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{{short description |Indian businessman}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=April 2025}}
{{Use Indian English |date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vikram Kirloskar
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1958|11|19}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|11|29|1958|11|19}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = [[Businessman]], [[industrialist]]
| known_for = Vice Chairman of [[Toyota Kirloskar Motor]]
| education =
| alma_mater = The Lawrence School, Ooty<br> [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
| spouse = Geetanjali Kirloskar
| children = 1 (Manasi Tata)
| awards = Suvarna Karnataka Award<br>[[JRD Tata Award]] (2020)
}}

'''Vikram Kirloskar''' (19 November 1958 – 29 November 2022) was an Indian [[businessman]] and [[industrialist]] who served as the Vice Chairman of [[Toyota Kirloskar Motor]].<ref>{{cite news |title=At the wheel: Vikram Kirloskar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/tech/2013/Oct/20/at-the-wheel-vikram-kirloskar-528045.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=2013}}</ref> He was a fourth generation member of the Kirloskar business family and is credited with bringing Toyota's business to India in the late 1990s.<ref name=moneycontrol>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Sanya |title=Who was Vikram Kirloskar, the man who brought Toyota to India? |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/who-was-vikram-kirloskar-the-man-who-brought-toyota-to-india-9624531.html |publisher=Moneycontrol |date=2022-11-30}}</ref><ref name=Indiatoday>{{cite news |last1=Arun |first1=M.G. |title=How Vikram Kirloskar learnt business lessons from Rahul Bajaj |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/how-vikram-kirloskar-learnt-business-lessons-from-rahul-bajaj-2303696-2022-11-30 |publisher=India Today |date=2022-11-30}}</ref>

He died on 29 November 2022, at the age of 64, due to a heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kant |first1=Rishi |title=Obituary: Vikram Kirloskar, a passionate engineer who loved building factories |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/obituary/obituary-vikram-kirloskar-a-passionate-engineer-who-loved-building-factories/110577 |publisher=Fortune India |date=2022-11-30}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
He was born in November 1958 in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], India. He attended [[Lawrence School, Lovedale|The Lawrence School]] in [[Ooty]] for his schooling. After school, Kirloskar went on to study at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), where his grandfather had also studied. He graduated with a degree in [[Mechanical engineering]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]. He was the son of Shreekant Kirloskar and the grandson of [[S. L. Kirloskar|S.L. Kirloskar]].<ref name=moneycontrol/>

== Career ==
In the 1990s, Vikram was key in bringing [[Toyota]]'s business to India. He initiated a partnership between Toyota and the [[Kirloskar Group]], which led to the establishment of [[Toyota Kirloskar Motor]] in 1997.<ref name=Indiatoday/> Over the next two decades, Toyota Kirloskar Motor launched successful models like the [[Toyota Kijang|Qualis]], [[Toyota Innova|Innova]], [[Toyota Fortuner|Fortuner]] and [[Toyota Corolla|Corolla]] in India.<ref name=money>{{cite news |last1=Khanna |first1=Sundeep |title=How Toyota's legacy of manufacturing excellence inspired this Renaissance Man |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/vikram-kirloskar-how-toyotas-legacy-of-manufacturing-excellence-inspired-this-renaissance-man-9624851.html |publisher=[[Moneycontrol]] |date=2022-11-30}}</ref><ref name=Indiatoday/>

He served as President of the Central Manufacturing Institute in [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]] and was a member of the Government of India's Development Council for Automobiles and the National Council for Electric Mobility.<ref name=money/>

He served as the President of the [[Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikram Kirloskar is new SIAM President |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vikram-kirloskar-is-new-siam-president/articleshow/22368887.cms?from=mdr |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=2013-09-06}}</ref> (SIAM) from 2013 to 2015. He also held the presidency of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikram Kirloskar takes charge as new CII president |url=https://www.exhibitionshowcase.com/vikram-kirloskar-takes-charge-new-cii-president/ |publisher=Exhibition Showcase |date=2019-04-23}}</ref> during 2019–2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Doval |first1=Pankaj |title=Vikram, a gentleman auto leader who championed cause of climate change |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/vikram-a-gentleman-auto-leader-who-championed-cause-of-climate-change/articleshow/95898416.cms |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=2022-12-01}}</ref> Vikram also served as the president of [[Automotive Research Association of India]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarkar |first1=Sumana |title=In Memoriam: Vikram Kirloskar (1958- 2022) |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/business/express-mobility-in-memoriam-vikram-kirloskar-1958-2022-2896254/ |publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=2022-11-30}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Vikram Kirloskar lived in [[Bengaluru]] with his wife Geetanjali Kirloskar. They have a daughter named Manasi Tata, who is married to Neville Tata, the son of [[Noel Tata]].{{fact|date=April 2025}}

Vikram was a [[wine connoisseur]] with a large collection of wines. He also loved cooking and described it as his favourite hobby.<ref name=money/>

== Awards ==
He was given the Suvarna Karnataka award by the [[Government of Karnataka]]. He was given the [[Indian Institute of Metals]] (IIM) [[JRD Tata Award]] in 2020, in recognition of his excellence in corporate leadership in the metallurgical industries, at the [[National Metallurgists' Day Awards]] by the [[Government of India]], Ministry of Steel & Mines.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikram Kirloskar gets IIM-JRD Tata Award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/vikram-kirloskar-gets-iim-jrd-tata-award/article33927012.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2021-02-24}}</ref>

In 2021 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] (INAE) and affiliated with its Engineering Section III (Mechanical Engineering).<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary Mr Vikram S Kirloskar |url=https://www.inae.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vikram-S-Kirloskar.pdf |publisher=www.inae.in}}</ref> He was posthumously awarded the India Business Leader Award by [[CNBC TV18|CNBC-TV18]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tribute To Vikram Kirloskar, Rajiv Luthra, Cyrus Mistry & Rakesh Jhunjhunwala At IBLA 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWyo65QIVE |publisher=[[CNBC-TV18]] |date=11 May 2023}}</ref>

In March 2023, Vikram Kirloskar was posthumously conferred an [[honorary doctorate]] by [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Posthumous doctorate for Vikram Kirloskar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/posthumous-doctorate-for-vikram-kirloskar/articleshow/99048195.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

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