Ganpatrao Appasaheb Patil – Datta Sahakari Sugar Factory: The Fevicol of Collaboration
In Kolhapur, I met a chairman who runs a sugar factory the way you'd run a family — Ganpatrao Appasaheb Patil taught me that Collaboration and Cooperation, Trait #23 of the Winning Kite, is what turns a cluster of farmers, bankers and politicians into one thriving institution.
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