Whether it be in Education, EdTech, Hospitality, Real Estate, Capacity building, Design, Construction, or any of its other verticals, MBD Group, a name that is synonymous with quality, trust, and professionalism, celebrated its 77th Founder’s Day today with fervor and excitement.
Its Visionary Founder Shri Ashok Kumar Malhotra celebrated his 77th birthday today; he was a magnificent man who was challenging to sum up in a few words.
Shri Malhotra’s commitment to universal education, unwavering enthusiasm for change, and mission to bring the MBD family team members together in harmony are what motivate him.
Shrey Kandhari, Dhruv Kandhari, Naveen Kandhari, Satish Bala Malhotra, chairperson of MBD Group, and Sonica Malhotra Kandhari, JMD are from left to right.
Group MBD A number of CSR initiatives were carried out to commemorate this historic occasion, including plantation drives in various locations, movie and snack screenings for underprivileged children, the distribution of rations and a special lunch at nursing homes, the establishment of libraries for these kids, and more.
The MBD Group has distinguished itself as a socially conscious company that has always favored meaningful interactions with the outside world.
With a worldview centered on providing resources to people in need, they have continually maintained a strong sense of corporate social responsibility.
All CSR initiatives are led by the Group under the umbrella of “My Best Deeds,” which is backed across all of India by the relevant corporate social responsibility champions from various verticals and is run by a committed volunteer group.
Additionally, MBD Group offers their support to initiatives like “Empowering Girl Child with Education,” “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan,” and many others through AKM Charitable Trust.
Shri Malhotra was a strong supporter of education’s potential and power.
He thought that education was the best possible catalyst for bringing about the essential enlightenment and empowerment in society.
At the tender age of thirteen, he had written and independently published a book titled “General Education” because to this conviction.
His life was changed forever by writing the book, which also gave his vision and goals new momentum.
He put in a lot of effort and established himself in a variety of fields, including publishing, printing, education technology, hospitality, retail, real estate, capacity building, and design and construction, both in India and abroad.
The one thing that set Shri Malhotra apart from other people, though, and helped him win the respect and admiration of everyone he met, was his instinctive desire to give more and share more in order to ensure the success of all.
Whether it was his MBD squad or the entire society, he never shied away from providing aid to people in need.
He has always held the conviction that the desire to assist others is the secret to fostering hope and optimism, and that success follows positivism.
Therefore, in addition to standing for Moving Beyond Dreams, MBD also stands for My Best Deeds, according to our founder.
The main goal of this year’s Founder’s Day celebration was for everyone to join together and honor the vision of our founder as a single, contented MBD family.
“My heart swells with pleasure each year when MBDians gather to commemorate and reaffirm the principles established by Shri Ashok Kumar Malhotra.
In fact, with the rate at which MBD Group is attaining milestones, the future journey will be even more wholesome and gratifying.
We shall reaffirm our commitment to upholding Malhotra ji’s vision and principles and commemorate Founders Day in magnificent style “said MBD Group Chairwoman Satish Bala Malhotra.
According to Ms. Monica Malhotra Kandhari, managing director of MBD Group, “We are hopeful that the Founder’s Day celebrations would give a much-needed break to our employees and help them bond stronger as one MBD family encouraging conversations and communication, something we believe we were able to achieve successfully.
“Ms. Sonica Malhotra Kandhari, Joint Managing Director of the MBD Group, spoke at the event and stated, “The MBD Group values and lives on interpersonal relationships and a feeling of community among its employees since it is a people-first corporation.
In addition, we have always valued the idea of contributing to society in whatever manner we can.
This Founder’s Day served as a motivating reminder for us as a group to keep working tirelessly toward our objectives.
“Without mentioning the “MBD Got Talent” and “MBD Olympiad,” both of which were unveiled in early June, MBD Group’s 77th Founder’s Day celebrations would be lacking.
