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Andrew Lorenz
Random House Business Books
ISBN: 0712672443
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Professor Kumar Bhattacharyya has been an influential though largely unsung figure in British industry - more expert than guru. He has worked throughout in the difficult and perhaps unglamorous manufacturing and engineering sectors, sectors that have been in decline throughout his career (Bhattacharyya was born in India, where engineering was revered, and came to the UK, where it was not). However, working within this difficult area he has had a number of triumphs. He successfully brought together government, industry and academia, succeeding...