Aditya Birla group chairman, Kumar Manglam Birla in Kolkata addressing the 28th Annual National Conference of National Institute of Personnel Management on 'India Inc: Alignment of Business, HR & Technology' said that his company hopes to become a $65-billion conglomerate by the calendar year 2015.

The management targets to become a fortune 500 company and achieve a target turnover of $30 billion by the year 2010, a target which they achieved 2 years before the deadline in 2008 only. Current $35 billion conglomerate, the group aims to raise the figure $65 billion in the coming 5 years.

Although a detailed plan is yet to be revealed, overseas operations contribute to about 50% of the company's income. Belonging to 30 different nationalities, the group employs more than 1.3 lakh people, and the operations span across 30 different countries. They have always believed in the philosophy of people being the core asset to the company, which can break or make the company.

They try and recognize talent early and try to tap that by providing them challenges home and abroad.