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India's Hottest
Young Executives
They are young—the oldest is 42;
they are powerful—some are heading companies, others on their way there;
and they are unique. Meet 25 of India Inc.'s rising stars.
ACUMEN 2002
India's best B-schools pit
their wits against each other
at the Business Today- Standard Chartered Acumen 2002. With mega prizes and pride at stake,
nerves jangle and yes,
sparks do fly.
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Damodaran's Dilemma
Armed with a third bailout package and a
new restructuring plan, Unit Trust of India Chairman M. Damodaran is betting on a
market recovery and a strategic sale of his
crown jewels to save the day. That could end
up hurting India Inc. more... 		Indian Consumer
As indices go, this couldn't be worse.
Indica Research's consumer confidence
index stands at a pathetic 12 on a scale
of 0-100. The good news? It could have
been worse. And is getting better as you
read this. more...
Barista Blast
Talk of explosive growth. It has taken
Ravi S. Deol just two years to take
Barista from a single café experiment to
India's hottest coffee chain boasting of
Rs 65 crore in turnover from 105 stores
already. But could its global ambitions
prove its undoing? more...		 Chip Design
Tech meltdown or not, semiconductors will continue to rule our digital lives. In fact, there might be a boom round the corner. This is
why Indian companies are gung-ho about
chip design—the latest set of skills that
the country could acquire a global
profile for. more...
Interview: Rod Eddington
In Delhi on a two-day trip, Chief Executive Rod Eddington spoke to Business Today on the turmoil British Airways and the airline industry is going through. His take: there are still too many players in the game, so expect some onsolidation in the airline industry. more... 		 

Disinvestment: An "Issue"
At Every Turn
The second and concluding part of Union Disinvestment Minister Arun Shourie's
exclusive series on Disinvestment. The story
is about ITDC and it holds lessons for all
die-hard reformers. more...

 
 
Cover: India's Hottest Young Executives
WEB SPECIALS: Unpublished reportage of just what
makes each of these
25 a rising star..
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Walkabout
By Deputy Editor
R. Sukumar

Hard-Sell
By Special Correspondent
Shailesh Dobhal
Out Of Gas
Thought Oil PSU stocks would make you rich? Didn't work. Now what? more... 		The PSU Mindblock
Does PSU privatisation improve productivity? Business Today finds out. more...
The Case Of The Niche Bike
Can Marley Simpson re-engineer its mobikes to appeal to a larger market while retaining the brand's image? more...

"My First Job"
Started off as a cricketer disguised as a
tea-taster? An oil-explorer? No? Meet top
honchos who did. more...
Painting It Red
Featuring Asian Paints' Ashwin Dani as takeover yogi, Y.K. Modi group's Anupama Modi as insurance watcher and TBWA's Preet K.S. Bedi as impatient culture influencer. more...		 Pulp It by R. Sukumar
Going By The Book by Diljeet Titus
Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy
Leadership Secrets by Niru Mehta

Disinvestment Dirge?
Economics is once again sacrificed at the altar of Indian political exigency, and this time, there's little Arun Shourie can do about it. more...

Problem Of Plenty
Idle capacity, plummeting prices, and the telecom slump have taken the sheen off optic fibre industry. more...

World-View On Indian Reforms
Anne Krueger of IMF, T.N. Srinivasan of Yale University, and Planning Commission's N.K. Singh evaluate India's fiscal deficit scenario and the progress of reforms in a new book. more...

Green Loop
 Drawing inspiration from an Australian co-operative, DSCL kicks off a "fert-to-fruit" retail model. more...

Help, Tarun!!!
Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...
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