India, Jan. 8 -- Anil Agarwal is a figure inextricably linked with metals, mining and natural resources besides being one of India's most powerful industrialists. He is Founder and Chairman of Vedanta Resources Limited shaped an empire across continents that seems to shape the Indian industrial landscape permanently. His trajectory from small enterprises in Patna to the world stage reflects the boundless ambition.

Anil Agarwal is a businessman born in 1954 in Patna, Bihar in a Marwadi family. He established Vedanta Resources, a diversified mining company which he currently controls solely through his holding company, Volcan Investments. He has made Vedanta a world leader that has a vastly established footprint in India, Africa, and other...