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Greaves Cotton: Getting Ready for the Future

New CEO Parag Satpute inherits 165 years of engineering and a mandate to multiply it.

22 Apr 2026 | 18088 Views | By Shahkar Abidi, Ketan Thakkar & Prerna Lidhoo

Parag Satpute, MD & Group CEO of 165 year old Greaves Cotton likes to answer a large question by first shrinking it, as if the only honest way to talk about a transformation is to begin with the facts that refuse to budge. When asked the first obvious question: Why ...

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