India seems poised to earn its spurs for its manufacturing prowess on the global stage across a bunch of sunrise sectors, from defence to electronics. The Forbes India edition this fortnight has a collection of stories that showcase the potential and opportunity for India in sectors like smartphones and semiconductors
In Narotam Sekhsaria’s The Ambuja Story, (Harper Business 2022) the founder of Gujarat Ambuja Cement (now Ambuja Cements) explains his desire in the early 1980s to evolve from a successful cotton trader to a manufacturer: “Traders, however successful… were never seen as wealth or asset creators… respect, esteem and admiration were always reserved for those who had successfully set up large manufacturing companies.”
(This story appears in the 19 May, 2023 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)