Driving the private sector

R C Bhargava finds the idea of reforming a public sector undertaking and making it competitive and a wealth-creator almost an impossibility

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BOOK REVIEW | public sector banks | manufacturing

A K Bhattacharya 

In 2010, R C Bhargava wrote his memoirs presenting the fascinating story of how he led Maruti Udyog (now Maruti Suzuki) and made it India’s shining example of a successful manufacturing company that, even after about four decades, remains the market leader.

That book (The Maruti Story: How A Public Sector Company Put India On Wheels ) was rich with information and perspective on how Maruti Suzuki revolutionised India’s automobile market. Read along with V Krishnamurthy’s At The Helm: A Memoir and Jagdish Khattar’s Driven: Memoirs Of A Civil Servant Turned ...

First Published: Tue, July 21 2020. 00:27 IST