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Word: durgapur (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last Dutt won a contract to build the $28 million Durgapur steam power plant in West Bengal. He got the job by combining the nationalistic appeal that Indian engineers would do most of the work with a reassuring promise that the U.S. Kuljian Corp. would stand by to assist. To the Indian government, it was an irresistible deal: because he designed the Bokaro steam plant, which became a model for all thermal plants in India, Harry Kuljian's name was already held in high regard in New Delhi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Abroad: One-Man Aid | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

Mixed Bag. After the Durgapur job, Kuljian Corp. of India was on its way. Dutt, who works a 13-hour day, now has $153 million worth of contracts, has twice moved his offices into larger quarters. Unlike many Indian businessmen, who will hire only natives of their own state, Dutt has collected 50 crack engineers from Punjab, Bengal, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. Says he, in words that could have come from Harry Kuljian himself: "If you have the ability, Kuljian will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Abroad: One-Man Aid | 11/10/1961 | See Source »

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