In the two years since becoming CEO, Malvinder Mohan Singh has systematically purged risk out of Ranbaxy's model.

Malav at work

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&nbsp;Most of us step out of B-school with a spirit to conquer the world. As a fresh graduate, the only thing on my mind was to outshine my compatriots.

Nuts and bolts

Shoppers Stop has moved unobtrusively to expand its network to 24 stores in 12 cities and establish itself as the largest chain of departmental stores in India.

'We will be more fashionable'

&nbsp;A little-known region is the hub of India's next auto revolution. 
&nbsp;Chakan is not entirely without history.

On the busy road to Chakan

There's a big reason why Punam Anand Keller is in India  the guilt factor.

`Handle employees with care`

&nbsp;Google has taken to India with a vengeance and built communities. The time has come monetise.

Community service

As the war to attract and retain talent rages, companies are using a variety of new, innovative hooks to catch the right talent.

Second lease of Life

Abhilasha Ojha on the stormy petrel who has matured into an actor with serious money riding on her slender shoulders.

The business of being Kareena

Drinking wine is easy: just pour, tilt the wineglass, and sip! Appreciating the stuff is more difficult: One needs to get to know about grape characteristics, terroir, colour, "legs", aroma, taste, aftertaste, complexity, vintages et cetera et cetera  in short, all the arcane knowledge which some wine buffs use to intimidate the less fortunate (or less stuck-up) and which genuine aficionados seem to have at their fingertips.

Wine education

&nbsp;As the market grows young, old brands go under the knife. 
&nbsp;In 1897, a young man named Ardeshir Godrej gave up law and turned to making locks.

Brand New

&nbsp;Let me start with what I did learn at B-school. The most important were the financial tools.

It`s about execution

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<LI>Who is collaborating with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch a prototype of the world's cleanest vehicle that will run on hydrogen and leave behind nothing more than a trail of water vapour? Tata Motors 
<LI>Which famous advertisement depicted Big Blue's workers as faceless Orwellian drones? This ad launched a revolutionary brand.

Answers to last week`s quiz (#046)

&nbsp;and Myanmar. Anand Sankar travels on the Indian side of Stilwell Road and gets gooseflesh.

On the road to China

India's traditional arts and crafts have many takers in the international design world, but what have the artisans got for all their skills? Very little.

Crafting a better future

&nbsp;All Maruti cars since Swift bear a new, sporty DNA. The car's success has not only brought new customers but also changed the way Maruti is perceived, and perceives itself 
&nbsp;Twenty-five years ago, I V Rao, nursing a dream to design cars, joined what was then a fledgling Maruti Udyog Ltd.

Swift Makeover

While organised retail in India may be growing at a fast pace, is it on the right track? Are retailers offering consumers a fair deal? What influences buying decisions  is it still advertising?.

Branding is a 20th century concept

No, that's not an indication of my favourite sleeping position  it's about the selection of wines for wine tasting: A "vertical" tasting is when you have the same wine from different vintages while a "horizontal" is with the same varietal from different wineries.

Vertical or horizontal?

&nbsp;Sunglasses are not for summers only anymore. Yet, it's mostly this season when brands launch their new collections and woo buyers.

The eyes have it!

Choko La  synonymous with sinful chocolatey desserts  has an all-new summer menu with some delightful Mediterranean fare on offer.

Shake out the summer

Friends  especially the ones who don't know the difference between a DVD and VCD, or worse yet, still haven't figured out how to use a DVD menu  accuse me of being obsessive about DVD extras.

Home-viewing specials

He's one of cricket's best-known commentators, but Harsha Bhogle loves to play down his achievements, finds Gargi Gupta 
In many ways I'm still an outsider," Harsha Bhogle declares early on during this chat.

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