SON OF THE SOIL In June 2009, Forbes India met Unilver’s global innovation head Mehmood Khan at his native village in Mewat, Haryana, to see how he helped turn it around. Here, a villager takes Khan for a ride on his new motorcycle
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DEFYING DEFINITION Irrfan Khan, whose body of work has garnered national and international acclaim, resists being labelled. In Forbes India’s December 2013 issue, the actor talks about his search for meaningful roles
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MEDICINE MAN Cipla Chairman YK Hamied won the Forbes India Leadership Award in the category, Conscious Capitalist for the Year 2012, for his eff orts to make AIDS treatment aff ordable. Cipla decided not to profi t from anti-HIV/AIDs drugs
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AND THE LESSONS LIFE TEACHES From bitter family feuds to delayed success, Max’s Analjit Singh has seen it all. What he learnt along the way is now becoming a template for the modern governance of his family business. Seen in this April 2011 picture with management guru Ram Charan
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ZERO PESTICIDE FirstAgro’s KN Prasad (left) and Nameet MV ship pesticide-free vegetables to top retailers and fi ne dining places in angalore. This picture, published in the November 2013 issue, was taken at Talkaad near Bangalore
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THE CONSCIOUS GIVERS Rohini and Nandan Nilekani contribute to causes that others may fi nd risky. They won Forbes India’s flagship Outstanding Philanthropist award in 2013
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THE MASTER MENTOR Banker and Padma Bhushan awardee Narayanan Vaghul won the Forbes India Philanthropy Award—Corporate Catalyst in November 2012
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MAN OF STEEL In April 2013, Forbes India covered the making of India’s largest blast furnace at Tata Steel’s Kalinga Nagar Plant in Odisha