New Delhi: Manav Kapur, Executive Director, Steelbird International, is appointed as the Chairperson of the ACMA-Young Business Leaders’ Forum (YBLF) for the 2023-2025 chapter. He was nominated Co-Chair in 2022. Sunjay Kapur (Sona Comstar), is the Chief Mentor of ACMA-YBLF.
Widely recognized and celebrated as the leading platform to facilitate the convergence of hundreds of 2nd and 3rd generation entrepreneurs of the rapidly growing automotive component industry, YBLF was established under the aegis of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA).
Manav Kapur provides thought leadership from his vast professional experience and is keen to engage with the business leaders of tomorrow who have set out to make a mark in the emerging category of new interventions, technologies, products, markets and customers. After spearheading a wide array of functional areas and donning the captain’s hat in a range of training and development modules over the past 10 years, he has now been elevated to the new position, a media release said.
Besides his long-standing association with ACMA-YBLF, Manav Kapur also provides thought leadership on industry forums, panel discussions and media conclaves. Awarded the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 for his outstanding achievements, he brings a new perspective to the business. He has also been recognized as one of the best ’40 under 40’ business leaders by the Times Group, the release said.
“Having been associated with ACMA-YBLF for over a decade, I am grateful and excited about the new responsibility of leading it from the front, bestowed upon me by the outgoing Chairperson Nishant Jairath (Metalman Auto) and the opportunity to work with the new Mentor Sunjay Kapur while being ably supported by Akhilesh Rai (Suprajit) as the Co-Chair. It is exciting times indeed, with the Indian Auto Components industry having clocked the highest-ever turnover of INR 5.6 lakh crores (USD 69.7 billion), growing at 32.8% in FY 2022-23. The budding entrepreneurs of tomorrow must be equipped to lead the change in the customer space, category and synergise with the macro trends. I thus see my big role in the next 2 years in providing experiential learning, imparting knowledge, building skill sets and motivating a bright young group of people in the 25-40 age-group. It gives me valuable insights and augments my own learning curve so is a win-win proposition,” Manav Kapur said.
