LTIMindtree's chairman emeritus Naik has shared that the conglomerate would start to look for a successor to CEO Debashis Chatterjee only six to nine months before his term ends.
Between the two companies, L&T Group has trained around 35,000-40,000 engineers in generative AI skills.
Moneycontrol was the first to report about AM Naik’s decision to step down and SN Subrahmanyan succeeding him. Subrahmanyan takes over the top job on June 27
Naik will retire at the conclusion of the companies’ annual general meeting on June 26, which marks the infrastructure veteran's exit from the board of all the L&T group companies
The company will use the funds to build a Rs 300-crore integrated manufacturing facility for neurovascular devices at Mysore.
Naik, 81, will now be chairman of IT companies and the employees trust along with the focus on scaling up the philanthropic initiatives that he has been undertaking for the past few years, L&T said in a statement.
In his final address to the shareholders of L&T, Naik said that in the last 25 years, L&T has been able to live up to its mantra of "constantly adding value in everything we do."
'Many times I would miss the last bus at 12 midnight. I slept on my office table,' the 81-year-old L&T boss said.
'I believe the best students of second-level colleges are better than the bottom quadrant of the first-level colleges,' L&T chairman AM Naik said.
Naik is set to address his last annual general meeting on August 9.
According to Naik, India's approach over the past five decades might not have been as prudent as it could have been. He believes that the nation could have significantly focused on bolstering its manufacturing sector, similar to China's trajectory, to attain self-sufficiency in defense.
Naik will continue to be the chairman of the L&T Employees Trust, which is the single largest shareholder of the company.
Naik highlighted that the current government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, central policies have helped boost manufacturing capacities in India.
The Rs 6 dividend to shareholders is only a token of our affection, esteem and, most importantly, gratitude (towards A M Naik).
L&T’s storied history is witness to how Naik built the company even as he faced, resisted, and succeeded in bitter takeover battles. “L&T has been my life,” Naik said in a statement announcing the change in leadership.
The goal is to have an industry-leading profitable growth story as LTIMindtree and as a part of that journey, the company will definitely look at inorganic at the right time for the right opportunity, says Chatterjee
L&T Group Chairman AM Naik said he expects LTIMindtree to generate $5 billion in revenue by next year.
The combined entity "LTIMindtree" is expected to provide diverse strategic options and flexibility arising from cost efficiencies and synergies, said the companies.
While group chairman AM Naik's remuneration for fiscal year 2019-20 was slashed by 24.19 percent, L&T chief executive officer and managing director SN Subrahmanyan took a pay cut of 43.91 percent.
Animal spirits in the corporate sector are low and corporate earnings for the December quarter have been nothing to write home about
Dixit and a few other shareholders said the land allotted for the proposed hospital was supposed to be a manufacturing facility of the company till 2019.
Both Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries and Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group, were present on the occasion when Naik nostalgically recollected how he battled against the two powerful Indian conglomerates.
The appointment was approved by the company board on April 7 and marks a major change in leadership positions at L&T where Naik has served for over 52 years, including as its head for over 17 years, the company said in a statement.
Stepping into AM Naik’s shoes would not be an easy task but is confident of taking the company forward on a high growth path and make Naik proud, said SN Subrahmanyan of L&T.