Founder Chairman
Mr. A. M. Naik is the Founder Chairman of L&T Technology Services. He is also the Chairman Emeritus of the L&T Group of Companies - the Group that he has served for over five decades.
Mr. Naik is credited with initiating the process of articulating a new vision for the Company with unprecedented weightage for IT and technology-related services. He is the architect of a transformation that saw the organization re-structure its portfolio, focusing on carefully curated business lines, accelerating the pace of growth, and boosting shareholder value many times over. In recognition of his role in propagating the development of technical and vocational skills, the Government of India appointed Mr. Naik Chairman of the National Skill Development Corporation. He is the recipient of some of the most prestigious national and international awards, and has won recognition from academia, professional associations and the media for his leadership, engineering expertise and financial acumen. He has also been honored for his contribution to society and community in the critical sectors of healthcare, education and skill-building.
Awards won by Mr. Naik include the nation’s highest civilian honors – the ‘Padma Vibhushan’ and the ‘Padma Bhushan’, the highest award from the state of Gujarat – the ‘Gujarat Garima’. He has been named ‘Business Leader of the Year’ by The Economic Times, ‘Asia Business Leader’ by the TV channel CNBC Asia and ‘Business Leader of the Year (Building India)’ by NDTV Profit. He is the Hon. Consul General for Denmark in Mumbai and was honored as a ‘Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog’, followed by a further honor ‘Order of the Dannebrog Knight 1st Class’ by Queen Margrethe of Denmark.
He is the Honorary Consul General of Denmark. He was conferred the Danish Knighthood by Her Majesty Queen Margarethe – 2008 and a further honour, the Order of the Dannebrog – Knight First Class in 2015. Over the years, Mr. Naik has been recipient of many national honours, including the Padma Bhushan (2009) and Gujarat Garima (2009), followed by the Padma Vibhushan (2019). He has won Lifetime Achievement Awards from virtually every major media house, including The Economic Times (2024).
A committed, outcome-oriented philanthropist, Mr. Naik was instrumental in setting up the Larsen & Toubro Public Charitable Trust. In his personal capacity, he has set up six schools, adopted over 40 and played a major part in the setting up and expansion of a ‘Vaidik’ school. He has also set up five hospitals in South Gujarat and Mumbai, including a cancer hospital which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India.