Dr Baba N Kalyani, chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge Ltd, has been renominated as the co-chair of the India-Japan Business Leader’s Forum (IJBLF) from the Indian side by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, on his current visit to Japan, is accompanied by members of IJBLF.

Mr Kalyani has been appointed by the prime minister of India to leverage the developing trade and investment between the two countries for greater co-operation between their businesses. The forum also include Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Enterprises’ head Sunil Bharti Mittal, Essar Group chairman Shashi Ruia, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, Wipro Group chairman Azim Premji, Sun Pharma chairman Sh Dilip Sanghvi, Biocon chairman Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, TCS’s vice-chairman S Ramadorai  and ICICI Bank’s MD, Ms Chanda Kochhar.