A brief CV of Mr R.C. Bhargava, Chairman MSIL with a chequered career!

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We person 9 threads connected our forum dedicated to Mr R.C.Bhargava , and this is the TENTH. But these threads sermon and galore adjacent criticise his emblematic bureaucratic attack to astir each issues related to MSIL and automobiles. I americium not excluded arsenic 1 who has joined the chorus successful being a professional to galore of his impractical utterances, policies and actions too.

But there's a rosy representation of the erstwhile bureaucrat from the IAS, a topper of his 1956 batch. It was Mr V. Krishnamurthy, past a elder IAS officer, who was the archetypal CMD of Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) and Mr Bhargava was besides selected arsenic a portion of the squad of founders, station the Sanjay Gandhi era.

Needless to say, past MUL and present MSIL is simply a polestar successful the Indian automobile horizon. Of course, since 1983-84, MUL made strides and soon emerged arsenic the starring carmaker successful our country. Has to bash with their astir monopoly successful the A Class conception for the adjacent decade. The adage "the aboriginal vertebrate gets the worm" applies good here. MUL/MSIL by 1991 and 93 branched into the C and B segments respectively too, tasting success.

Mr Bhargava's relation successful the wide commercialized occurrence of MSIL is praiseworthy. He has wide excelled successful his relation arsenic a firm person and present arsenic an octogenarian, Suzuki Motors, Japan, with the nonagerian Mr Osamu Suzuki astatine the helm there, gives Mr Bhargava a thumbs up, for his successive hold of tenures.

From the newslink:-

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https://www.dnaindia.com/business/re...maruti-3102495

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While I clasp heavy respect for Mr. Bhargava, a Padma Bhushan grant recipient, and his pivotal relation successful establishing Maruti, he's a prime merchandise of his clip ie. the 50-60s. BUT I judge today's Maruti desperately requires much youthful vigor successful its apical absorption that tin correspond and link with the aspiring younker of today's India.

The existent Maruti leadership, including imported Japanese executives from Hamamatsu HQ and Indian figures similar Mr. Bharti, Ajay Seth etc.., often exude a applicable yet subdued beingness reminiscent of a competent mathematics tution teacher?effective but lacking the affectional engagement that inspires excitement for the merchandise oregon brand. In contrast, energetic leaders from different home car companies, specified arsenic Rajiv Bajaj, Siddhartha Lal, Anand Mahindra, Anish Shah, Shailesh Chandra, Vivek Srivastava, Venu Srinivasan etc.. etc... embody a modern aspiration that resonates with audiences, bringing a dynamic beingness that Maruti's enactment seems to severely deficiency atleast from an outer viewpoint.

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Wonderful CV and history:

Just that thing successful that is applicable to go the caput of an automotive company. Pity radical who enactment astir him particularly the Japs since a idiosyncratic similar RCB volition lone look astatine the wealth angle, which is evident successful what MSIL has go today. The institution has wonderfully evolved nether his guidance from a archetypal mover successful 2007(Swift Diesel, SX4, Grand Vitara, Kizashi) to a laggard legume counting endeavor arsenic of today. I deliberation owed recognition should spell to him astatine slightest successful presumption of Marketing, since MSIL did person fantastic advertisement campaigns backmost then(India comes location successful a Maruti). But aft this alteration of role, neither is the selling truthful sharp(Dil se beardown ) nor is the wide institution strategy.

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