Manasi Kirloskar sole heir to Industrialist Vikram Kirloskar's business group (Toyota Kirloskar Motor group of companies, 6 JV's). She heads the Holding company of these JV's, worked to add another JV with Toyota for material handling equip - Toyota Material Handling Co Ltd. An entrepreneur, Manasi setup the real estate vertical at age 20, starting with an IT Business Park, now completed a Rs.1400 cr premium residential project, finalising the next Commercial project. She also worked on setting up a JV with Toyota Tsusho for Insurance Brokerage, thereby entering Financial Services.
Manasi has always been sensitive to the environ, strongly believing that people in powerful wealthy positions must give back. Doing community service since age 13, Manasi this year setup her Social Impact Start-Up called "Caring with Colour".
Manasi is a most gifted Painter and graduated in Art from the world reputed Rhode Island School of Design, USA. With her 1st exhibition on paintings at age 12, sold later at a New York auction and London. Most multi-faceted, she is a skilled Diver with a 30m Nitrox license. Her mantra "Conviction. Believe you can and you will!"