Udayan Dasgupta

Mumbai Area, India India

Senior Vice President, Upstream Business & Board Director. C-level Leader: Strategic growth, Globalization, JVs..

It's been exciting always doing something new, working with clients, partners & colleagues from all over.. I joined the "institution" that is Larsen & Toubro fresh from college, rubbing shoulders with the best & brightest, first becoming an expert at selecting Capital plant & equipment. My techno-commercial acumen helped author several Feasibility Reports used to set up L&T's new Hazira Works. India was under "licence-permit Raj" and to import or make anything one had to justify & convince multiple Government authorities - dialoguing with them honed my communication skills. I discovered a knack at personal selling - persuading clients like Tata Power, ONGC & Navy to buy, not import, co...