Boardroom
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Denied trainee job at VIP, Tainwala now heads Samsonite International
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
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VLCC celebrates silver jubilee, readies for an IPO
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
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How PVR fast-tracked growth with a master acquisition
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
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Podcast: PVR's Next Big Test
How will Ajay Bijli, owner of India's largest multiplex chain, stave off competition, expand and manage quality all at the same time? (Podcast produced in association with theindicast.com)
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L&T: Armed but not commissioned
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
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Why Global VCs Are Running Shy
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
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Podcast: Larsen & Toubro's Defence Dream
L&T shipyards lie underutilised, its plan often stymied. But A M Naik, the chairman of the engineering giant not giving up on his company's defence dream (Podcast produced in association with theindicast.com)
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India Inc's Fund-Finding Mission
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
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Shalimar Paints shifts focus to the Decoratives Business
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
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CEOs Look For Ways To Get Manufacturing Back On Growth Track
In the second Forbes India CEO Dialogues, India's top business leaders discuss the challenges and possible solutions for the manufacturing sector
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Atul Auto: Riding The Three-Wheeler Boom
Its first expansion plan failed, but Atul Auto refused to give in. Soon after, the company regrouped and is now getting back in the game