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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

5 Hot Start-ups to Watch

5 Gadgets You’ll Want To Own

5 Ways To Improve Capitalism

11 New Words We Learnt this Year

5 Musical Experiences to Die For

3 Legal Moves to Prepare For

5 Best Year-End Parties

5 Scientific Breakthroughs To Change Our Lives

7 Most Desirable Sets of Wheels

3 Mega-Trends To Look Out For

5 Tech Trends To Expect In Photography

7 Interior Designers and Architects to Watch Out For

5 Watering Holes to Celebrate a Deal Close

11 New Books For Your Library

5 Ways to Stay Healthy at Work

5 Ridiculously Expensive Things That Are Worth Their Price

3 Architectural Marvels Unveiled in 2010

7 Events Not to Miss in 2011

7 Corporate Moves to Watch Out For

7 Places to See Before They Disappear

10 Movies To Look Forward To in 2011

Meenakshi Shedde, India Consultant to the Berlin, Locarno and Dubai Film Festivals, and a curator to several international film festivals tells us about some good movies to look forward to in the new year

5 Top Names To Have On Your Board

3 Global Indians to Watch For

5 Laws That Need to Change

5 Unique Ways You Can Give Back To Society

5 Predictions We Got Right

3 Twitter Lists to Follow

5 Contemporary Indian Artists to Watch Out For

5 Beautiful Faces

Substance over surface. That’s our mantra. But, now and then, like everyone else, we like to rest our eyes on good looking faces. If there’s substance behind them, so much the better.

3 Web Trends You'll Embrace

5 Things People Wish They Hadn't Said

3 Jobs That Didn't Exist A Year Ago

5 Political Events You'll Read About

Fun, Frolic and the India Story

If we had more leaders like Nitish Kumar in our political arena, the transformation process would not be quite as slow as it is today

Saina Nehwal: What Dedication Can Do

Saina Nehwal is India’s top-ranked badminton player and is World Number 2. She won three Super Series tournaments this year: Singapore, Indonesia and most recently in Hong Kong. She won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi

Anand Mahindra: Making Wise Moves

In an industry where big-bang acquisitions have become the norm, Anand Mahindra’s buyouts have not been spectacular. But the wisdom in his small deals is becoming clearer now. The year saw Mahindra putting his automotive business in the top gear and preparing for bigger things

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

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

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

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

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

Ram Sewak Sharma: Easy Coding

Ram Sevak Sharma, director general, UIDAI, brings a power-packed combination: An understanding of technology and the common man’s needs. He needs this to deliver a UID card to 600 million Indians on time

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

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

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

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

Deep Kalra: Sustaining a Great Team

He has helped make many of our trips. But building a team and sound processes is what saw Deep Kalra through the dotcom bust and strike gold on the NASDAQ

Sam Palmisano: IBM's Guiding Spirit

In leading the company to operational excellence, he placed India at the centre of its global services

The Shillong Choir: A Unique Note

The Shillong Chamber Choir shot into limelight after winning a TV talent show in October this year. They performed for US President Barack Obama when he visited India

Kishore Biyani: The Never-say-die Retailer

When the crisis hit, Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani hunkered down and trimmed costs. He learned to unlearn many of his own rules of retailing. Now, as shoppers are back with a vengeance, he is in far better shape to tap that growth

Hemendra Kothari: Beyond Profits

Hemendra Kothari is using his wealth and his business acumen to impact the lives of millions through his charitable trusts. Wildlife conservation, along with a focus on generating alternative skills and employment for villagers in forest areas, is a key contribution

Nitish Kumar: The Super CEO

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has turned the fortunes of the state around since he came to power in 2005. He has come down hard on corruption, has improved infrastructure and infused new life into a creaking state machinery

Vinod Rai: Exposing Corruption

As Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai has produced unforgiving audit reports pinning government departments, the most recent being one on the 2G spectrum scam, which led to the telecom minister’s losing his job

Sandeep Tambe: Protecting our Flora and Fauna

Sandeep Tambe is special secretary, Department of Rural Management & Development, Sikkim. His dedication to the people and his ability to innovate are the most important factors in making Sikkim one of the most successful states in implementing NREGA

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

Rahul Sharma: Appealing to the Indian Market

Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax, added a local flavour to the country's mobile phone market and became India's largest maker of mobile phones. The firm is now valued at $1 billion and is headed for an IPO

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

Forbes India Person of The Year 2010 Launch Event

Forbes India 'Person of the Year 2010' award function was celebrated on 17th December at New Delhi

Nitish Kumar is Forbes India’s Person of the Year for 2010

The chief minister of Bihar was chosen for being responsible for the unprecedented development of the state