Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to reach where one wants to reach. Arindom Mukherjee, Chairman and Managing Director, Andrew Yule Group has it all and has been able to reach where he always wanted to be. He is one of those rare individuals who have climbed the ladder of success at a very young age and managing the Rs 5.8 billion multi-product, multi-unit conglomerate with aplomb. Mukherjee, through his innovative ideas and brilliant execution of policies has made the 140-year-old government-run institution a big success story, which has few parallel.

Mukherjee through his professional distinction and credibility has given Andrew Yule not only a new image but also earned for it a respect, both in the domestic and international market. While managing diverse business interests in engineering, telecom, power, electrical, industrial electronics, lubricants, turnkey contracts and financial services, which are parts of Yule group, Mukherjee has been instrumental in increasing the profitability of the group.

He has also been able to modernise most of its 30 manufacturing units thus making it one of the most efficiently run institutions. It is because of his seminal role that most of its units have been able to earn for themselves ISO-9000 accreditation. Again it goes to Mukherjee's credit that the group made a bid to acquire 26 per cent equity stake in Descon Consultants and Investments Ltd on a preferential allotment basis, for which it has already received a cabinet nod.

With its new acquisition, the Group is all set to increase its market share profitability with broader spectrum of products in the domestic and international market. It has been Mukherjee's energetic actions and implementation of market strategies that has given him and the Group an edge over the others. The Group has also repositioned itself with special focus on strategic alliances and technology up gradation and with a man like Mukherjee bearing the torch; no goal seems to be impossible for the Yule.