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APRIL 92006
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India's Best CFO
He's Ratan Tata's financial navigator at Tata Motors, structuring complex acquisitions, raising capital at attractive rates, wielding the axe on costs and showing the road ahead in the automotive major's quest to become a global auto brand. Meet Praveen Kadle.

The Best Of The Rest
Here's the second annual listing of the smartest chief
financial officers in India Inc. Featuring Dabur India's
Rajan Varma, Infosys' T.V. Mohandas Pai, Reliance
Industries' Alok Agarwal, Tata Steel's Kaushik Chatterjee,
and Bharat Forge's Sanjeev Joglekar.
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REPORTER'S DIARY

A Deemed
Tragedy

In its bid to tame rogue
technical institutes, AICTE
has roiled waters at some
good institutions too.
The good news: With
things coming to a
head, the focus has
shifted to fixing the
mess in technical
education in India.
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The Misery of Cotton
Despite rising exports, Indian cotton farmers
are either killing themselves or barely
surviving. Why? BT travels to the worst
affected areas in Maharashtra and
Andhra Pradesh to find out.
 more...
  

  Nokia: Made In India
By the end of ../2006, Nokia will be the
largest multinational and consumer
products company in India.
 more...

The Quest For The
Real Consumer
Changing demographics, increasing media clutter, and an outdated customer
classification system have left the marketer scrambling to get to the real consumer.
 more...
 

  60 Minutes
Michael Duke, Vice Chairman, Wal-Mart
speaks to BT on Wal-Mart's problems in the
US and prospects in India.
 more...
 

The Shadow Land
India Tomorrow ../2006: Bridging the Divide was the theme for
this year's India Today Conclave.
 more...
 
MONEY  
The Art Of Parking Your Money
Don't just earn money. Learn how to grow it. Here's a primer on asset allocation, your primary financial planning tool.
 more...  

  Wanted Project Managers
There's a huge shortage of project managers
in the country. Result: companies are offering higher salaries to attract and retain talent.
 more...
 
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Green Future
 Agriculture contributes one-fourth of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and has around 410 million people relying on it. Low farm productivity and lack of investment in farming have led to a decline in growth rate. A look at the farm policy and what lies ahead for the country's hinterland.
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Health Check
 India's healthcare delivery mechanism may not match global standards, but medical tourism is set to boom in the country. Medical tourism can prove a real moneyspinner, but before that we need to overhaul the medical system. A look at what needs to be done to get the prescription right.
Wrong Call
Irate calls are a mainstay of customer service work in any country. Experts believe centres in India became targets of a vicious campaign a couple of years ago when the us economy took a nosedive. The stress caused by abusive calls is seen as one of the reasons for high attrition rates at call centers. A look at how BPOs are coping with it.
Insurance: The Challenge
 India is poised to experience major changes in its insurance markets as insurers operate in an increasingly liberalised environment. It means new products, better packaging and improved customer service. Also, public sector companies are expected to maintain their dominant positions in the foreseeable future. A look at the changing scenario.
 
 

The M&A Conundrum
An insightful book on why deals go wrong and what corporate chieftains can do about it.
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Meal-time@Mumbai
Business Today traipses through Mumbai's hallowed vegetarian dives.
 more...

People
Starring Citigroup's Ajay Banga; Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Pantaloon's Roopa Purushothaman; IDFC's Deepak Parekh; Feedback Ventures' Vinayak Chatterjee; Gary Knell, President & CEO, Sesame Workshop Worldwide; National tehnical advisor Ramesh Ramanathan; and Sameer Nair, CEO, Star Entertainment India.
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Leadership Spotlight Baba N. Kalyani
CMD, Bharat Forge
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Parity Pangs
Out of control entry-level salaries for MBAs pose a headache for companies that now have to address the sticky issue of internal parity.
more...

Bugs Are Bad
 The pioneer of process certification,
Tom Gilb recommends a makeover
for the IT industry.
 more...

Top Of Mind
 Focus on infrastructure sharing between
telcos; and shareholding pattern of
Hutchison Essar.
more...

Newsmaker
 This fortnight's hero is Uday Kotak who is acquiring stake held by Goldman Sachs in his subsidiary companies.
 more...

Ambani's Merger
Mukesh Ambani may be leading the market cap sweepstakes, but brother Anil is not far behind.
more...

Sailing With The Wind
 A look at Suzlon promoter Tulsi Tanti's gameplan, after the takeover of Belgian firm Hansen.
 more...

Wireless Tangle
 What's the real reason for the fight between the Tata group and the AV Birla group over Idea Cellular? more...

Mariwala's Shopping Spree
 The growth recipe for FMCG underdog Marico.
 more...

All The Ambanis' Men
Brothers Ambani are busy poaching talent.
more...

Free, But At What Cost?
 A Supreme Court judgment removes a stay on mill-land development. more...

Are The FIIs Just Fair-weather Friends?
 Many from the pinstriped fraternity are ringing the alarm bells. more...

The New Money Managers
 A new breed of young fund managers is taking a walk down Dalal Street. more...

This Party's Not Over Yet
 Higher interest rates in India and in the West are unlikely to derail the country's growth story. more...

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