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Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.

~Baba Kalyani

Topics: America Any Buy Company Europe Hardly India North North America Prior Would

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India is the most competitive manufacturing destination on this planet. If we are able to take advantage of that competitiveness for our domestic markets, this country would be humming with activity; industrial production will grow at 10-11% per year.

~Baba Kalyani

Topics: Able Activity Advantage Competitive Competitiveness Country Destination Domestic Grow Humming India Industrial Manufacturing Markets Most Our Per Planet Production Take Take Advantage Will Would Year

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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.

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Topics: Apparatus Controlled Creates Culture Empires Everywhere Good Good Intentions Here Import Including Intentions Manufacturing Minister Own Perspective Policy Prime Prime Minister Problems Running Six Trade Whatever Whether World

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We need to just study what other countries have done. There are examples of a strong partnership between the defence establishment and the private industry.

~Baba Kalyani

Topics: Between Countries Defence Done Establishment Examples Industry Just Need Other Other Countries Partnership Private Strong Study

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We passionately set up a programme that we call the Indian gun programme. I challenged Colonel Bhatia, who heads our defence business, that let's build an Indian gun. There's a belief that Indian companies aren't capable of this, and we want to prove them wrong, as we did in components.

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Topics: Belief Build Business Call Capable Challenged Colonel Companies Components Defence Did Gun Heads Indian Our Passionately Programme Prove Set Them Up Want Who Wrong

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We've made two products; one is a 155 mm 52-calibre gun with self-propelling and towing capability. This is a field gun - the mainstay of the Indian army like the Bofors guns. Our gun is similar but of a longer range. That was 39 calibre; this is 52. The calibre denotes the length of the barrel and the range.

~Baba Kalyani

Topics: Army Barrel Capability Field Gun Guns Indian Length Like Longer Made Our Products Range Similar Two

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There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside.

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Topics: Aside Break Brush Capability Country Defence Equipment Feeling Here Imported Just Made Money Myth Our Product Prove Should Spent System Us Wanted Within

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India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.

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Topics: After Biggest Defence India Second World

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At the Bangalore air show, we got a contract from Boeing for supplying structural components, and we are already supplying jet engine components to Rolls Royce. Both these are titanium-based, not steel components.

~Baba Kalyani

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I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.

~Baba Kalyani

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Businessman

Born: January 7th, 1949

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