Special Report
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N. Chandrasekaran: Go-Getter
Taking charge of India’s largest IT firm, TCS, is no joke. But N. Chandrasekaran was more than up to the task. At 45, he became one of the youngest CEOs in India’s IT industry and ensured that margins and revenues continued to rise
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Jairam Ramesh: Bringing Discipline Back to Environment
As India’s environment minister, Ramesh is taking on a range of adversaries including big business and other government ministries. He has ensured that his ministry will not be a pushover during his term
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Sanjeev Aga: His Breakthrough Idea
He put Idea Cellular back in the reckoning for leadership stakes in the telecom game; he pushed decision-making to levels in touch with the ground and adopted many FMCG practices successfully
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Gary Kirsten: Leading the Best
Gary Kirsten is the Indian cricket team’s coach. Under him, the team became the Number One Test side in the world. His next challenge is to win the 2011 Cricket World Cup in the sub-continent
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Paul Polman: An Eye On The Big Picture
Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever, has re-energised the lumbering consumer goods giant and brought ambition back into the minds of its senior executives
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Dilip Shanghvi: A Rocky Road to His Target
Dilip Shanghvi is the chairman and managing director of Sun Pharma. He wrested control of Israel-based Taro Pharma after a bitter three-year battle with Taro’s owners
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Rajinikanth: Who Really Is the Super Star?
Two decades after he opted out of an indifferent run in Hindi films, Rajinikanth conquered Bollywood in his own way in 2010. The Robot set the box office on fire, reaffirming his super star status
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Partha Bhattacharya: The Man Who Changed Coal India's Image
Partha Bhattacharya has been chairman & Managing Director, Coal India since 2006. He engineered the country's largest ever IPO; before that, turned around subsidiary Bharat Coking Coal that was running up losses of Rs. 600 crore annually; his reports changed the way CIL evaluated its projects and helped it qualify for a World Bank loan
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Viswanathan Anand: Praise From a Mentor
Viswanathan Anand, from Tamil Nadu is the World Chess Champion today. He started playing chess at age six and was taught by his mother. Vishy became number one for the first time at age 37 in April 2007
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Deepak Parekh: Mentoring Next Gen
HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh has mentored a whole generation of Indian managers and entrepreneurs. He is like an elder statesman whose wise counsel is valued by peers and the government alike
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Rajkumar Hirani: Movie Maker With Great Appeal
Rajkumar Hirani directed the immensely popular ‘Munnabhai MBBS’, ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’, and ‘3 Idiots’, which became the highest grossing film ever in India when it was released