Celebrated Indian industrialist Krishna Kumar Birla, better known as KK Birla, passed away on the morning of Saturday, August 30, 2008 at his Kolkata residence after a brief illness. He was 90 years old. He also served as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

KK Birla served as the chairman of Hindustant Times and a number of Birla group of industries. He is survived by his three daughters - Nandini Nupani, Shobhana Bhartia, who is vice chairperson and editorial adviser of Hindustan Times and Saroj Potddar.

Family members informed that KK Birla had not been doing well for the past few weeks. He died at 7.30 am in the morning, his family members informed. His wife Manorama Devi Birla died about a month ago.