He is considered one of most respected management professionals in country. As result of successful management of their years, L & T has become one of strongest businesses in world.
Under his leadership, L & T has joined list of powerful global companies.
He was awarded Padma Bhushan, India՚s 3rd highest civilian award in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to economic growth of country.
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
NSDC is Public Private Partnership (PPP) under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) .
It was founded in 2009 as not-for-profit company by Ministry of Finance to address need for providing skilled manpower across various industry sectors.
GoI thru MSDE holds 49% of share capital of NSDC, while private sector has balance 51% of share capital.
NSDC aims to promote skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality & for-profit vocational institutions.
Its objective is to create training capacity in country; fund vocational training initiatives & create market ecosystem for skill development.
Its mandate is to train 150 million people by 2022.
It is involved in re-skilling & in catering to skilled manpower requirement of overseas markets, most notably that of Japan (under TITP) & UAE.