Meet A M Naik, an unfinished chapter for L&T

First step towards Naik's retirement starts with Subrahmanyan taking over as CEO on July 1

One can safely call Larsen & Toubro (L&T) an obsession for Anilkumar Manibhai Naik without it being an over-statement. In Naik’s own words, the engineering conglomerate is his hobby, while everything other than L&T is work. But come July, Naik’s protégé, S N Subrahmanyan, will be responsible for nurturing his ‘hobby’.

For the past few decades, L&T and Naik have been synonymus with each other. Naik has often referred to the song, Jeena yahan marna yahan/Iske siva jaana kahan, from the 1970 film Mera Naam Joker, to describe his association with L&T. 

Naik’s close relationship with the company, in turn,