Kalpana Saroj is a living example of determination and resilience. Recipient of the Padma Shri in 2013, she has come a long way from being a slum dweller to becoming a business tycoon.

Kalpana Saroj was born in a dalit household in Vidharbha, India. At the age of 12 she was married to her husband's family in Mumbais slum area. After suffering physical abuse and mental torture by ...

Kalpana Saroj’s journey to the top is the ultimate rags to riches narrative of a woman who overcame poverty, domestic violence, and injustices, even attempted suicide, to become the CEO of a ...

From facing child marriage and hardships in slums, Kalpana Saroj rose to become a business icon with a net worth of $112 million Nucleus_AI 2768 Stories Thursday October 12, 2023 , 2 min Read ...

In 2013, Kalpana Saroj was awarded the Padma Shri for Trade and Industry for her remarkable work with Kamani Tubes and others. She is often represented as the original Slumdog Millionaire who has ...

The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan in Mumbai profiles Kalpana Saroj, an 'untouchable', who beat all odds to head a multi-million dollar company.

In 2013, Kalpana Saroj received Padma Shri award for her contributions to the business field and Dalit community. She is now the Chairperson of Kamani Tubes, which draws a revenue of over Rs 100 ...

NEW DELHI — She was called dirty, ugly, a “little packet of poison,” the offspring of donkeys. These days, Kalpana Saroj is called something else: a millionaire. Saroj, a dalit, or ...

Padma Shri Kalpana Saroj is known as the original ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Born in a Dalit family in Murtijarpur town of Akola district, her story is of ...