Welcome!

Greetings from the Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business!

We are delighted to present to you the next issue of Family Enterprise Quarterly (FEQ). The inaugural issue of FEQ has been very well received by the readers. The Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise is thankful to all the readers and conveys sincere gratitude to those who shared valuable suggestions. Our endeavour has always been exploring new and interesting ways to add further value to our stakeholders. Following that spirit and continuing the Centre’s knowledge dissemination efforts we present insightful and interesting contents in this issue of the FEQ.

This issue of the FEQ contains diverse sections that provide you rich knowledge and understanding about various dimensions of family enterprise management and their challenges. This issue presents ideas and knowledge from cutting-edge research studies on human capital management and practical insights and wisdoms shared by family business leaders, such as, Mr Ajay Shriram (DCM Shriram Limited), Ms Meher Pudumjee (Thermax Limited), Dr Aravind Srinivasan (Aravind Eye Care System), Mr Ajith Kumar Rai (Suprajit Engineering Limited), Mr Deepikesh Hira (House of Anita Dongre Family Office) and more.

Hopefully, you would find the FEQ contents stimulating and useful. We look forward to your feedback and continued support!


Sougata Ray
Executive Director
Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise