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MAY 11, 2003

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	New New Entrepreneurs The spirit of enterprise. It's booming, and in a much wider swathe of industries than you'd think. Presenting profiles of 16 Indian entrepreneurs, from steel to beedis and wine, to watch out for. Here's to the new new thing.

ECIL
The Unlikely Turnaround

Five years ago, it was a basket case. Today, it's not just profitable, but a Rs 1,000-crore electronics giant. The story of ECIL's improbable turnaround.
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	The Great IT Squeeze Just as Indian IT majors decided to ascend the value scale into consultancy, global IT consultants decided to get active in India. The result: a full-fledged battle for billings. more...		The Economy Whatever happened to the post-war global economic recovery? Dogged, still, by a host of uncertainties. So what does that mean for the Indian economy? more...




	Salary Survey Here it is, the BT-Omam Senior Manager Salary Survey. And the pay gap between the CEO and his direct reports is as wide as ever. more...		VAT Effect Small textile units are protesting being hauled into the tax net. As they make their misery known to anyone who'd listen, has the government failed in communicating its VAT intentions? more...




	Balaji's New Script Balaji Telefilms' quest for growth has been served well by Ekta Kapoor's K-series of soaps, but it has begun to plateau. Balaji is eyeing new avenues: films, multiplexes, music and perhaps event management and in-flight entertainment. more...		BT Event: Knowledge Management 'Building Winning Brands' was the theme of BT's latest knowledge management forum, held at the Imperial Hotel, New Delhi. And the thoughts voiced were both engaging and divergent enough to provide points to ponder. more...




	Inside Reliance Life Sciences Getting inside a Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) lab would take an espionage mission, given the secrecy that shrouds this private Ambani project. Yet, we manage a sneek peek at RLS' petridish for future harvest. more...		BT: 60 Minutes "Our consulting is focused around our competencies," says Richard Bobrow, CEO, Ernst & Young, the auditor that's absorbing Andersen. In this interview, the chief talks about accounting scams and the lessons thereof. more...




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Q&A With Jack Dangermond Meet the President of the California-based Environmental Systems Research Institute, a $480-million Geographic Information System (GIS) company. The man was in Delhi recently to sign an MoU with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the 'Mapping Your Neighbourhood' project. So what's this all about? More Web Exclusives More Net Specials


Village Women Could Hindustan Lever be on to something big? Its Shakti project is a micro-credit programme that intends to get rural women organised into self-help groups, and that too, in such a way that raises their purchase budgets manifold. This just might be the way to crack the rural scene. A look at the potential.







	Rich By Fifteen A savings fund to educate your child at an Ivy League college in the US? It's not an absurd idea at all. The good news: it's not difficult either, if you get started straightaway. more...		Fear of Vying Women bosses are no cause for discomfort, so claim most men. But have corporate work cultures really evolved so far? more...




	The Case Of Banking Flexibility How should RubikSoft address the US market for banking software? Anant Koppar of Kshema Technologies, M. Padalkar of i-flex, and Girish G. Vaidya of Infosys discuss. more...		Whole Hog Businessmen They may not know Sonny Barger from Sonny Liston, but India Inc. has a small, but fanatical clutch of Hog-lovers. more...




	Whimsical Fortune Azim Premji's net worth loss; Cyrus Guzder's principled stand; Ajit Singh's farm indignance; R. Ramaraj's surprise profit; Harpal Duggal's abrupt resignation; and B.C. Khanduri's last laugh. more...		Kiran's Korner by Kiran Karnik Notes From The Trough by Mahesh Murthy Leadership Secrets by Kailash M. Bhatia





	The Iraq Opportunity Will India get a slice of the multi-billion dollar Iraq reconstruction pie? more... The Once And Future Banker Rana Talwar plots a comeback. First step: Acquire management control of Centurion. more... Full Of Potholes The recent truckers' strike underscored just why overdependence on road transport is bad. more... Barista's New Hires The Rs 65-crore coffee chain decides hinge its expansion into smaller towns on franchisees. more...		Help, Tarun!!! Tarun Sheth addresses your career concerns every fortnight. more...


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