Infosys' chief sees his public role as a force multiplier for philanthropy - his book, he says, is a framework of ideas to help India meet the challenges ahead.

LUNCH WITH BS: Nandan Nilekani

Business Standard

When Jagdish Khattar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1965, he became the first in his family to take up a job. Everyone else was self-employed.

NEWSMAKER: Jagdish Khattar

I am a free market Republican,&rdquo; Neel Kashkari is believed to have said at an American Enterprise Institute Conference some time back.

Neel Kashkari The $700 bn man

The man who sparked the multiplex revolution merely wanted to avoid being an embarrassment to his family.

LUNCH WITH BS: Ajay Bijli

Just one day made the difference. It was January this year and Sanjay Chandra was on his way back to India having sewn up a deal to raise a billion dollars from private equity players.

NEWSMAKER: Sanjay Chandra

When Duvvuri Subbarao, governor-designate of the Reserve Bank of India, takes charge of his new office on Friday, there is a good chance that the surroundings may not appear too unfamiliar to him

NEWSMAKER: Duvvuri Subbarao

When Shivshankar Menon was appointed Foreign Secretary superseding 12 other Foreign Service officers, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a calculated risk but stood steadfast, ignoring the

NEWSMAKER: ShivShankar Menon

Everybody got up and took notice of Maytas Infra when it bagged the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project on the back of a unique proposition &mdash; instead of receiving payments to execute the project it

NEWSMAKER: B Teja Raju

&ldquo;A Mahindra in every household,&rdquo; Mahindra &amp; Mahindra Vice-chairman and Managing Director Anand Mahindra gave a clear indication of his intent on Wednesday after acquiring the assets of

NEWSMAKER: Anand Mahindra

If Ratan Tata loves flying supersonic jets in azure skies, his stepbrother, Noel, likes to drive at 240 km/hour on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, to the utter disbelief of his co-passengers.

NEWSMAKER: Noel Tata

India may have welcomed a &ldquo;stable and democratic&rdquo; Pakistan when General Pervez Musharraf became Mr Pervez Musharraf but now experts here are predicting his return sooner than later.

NEWSMAKER: Pervez Musharraf

In September 2006, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, acquired Colombian oil company Omimex de Colombia.

NEWSMAKER:  Radhe Shyam Sharma

Wipro chairman Azim Premji, with a stake of nearly 80 per cent, is not only the single largest beneficiary of annual dividends, but also the highest paid executive in the company.

Premji still highest paid Wipro exec

Speciality Restaurants, the Rs 150 crore restaurant chain, is in a major rejuvenation mode for its existing 36 restaurants in India.

Anjan Chatterjee plans to do up his restaurants

Even as both Hewlett-Packard (HP) and EDS are yet to make a financial decision on whether to continue operating MphasiS as a fully-owned subsidiary in India, Deepak Patel, a key executive of MphasiS, has resigned from the company with immediate effect.

MphasiS MD Deepak Patel quits

P>Joint ventures have been an integral part of STRONG>Bhupendra Kumar Modi/STRONG>'s life.

B K Modi: Joint venture man

After spending nearly 11 years in Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM), Deputy Managing Director K K Swamy and the company's public face, has resigned with effect from May 12.

Toyota India deputy MD quits to join Volkswagen

P>Bhupendra (Bhulo) Kansagra, the promoter-director of Delhi-based low-cost carrier SpiceJet, grabbed the headlines this week after announcing he is looking to exit the airline if he gets the right valuation.

NEWSMAKER: Bhupendra Kansagra

Vijay Mallya has ensured that his brands do not fall out of Indian Premier League (IPL) viewership, though his team Royal Challengers (RC) Bangalore bowed out of the tournament.

Now, Mallya bats for rival teams

P>She's neither a rah-rah feminist railing against glass ceilings, nor a retiring housewife, jasmine-studded oiled hair hanging down her back and a nominal interest in business.

Rajshree Pathy: Deriving the right message

A Delhi High Court interim order given last week can totally alter the patent regime in the country for life-saving drugs.

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