Tulsi Tanti
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Tulsi Tanti (2 February 1958 – 1 October 2022) was an Indian businessman best known for being the founder and chairman-cum-managing director of Suzlon. He was known as the "Wind man of India" (or India's 'Wind Man'[1]) and was the president of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association apart from being the chairman of ZF Wind Power Antwerpen, the Belgium-based manufacturer of wind turbine gearboxes since May 2006.[2]
Tanti was acknowledged as one of the two richest energy entrepreneurs in the world in 2006,[3] and Suzlon was the largest wind power company in the world by market capitalization. He was in the eighth place in the India's Global Wealth Club List[4] but also made it to the Forbes' list of Billionaire Blowups of 2008.[5] In 2009, he had been awarded the Champions of the Earth award by UNEP in the Entrepreneurial Vision category. [6]
An engineer by profession, Tanti completed his Graduation in engineering from Birla Vishvkarma Mahavidyalaya, Tanti was originally the owner and manager of a small textile firm; beleaguered by erratic electricity supply, he bought a couple of wind turbines to solve the problem, and eventually branched out into wind power.[7]
Tanti died of cardiac arrest on 1 October 2022, at the age of 64.[8] After his demise Vinod R Tanti is the chairman and Girish Tanti is the Vice Chairman of Suzlon