Y C Deveshwar

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ITC's Puri will have to walk the tightrope in achieving Deveshwar's goals

To take the Rs 49,000 crore ITC to the top slot in the highly competitive FMCG business will require some aggression

Politicians, industry mourn ITC's longest-serving chairman Y C Deveshwar

Under Deveshwar, who died on Saturday, aged 72, ITC posted a 10-fold growth in revenues to Rs 51,582 crore and a 33-fold rise in pre-tax profit to Rs 14,958 crore

Y C Deveshwar: The eternal risk-taker who steered ITC's bold transformation

One of India's longest serving corporate chiefs, he transformed ITC from a tobacco company to a retail and FMCG major

ITC's Y C Deveshwar beats most part-time chairmen in salary

Only Kumar Mangalam Birla earned more as non-executive chairman in FY17

Y C Deveshwar needs to let it go: IiAS on his non-executive role in ITC

Shareholders to vote on proposal to pay him a remuneration of Rs 1 cr a month in its AGM on July 28

YC Deveshwar may get a Rs 1 cr monthly pay; ITC to seek shareholders' nod

During FY16, Deveshwar's remuneration stood at Rs13.73 crore.

Deveshwar: ITC's longest-serving chairman with a lifetime of achievements

Y C Deveshwar, who diversified ITC beyond tobacco, is winner of BS Lifetime achievement award 2016

Deveshwar's swansong: 'India First'

In his last AGM speech, the executive chairman & CEO of ITC says the company has a Rs 1-lakh crore FMCG goal by 2030

Mr Deveshwar's legacy

A sterling innings from ITC's longest-serving chairman

ITC succession plan already in place for post-Deveshwar era

Over the next year, Deveshwar will in his non-executive, mentoring role have to ready the next generation of leaders at ITC

Is ITC's succession plan gaining speed?

As the challenges for its businesses rise, the company is making a number of internal changes to prepare a second line of leaders

Deveshwar to step down from executive role at ITC

To get three-year term as non-executive chairman from Feb; firm to create CEO's post; AGM to ratify Sanjiv Puri, Rajiv Tandon's appointment as directors

Govt should not terrorise cigarette buyers, says ITC chief Deveshwar

ITC buys two-thirds of tobacco from Andhra Pradesh and the remaining one-third from Karnataka for its cigarette manufacturing division