Throughout history M&As have played an important role in the transformation of the industrial sector of India and globally. The MRTP Act and other legislations have amended legal ways for large business groups and foreign companies to resort to an M&A strategy for growth. This strategy has been employed by several well known corporate groups in the past like R.P. Goenka, Vijay Mallya and Manu Chhabria and more recently by the Future group,; for growth and expansion of their business interests. During earlier times of the Indian industrial era, there have been a plethora of M&As in every sector of the Indian industry. Even, the known and big industrial houses of India have been engaged in several big deals through this strategy. Continuing with the trend after liberalization, even today it is considered as an important tool of overall strategy to reconstruct SMEs. In fact today, the functional importance of M&As is undergoing a sea change in India.

Mergers and Acquisitions today have become a staple of newspaper headlines. Not just the established companies, but even startups are keen to cut the “time to grow” through strategic M&A’s. According to a latest study of global M&A by A.T. Kearney, the deals between the developing and the developed countries would be growing at an annual rate of 19 percent surplus over the industry average. Thus, this rate of growth indicates how rapidly the developing world is catching up in the M&A business. Furthermore, the study found that companies from developing countries apart from India, like China, Malaysia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa are taking over established firms at an astonishing rate. This pattern is seen to grow approximately 26 percent annually. The rise in the number of mergers over the past five years has been dramatic. However, companies in emerging markets are playing an increasingly important role. It is also a well known fact that most M&A’s fail in the medium to long term and do not provide the expected value to the acquiring company. Thus, to help the well known companies as well as the emerging companies to reconstruct, grow and manage the change of an M&A, Natio Cultus was founded by two professionals; Dinesh Singh and Nalin Singh. Both being successful entrepreneurs with decades of CXO level corporate life behind them, saw the challenges of the industry and realized that there was a great need for strategic consulting and business coaching for the leading players of the industry and their leaders at the helm of affairs. Thereby, they decided to form Natio Cultus (People Nourishment in Latin) to make M&A legally and strategically easier for the companies as well as help manage the change for their employees and leaders. The large corporate of the industry took the help of the big consulting houses, but the SMEs were either hesitant or saw no value in such consulting that was offered. On realizing the mindset of the industry, Natio Cultus was born to provide engaged practical solutions that drove the company and the leadership forward strategically and made SMEs realize the necessity of the value of consultants who were involved at every step of their journey..

Natio Cultus is now a global strategy consulting company, counseling clients on their key strategic issues and coaching their leaders. Their Professionally built team and the industry expertise help the SMEs make informed decisions and solve their toughest and most critical business problems. On asking about their strategy and unique benefits, Dinesh Singh, Founder, Natio Cultus avers, “Large or small we enable our clients to craft a strategy or refine an existing one successfully. We stay partnered with our clients till the strategy is articulated to the organization and the change process is implemented at all levels. We at Natio Cultus provide a comprehensive range of capabilities around the globe; including Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations and Marketing & Sales apart from world class one on one coaching for Business leaders and a range of business support services. We have deep expertise and a proven track record in a broad range of industries.”