Dr. Rakesh Jain is Managing Director of Aditya Birla Group's flagship company Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL). ABNL is a diversified conglomerate with multiple businesses in the services and manufacturing sectors. The businesses range from financial services to telecom, IT-ITeS to fashion and lifestyle, and manufacturing. While ABNL has multiple mature businesses, it continues to incubate new growth and long-gestating businesses for the Aditya Birla Group.

Dr. Jain joined the Aditya Birla Group in August 2003 as Managing Director of Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd (since merged with ABNL in 2006), and Director of the Aditya Birla Group's overseas chemical business and World Class Manufacturing. In March 2005, he was given the additional responsibility of Global CEO for the carbon black business, which has grown strategically from a regional business to a global business. In December 2008, Dr. Jain was appointed Joint Managing Director of ABNL and subsequently Managing Director in July 2009. He is also Director of Group IT and a Director on the board of the Aditya Birla Management Corporation Private Limited. Prior to joining the Aditya Birla Group, he was the President and CEO of GE Plastics India and South Asia since June 2001.

In 1988, Dr. Jain joined the Advanced Technology Group at GE Plastics Electromaterials Division (EMD) in Coshocton, OH, USA. He served in a variety of leadership roles in technology, manufacturing, product management and audit staff at various GE businesses. He led GE Plastics-Huntsman JV at Albany, NY in 1995-1996, and was appointed the Business Six Sigma Leader in 1997. In January 1999, he was transferred to BOZ, Netherlands, to lead global manufacturing processes for GE Plastics where he led the stable operations concept to stretch the capacity without investment and significantly reduce the cost per unit. In 2000, he spearheaded the digitisation effort at GE which helped provide real-time business data transparency and significant reduction in backroom activities and paperwork.

Dr. Jain completed his M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and a Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Akron and Ohio State University.