L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan will survive this controversy because this is India, where we have a ‘chalta-hai’ attitude. In the West, he would have been forced to apologise or resign.
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
L&T was shameless enough to double down in support of their Chairman. Also, the HR Head, a lady, came out strongly in support of this Chairman vouching for his concern and care for employee well-being and work-life balance.
The fact that this kind of a person was promoted through the corporate ladder in L&T and is now the Chairman speaks volumes about the work culture at L&T. One can imagine how painful a boss he must have been all along to his subordinates.
The inaction of the Board, to the adverse publicity L&T has garnered, is a sorry story in itself.
L&T was shameless enough to double down in support of their Chairman. Also, the HR Head, a lady, came out strongly in support of this Chairman vouching for his concern and care for employee well-being and work-life balance.
The fact that this kind of a person was promoted through the corporate ladder in L&T and is now the Chairman speaks volumes about the work culture at L&T. One can imagine how painful a boss he must have been all along to his subordinates.