Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar (28 May 1903 – 24 April 1994) was an Indian businessman who was instrumental in the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group.[1]
S.L. Kirloskar was the son of Laxmanrao Kirloskar, who established the Kirloskar Group and the township of Kirloskarwadi. S. L. Kirloskar earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was among the first Indians to graduate from MIT. He also became a reserve officer in the US Army at the same time.[2]
1940 S.L. Kirloskar founded Mysore Kirloskar Ltd. to manufacture machine tools.[3]
After the end of World War II, the Kirloskar Group grew rapidly under the leadership of S.L. Kirloskar.