Aditya Birla Group Appoints Ajit Rajagopalan as CEO - Cellulosic Fashion Yarn Business
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January 2026 : In a strategic move to consolidate leadership within its specialized manufacturing divisions, the Aditya Birla Group has recently announced the appointment of Ajit Rajagopalan as the new CEO of its Cellulosic Fashion Yarn Business.
Rajagopalan, who currently serves as the CEO of the Group’s Insulators Business, will now take on extended responsibilities by managing both high-profile verticals. This internal promotion highlights the Group’s commitment to leveraging homegrown talent and cross-sector expertise.
The appointment follows the resignation of Mr. Satyaki Ghosh, who stepped down as CEO of the Cellulosic Fashion Yarn Business and as Senior Management Personnel effective the close of business on January 16, 2026.
The transition comes at a pivotal time for Grasim’s Fashion Yarn Business. As India’s largest manufacturer of Viscose Filament Yarn (VFY), the division boasts a heritage spanning over 60 years, remaining a cornerstone of the country's textile and fashion exports.
Ajit Rajagopalan’s career is defined by high-stakes leadership across diverse industrial sectors. A Computer Engineer from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a Postgraduate in Management (MBA) from IIM-Ahmedabad, he began his professional journey as an Engineer at Reliance Industries Ltd. before spending eight years at Tata Strategic Management Group as Practice Head. Following leadership roles at Keystone India and Samira Constructions, he joined the Aditya Birla Group in 2007.
Over nearly two decades with the conglomerate, he served as the Principal Executive Assistant to the Chairman and held multiple international leadership roles at Birla Carbon in Thailand, China, and India. Prior to his current dual-CEO role, he was instrumental in leading Aditya Birla Insulators and Aditya Birla Power Composites Limited.
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