From zero, we became owners, says A M Naik

Interview with outgoing group executive chairman of L&T

A M Naik, the outgoing group executive chairman of L&T, speaks to Amritha Pillay about his new role as the non-executive chairman and his journey so far at the country's biggest engineering conglomerate. Edited excerpts:

How has the long journey with L&T been?

Most eventful and very satisfying and I look forward to L&T becoming even greater.

If you had to pick two hits for L&T, what would they be?

The biggest gain is that from zero, we (employees) became owners of the company. There is no precedence to this and perhaps there would not be any. This would be