Ramesh Tainwala's path to Samsonite International's CEO is rooted in both chance and choice. His ambitions, however, have their foundation in pure ability
Private equity players may be clamouring for a stake in Dr Lal PathLabs, but the diagnostics firm has the luxury of not biting
Just over a year since its launch, Amazon India has reached the $1 billion sales target, but so have its chief competitors. Big-ticket communication plans and constantly evolving customer strategy is keeping the ecommerce behemoth battle-ready
Vandana Luthra has built a Rs 1,000 crore weight-loss and beauty business, and is now ready to take her eponymous company, VLCC, public
With the acquisition of Cinemax in 2012, Ajay Bijli heads India's biggest multiplex chain. Now he wants to add 100 screens every year till 2018. The challenges: Sustaining quality and staving off competition
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wants the biotech company to break into the $1-billion club by 2018. But with stiff competition, restrictions on drug trials and political uncertainty in the Middle East, it will not be an easy target to achieve
Though affected by the 'lost decade' like the rest of the Indian private sector with ambitions in defence manufacturing, L&T's chief AM Naik is determined to persevere with his firm's big dream
Will 'private labels' help online fashion brands hit the sweet spot?
At least six international venture capitalists have scaled down or stopped investments in desi startups. But canny Indian investors are stepping in where their US counterparts fear to tread
A brightened market sentiment and the need to deleverage are driving corporates to use tools such as QIPs to raise funds; this buoyancy is also beginning to show in the slow but sure revival of IPOs
New chief executive Sameer Nagpal aims to focus India's oldest paint company in the decorative paints market, where margins are significantly higher than in the industrial segment