November 30, 2022: Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Vice Chairman and one of the biggest stalwarts of India's automotive industry, Vikram S Kirloskar, passed away due to a heart attack at 64 in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Kirloskar, who had an engineering degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, played a key role in bringing Japan's Toyota Motor Corp to India in the late 1990s.

A fourth-generation member of the Kirloskar Group that started in 1888, Kirloskar was the chairman and managing director of Kirloskar Systems Ltd and vice chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor. The Kirloskar Group mostly manufactures pumps, engines, and compressors along with other related products.

A resident of Karnataka’s Bengaluru, he was solely responsible for partnering the Toyota group and starting a major automobile manufacturing industry in the state. For this, he was recognized by the government and presented with the ‘Suvarna Karnataka’ award.

Toyota India’s Twitter handle confirmed, his last rites will be held in the Hebbal Crematorium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.