Is Mittelstand The Missing Piece In India’s Q Quotient?

Can India’s Mittelstand or small and medium enterprises win the quality game and what could help? Sectoral insights from defense and FMCG industries and from other countries like Germany might hold the key for Indian pharma, a panel of experts at a recent event opined.

Members of IPA panel on cross industry learning
L to R – Sudarshan Jain – general secretary IPA; Soumitra Bhattacharya – chairman, Bosch; Anshul Gupta - MD and head, healthcare investment banking, Avendus Capital; Jayant D. Patil - director & VP, L&T defence business; Rahul Awasthi - global head of operations, Sun Pharma (Source: Citeline)

While well begun is half done, a German proverb goes “It is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail,” implying that it’s unwise to take on a task or challenge without being fully prepared to handle all its components and potential consequences.

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