The purpose of MBD Got Talent was to give MBDians a platform to demonstrate their skills and talents outside of the confines of their job positions and work profiles through activities like dance, singing, gardening, mimicry, art and craft, and much more.
Attractive monetary rewards were given to the winner.
The MBD Olympiad, on the other hand, was organized for kids in grades 6 through 8 on June 30, 2022, with the intention of inspiring and motivating the young minds to identify and hone their scientific temperament and analytical reasoning skills in math and science.
Over 20,000 kids participated in the MBD olympiad, which was a big success.
The prize would go to the winner. Since its founding in 1956, the MBD Group has expanded to become the top publisher, releasing books in numerous languages for all classes, all disciplines, and important exams.
With the development of technology, MBD continued to develop to support new age digital publishing, and its digital contents now have over 7 million consumers.
Additionally, MBD Disha, the primary program for enhancing teacher capacity, regularly trains close to 70,000 educators.
The group was also the first to bring robotics, virtual reality, and augmented reality to India.
MBD Skills has been a ground-breaking effort in the skill development for the IT, ITES, and hospitality industries on the traditional training front.
By 2025, it is intended to have trained over 35,000 people and offer skill development to 1 million more.
Students can access top-notch study materials in the form of e-books, audio lessons, video lessons, online assignments, and exams with the customised learning app Aasoka from MBD.
The app is based on the most recent pedagogy research and advancements in teaching techniques to capture students’ interest and pique their curiosity while motivating them to learn more and study harder.
Additionally, the recently launched Aasoka Learning and Teaching solutions (ALTS) offer limitless chances for students to learn successfully as well as teachers and school administration to easily fulfill their duties.
The pupils can also use actual books. As an education conglomerate, MBD Group opted to enter the hospitality industry on November 21, 2003, when it opened “Radisson Blu MBD Hotel,” the city’s first five-star luxury hotel.
This decision was made thanks to the founder, Shri Ashok Kumar Malhotra.
The hotel celebrated 18 years of providing the best services and hospitality last year.
The hotel has established new standards during its illustrious career and received countless awards and accolades for its outstanding performance and flawless hospitality services, making it a household name.
After making a successful start in the industry, the Group expanded into Ludhiana and opened the city’s first five-star hotel, Radisson Blu MBD Ludhiana, in an effort to duplicate the success of Radisson Blu MBD Noida.
As they continued their journey, the Group also joined together with Germany’s leading hotel chain, Steigenberger, with “MBD Zepyhr, Bangalore” serving as the country’s first Icon Steigenberger.
With the help of this relationship, the Group started taking on management contracts for premium hotels.
The Group also introduced the ground-breaking mid-market brand “MBD Express” as well as a number of popular food and beverage brands like RED, Made in India, The Chocolate Box, and many others.
The managing team at MBD Group firmly believes in rewarding excellent performers for their contribution to the Group’s performance in order to acknowledge the efforts of its workforce.
They claim that this is a fantastic morale-boosting activity. Due of this, MBDians receive awards and recognition on a regular basis.
The Group presented some significant prizes on the occasion of the 77th Founder’s Day, including the Shri Ashok Kumar Malhotra Employee of the Year Remarkable Contribution Award, ASM of the Year, Branch of the Year, and others.
These recognitions have a magical effect on employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity.
With a seven-decade run in the edutech and education sector under its belt and wings stretched widely in other industries including paper manufacturing, ICT infrastructure, hospitality, real estate, and retail development, among others, the MBD Group is moving in the right direction.
Due to its unrivaled service standards and desire to rethink the many aspects of our daily lives, MBD Group has maintained its reputation as a household name in business. Regarding MBD Group In Jalandhar, Punjab, our founder, Shri Ashok Kumar Malhotra, opened his first bookshop in 1956.
Today, under his direction, we are a conglomerate of publishing, printing, education technology, paper manufacturing, notebooks, skill development, capacity building, exports, hospitality, design and construction, food and beverage, residences, and commercial spaces operating in India and abroad.