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How S. N. Subrahmanyan Transformed Larsen & Toubro

How S. N. Subrahmanyan Transformed Larsen & Toubro
L&T’s SNS Era: How S. N. Subrahmanyan Transformed India’s Engineering Giant · thequint.com

Larsen & Toubro is a large company known for building major infrastructure projects.

S. N. Subrahmanyan led the company’s expansion after becoming its chief executive in 2017.

During his leadership, the company’s revenue and order book grew significantly.

It worked on projects such as the Statue of Unity, airports, the Atal Setu and the Ayodhya Ram Mandir.

The company also became much more international, with more than half of its business connected to overseas orders or revenue in FY2025-26.

In 2026, it announced plans for a very large AI Factory.

The facility is designed around 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs.

The article presents this move as an extension of L&T’s engineering capabilities rather than a complete change of direction.

Key facts

Leadership start
S. N. Subrahmanyan became CEO and managing director on July 1, 2017.
Current leadership title
He became chairman and managing director on October 1, 2023.
Revenue
Revenue grew from around ₹1.20 lakh crore in FY2017-18 to ₹2.86 lakh crore nearly a decade later.
Order book
The consolidated order book rose from roughly ₹2.63 lakh crore to ₹7.40 lakh crore.
Order inflows
Order inflows reached ₹4.36 lakh crore.
International share
International orders represented 58% of total order inflow, 52% of the consolidated order book and 54% of revenue in FY2025-26.
AI Factory
Larsen & Toubro announced plans in 2026 for a gigawatt-scale AI Factory designed around 10,000 NVIDIA B300 GPUs.

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