Tomorrow's business leaders in unusual frames

Business Today especially finds a group of ambitious men and women business leaders who are deciding the future of India.

(Above) Gaming will be the default form of entertainment as families, friends and strangers connect like never before, predicts Alok Kejriwal, CEO & co-founder of online gaming company Games2win.

Driven by innovative financial products, the market for financial inclusion will evolve into a major economic force, says Anirban Roy, Managing Director of SEED, a banking correspondent services firm.

Power will move from governments to the people; fans, public will chart the future of the sports business, says Darshan M, CEO of Machdar Motorsports, a motor sports management company.

The need for brands to be relevant in a social context, be authentic and earn consumer respect will only increase, says Deepika Warrier, Director, Marketing (Beverages), at Pepsico India.

Dhiraj Rajaram, Founder & CEO of data analytics firm Mu Sigma, says more and more organisations will transition from just performing analytics to institutionalising decision sciences.

The emerging divas of Indian fashion Gauri & Nainika say creative collaborations will be of great interest, and tie-ups with other brands may prove to be a key growth driver.

Advances in IT will so greatly integrate researchers across the globe that surprising collaborations will emerge, says Gita Gopinath, Professor of Economics at Harvard University

The Internet will transform how marketing, HR and sales professionals conduct business, predicts Hari Krishnan, Country Manager of LinkedIn, a business social networking site.

Kunal Bahl (left), CEO of group buying website Snapdeal.com, hopes to leverage his experience of building companies to fill the huge void in Indian politics for young, honest policy makers.

Naveen Tewari, Founder & CEO of InMobi, a mobile advertising company, wants to build one of the greatest Indian companies on a global scale and says people will be central to success.

It will get easier and cheaper for travel companies to take their products beyond cities, narrowing the urban-rural divide, says Phanindra Sama, CEO of bus ticketing company RedBus.

Rajesh Sud, CEO and MD of Max New York Life, says the life insurance industry will contribute to India's growth by channelling small savings to infrastructure development.

Reuben Abraham, Executive Director of Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, ISB, hopes examples of China and Gujarat will lead to a data-driven view of the problems of development.

Clutter-cutting concepts like superspecialty and health restaurants will do well; Indian menus will globalise, says Riyaaz Amlani, CEO & MD of Impresario Entertainment and Hospitality.

The Co-founders of online shopping website Flipkart.com, Sachin & Binny Bansal, say e-commerce will see exponential growth, and traditional companies, too, will see greater presence in e-commerce

India will be the third-largest economy in the world, and our laws will struggle to keep pace; it would require super-specialisation in law practice, says Somasekhar Sundaresan, Partner of law firm J. Sagar & Associates.

Sunish Sharma, co-founder of Kedaara Capital, a private equity firm, says PE companies will need to constantly reinvent the model for successful investing in India.

Sudesh Menon, CEO of Waterlife India, a provider of portable water solutions, says the dramatic increase in the demand for water will result in a seismic shift in its conservation.

The healthcare sector will see disruptive innovation, which will improve the quality of care and increase affordability, says Vishal Bali, CEO of Fortis Healthcare Global.

Yamini Aiyar, Senior Fellow of Centre for Policy Research, a policy think tank, says solutions to India's governance problems will come bottom-up, resulting in empowered citizens.