Cluster III - An Overview   Inorganic growth (primarily through mergers and acquisitions) forms the core of any Indian corporate, which wishes to catapult into the Big League and follow its “MNC” agenda religiously. Inorganic growth cuts the time to expand/grow and helps in quickly achieving a critical mass, product and geographical diversification. All the above highlight the importance of this cluster and gel well with the overall objective of the initiative. Firstly, all the processes (from pre-origination to post-integration) involved in any M&A deal are sought to be covered comprehensively. The framework includes creating a central repository of knowledge on Inorganic Growth and provides the group affiliates with a robust network, which will act as a single point shop for all the processes, services, contact persons, respective country laws and so on. Experiences on inorganic growth will be shared by corporates following aggressive M&A strategy and service providers (bank, advisors etc.) and the best sharing practices will be circulated for the larger group. Country-wise databases incorporating unique laws of a country will be prepared for the benefit of all the members. Various service providers addressing the entire spectrum will also be enlisted. Any Indian corporate who has not pursued M&A strategy or an Indian corporate undertaking an acquisition in another geography using the knowledge repository or services will be one of the performance indicators. Though qualitative and subjective, the new member will benefit greatly as that it would tend not to make similar mistakes that its peers have committed in the past. The idea of providing door-to-door M&A facilitator and service provider with the underlying knowledge for fostering community development in itself is unique. Moreover, a special questionnaire will be formulated and available for the members to assess the approach and readiness of the member organization for inorganic growth. Various interactive sessions from the who’s who of the M&A world will also be organized at regular intervals. Activities proposed in the next 6-12 months include conducting seminars, training sessions, compilation of generic and specific research materials on monthly/quarterly basis.