I have been critised all the way: Rajan Nanda
Rajan Nanda, 36, managing director of the rapidly-growing Escorts empire, perhaps best symbolises the new breed of business barons. A self-confessed hardliner on professional management, Rajan's driving ambition and no-nonsense approach to business has catapulted Escorts to new heights since he took over from his illustrious father, H.P. Nanda, in managing the affairs of the company.
ISSUE DATE: Mar 31, 1981 | UPDATED: Sep 30, 2014 11:02 IST
On his background:I have no Harvard-type business background. To my own father, my potential was unknown. I was a dudhead in education. I never liked books and I never read novels. After one year of college, my father organised a package training programme for me in Europe for a year.