S. N. Subrahmanyan (SNS) is the Chairman & Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), a global conglomerate spanning engineering, infrastructure, IT, and financial services. He also chairs L&T Finance Holdings Ltd, LTIMindtree, L&T Technology Services, and L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd.
Joining L&T in 1984 as a Project Planning Engineer, SNS rose through roles of increasing responsibility across the company’s businesses and was appointed to the L&T Board in 2011. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra, a postgraduate degree in Business Management from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, and has completed an Executive Management Programme at London Business School.
Under his leadership, L&T’s infrastructure business became India’s largest and among the biggest globally. He has overseen the execution of landmark projects such as the Statue of Unity, ITER, Atal Setu, K9 Vajra, and Ayodhya Ram Mandir, as well as the upcoming Bullet Train project. His entrepreneurial mindset has expanded L&T’s global presence across the Middle East, Africa, and ASEAN, establishing the company’s reputation as a global engineering leader.
SNS has been widely recognised for his leadership. His honours include the Eminent Engineer Award (2024), India’s Best CEO by Fortune (2023), the Business Today–PwC India Best CEO Award (2022), and CEO of the Year by CNBC-Awaaz (2020). He has also received the Emergent CEO Award (2019) and the Leading Engineering Personality Award from the Institution of Engineers (2014).
Beyond L&T, SNS is deeply engaged with industry and public institutions. He is a founding member of the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative (CFLI) India, honorary Chairperson of the Board of Governors at NIT Rourkela, and has served as Chairman of the National Safety Council, guiding workplace safety under India’s OSH Code, 2020.
A passionate advocate of people-centric leadership, SNS is also an avid cricket enthusiast, long-distance runner, and admirer of Western classical music