About The Book: The Nationalist
It will not be an exaggeration to say that multinational conglomerate Larsen
and Toubro (LandT) is behind every critical national endeavour-Indias first
nuclear submarine; its strategic weapon and missile systems; the space
exploration programme; and infrastructure like metro systems and nuclear power
plants.
And one man has been instrumental in taking LandT to these heights: its
chairman, A.M. Naik.
Naik joined LandT as a junior engineer in 1965 and rapidly rose through the
ranks to become its chairman in 2003. As he steps down in 2017 after more than
fifty years at the firm, The Nationalist is his candid and clear-headed
assessment