contribution towards social welfare and Ayurveda. [19]

Acharya Balkrishna Ji Honored with Degree of Doctor of letter (Yoga) (Honoris Causa) by S-Vyasa Deemed University Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana for outstanding work done in the field of Yoga and Ayurveda. [20]

Acharya Ji Honored with “Geeta Ratna Samman” by Spirituality Consciousness Association on January 2018 for his contribution towards Yoga and Ayurveda. [21]

Acharya Balkrishna Ji was awarded with Indian of the Year Business Category- 2017 for his contribution to the country to strengthened the foundation of our society and has helped build Brand India in the process by CNN-News 30th November 2017 [22]

Acharya Balkrishna Ji was awarded with “Jashn-e-Youngistan Samman for Business Icon of the Year” by News 24. [23]

Acharya Balkrishna Ji Honored with “Lokmanya Tilak Award 2017” by Tilak Smarak Trust on 1st August 2017 for his contribution towards promotion Yoga & Ayurveda [24]

Personal life

Balkrishna lives in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and is unmarried.[2]

References
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  2. "Forbes profile: Acharya Balkrishna". Forbes. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. "A Billionaire With Fake Degrees And Passport - This Is Patanjali's CEO Acharya Balkrishna". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  4. "Billionaire Baba: What makes Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna one of India's richest". The Economic Times. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. "How Acharya Balkrishna built a multi-crore company - Billionaire Baba". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  6. "Billionaire Baba: What makes Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna one of India's richest". The Economic Times. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. "Ramdev turns his Ayurved enterprise into an FMCG empire". Business Standard. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. "The man who owns 94% of Patanjali Ayurved". The Times of India.
  9. Singh, Kanishka (14 September 2016). "How our craze for Patanjali made Ramdev aide Acharya Balkrishna one of the wealthiest Indians". Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  10. "Should Patanjali's Dizzying Growth Worry the Competition?". The Wire. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  11. "Ramdev's close aide and Patanjali CEO Acharya Balakrishna now worth Rs 25,600 crore". DNA. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  12. Bhaskar, RN (9 August 2020). "Clinical trials for Ayurvedic cure of COVID-19 are underway, says Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  13. Pioneer, The. "Acharya Balkrishna receives Champions of Change Award". The Pioneer.
  14. "आचार्य बालकृष्ण को 'चैंपियंस ऑफ चेंज' अवार्ड, पूर्व राष्ट्रपति प्रणव मुखर्जी ने किया सम्मानित". Amar Ujala.
  15. "Acharya Balkrishna receives UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award". Business Standard.
  16. "Acharya Balkrishna (Patanjali Ayurved): Best Wellness Impact Global 2019". cfi.co.
  17. "आचार्य बालकृष्ण भीष्म पुरस्कार से सम्मानित". Hindustan Hindi News.
  18. [(https://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/acharya-bal-krishna-got-business-leader-award) "आचार्य बालकृष्ण बन गए 'बिजनेस लीडर', मिला एक और अवॉर्ड"] Check |url= value (help). अमर उजाला. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  19. [(https://www.livehindustan.com/uttarakhand/haridwar/story-acharya-balakrishna-honored-with-the-shalin-manavratan-award-1831616.html) "आचार्य बालकृष्ण शालीन मानवरत्न पुरस्कार से सम्मानित"] Check |url= value (help). Hindustan Hindi News. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  20. "आचार्य बालकृष्ण के नाम जुड़ी एक और उपलब्धि, इस काम के लिए डी.लिट की उपाधि से हुआ सम्मान". अमर उजाला Hindi News.
  21. "आचार्य बालकृष्ण को दिया गीता रत्न सम्मान". जागरण.
  22. "CNN-News18 Indian of the Year - Indian of the Year in Business - Acharya Balkrishna". news18.
  23. "News 24 honours man who scares MNCs- Acharya Balkrishna". न्यूज़२४ .
  24. "आचार्य बालकृष्ण लोकमान्य तिलक अवार्ड से सम्मानित". Hindustan Hindi News.
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