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The New L&T
Barring exceptional circumstances, Subrahmanyan is likely to be anointed by L&T's board as the next managing director & CEO. But the company he will inherit and run until it's time to pass on the baton will be a vastly different entity from the one he takes over from Naik.

"The idea is to bring more accountability to more businesses"
AM. Naik wants to restructure L&T within the next five years to create a much bigger L&T Group, but as a lean, high-tech company.
"New businesses will take L&T to new heights"
Over his 32 years at L&T, several challenges have been thrown at Palakkad, Kerala-born S.N. Subrahmanyan. His ability to handle those challenges brought him to Naik's attention.

2016-07-03

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