This is my most romantic story in decades. Chartered Accountant Sunil Chaturvedi was District Magistrate (DM) in Howrah as recently as 2009. One day he circulates his CV through head-hunters who get him posting as CEO at Bharat Forge.
A few years later, he gets a Boston Consulting Group call asking if he would be interested in buying out Caterpillar’s franchise across eastern and northern India (after a four-year probation). He says, “Achcha mazaak hai (a good joke)”. The caller persists: “This is serious.” This is how the story threads out: the listed ...
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