At The Helm

Management of a business enterprise in India is a lot more difficult than in other countries. There are far more uncertainties that an Indian manager has to encounter while performing his tasks even more so in stateowned companies. But Krishnamurthy, through his exemplary stewardship of three enterprises – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Maruti and Steel Authority of India Limited - emerged as a pride . . . emerged as the pride of India's public sector in the 1970s and 1980s. At the Helm is the story of how a boy from the small village of Karuveli in Tamil Nadu starts out as a technician at airfields during the Second World War but goes on to script the biggest success stories of young India's fledgling public sector over the next five decades