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'''Ghanshyam Das Binani''' (born 1932 &ndash; died 1998) was an Indian Marwari industrialist,<ref name=":0" /> and was the President of [[Indian Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturers Association]]. His company, Cominco Binani Zinc Ltd. became the first producer of primary [[zinc]] metal in India. As a tribute to his works, an Academy of Management Sciences associated with the [[Uttar Pradesh Technical University]] has been named after him. There is also an award, Ghanshyam Binani Children's Bravery Award, named after him<ref name=":1" /> and it is awarded by Binani's company [[Binani Industries Ltd.|Braj Binani]].<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Life history ==<br />
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Binani (1932&ndash;1998) was an Indian Marwari industrialist,<ref name=":0">Madhav Vittal Kamath: [https://books.google.com/books?id=OCtGQwAACAAJ The many-splendoured Ghanshyam Binani]</ref> playing an active role in his father's ancestral business of trading in [[non-ferrous metal]]s. He had been the President of [[Indian Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturers Association]] and had also been on the committees of [[Indian Merchants Chambers]] and [[Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]. He, along with his father, set up [[joint venture]]s with [[Revere Copper]] and [[Brass for Copper]] and [[Copper Alloy Extrusions]] and with [[Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company Ltd.]], [[Canada]] for manufacture of Electrolytic Zinc. With this came the birth of [[Cominco Binani Zinc Ltd.]], on 2 August 1962, promoted by [[Binani Metals Limited]] in [[Binanipuram]] on the banks of [[Periyar River]] in [[Kerala]]. Cominco Binani Zinc Ltd. became the first producer of primary [[zinc]] metal in the country and the first slab was cast on 21 April 1967. In line with their overall worldwide policy, [[Cominco Ltd.]] also withdrew as financial collaborators of the company on 3 May 1991, and the company was rechristened Binani Zinc Ltd.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}<br />
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There is an Academy of Management Sciences associated with the [[Uttar Pradesh Technical University]] named after him. There is also an award, Ghanshyam Binani Children's Bravery Award, named for him<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Six-children-receive-Ghanshyam-Binani-Childrens-Bravery-Award-for-2014/articleshow/47301107.cms|title=Sic children receive Ghanshyam Binani Children's Bravery Award for 2014|date=15 May 1015|publisher=timesofindia.com|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref> and it is awarded by Binani's company [[Binani Industries Ltd.|Braj Binani]].<ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Braj-Binani-Group-honours-six-young-bravehearts-at-the-14th-Ghanshyam-Binani-Childrens-Bravery-Award-in-Mumbai/articleshow/47387139.cms|title=Braj Binani Group honours six young bravehearts at the 14th Ghanshyam Binani Children's Bravery Award in Mumbai|date=22 May 2015|publisher=timesofindia.com|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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*[http://www.gbbraveryaward.com Award website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801175434/http://gbbraveryaward.com/ |date=1 August 2015 }}<br />
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