Aditya Birla Group brings changes in top management

In an attempt to strengthen its retail operation countrywide, one of India’s leading retailers Aditya Birla Group has brought changes at its top-level management. Pranab Barua, earlier the head of Group's retail arm Aditya Birla Retail, will now lead the Group’s fashion house Madura Garments, reports ET. Further, Vikram Rao, who headed Madura Garments for nearly a decade, will now look after the Group’s acrylic fibre and fabric operations in Egypt, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, added the report.Meanwhile, after Partho P Kar’s resignation, COO, Madura Garments Exports, the Group has appointed S Vishwanathan as the new head and R Swaminathan as the deputy COO, and both of them will report to Barua.