When I met Srinivasan at his India Cements office in December 2010, he spoke at length about his business and his passion for cricket: his company had traditionally employed some of India's best cricketers. His story is a reminder of the intertwining of politics, patronage, cricket and money.

The search for India's best CFOs begins from another elite list - the BT500 listing of India's biggest corporations by market capitalisation.

The right way to approach Business Today's annual Best Mutual Funds study is to remember that the individual funds must be seen only in the context of the different categories under which they have been evaluated.

The fourth Business Today Best SME Awards, presented by YES Bank, was once again a memorable occasion.

IT and software major Microsoft has emerged as India's most attractive employer for the third straight year in 2013, according to a survey by HR service firm Randstad.

The controversy over the series of advertisements for Ford's 'Figo' passenger car by the ad agency JWT, is giving the entire advertising fraternity sleepless nights.

The fourth edition of the Business Today-YES Bank SME awards, which recognise the best small and medium enterprises in the country, was held on April 10, 2013, at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi.

The film industry transforms as big studios find low-budget movies an attractive proposition. The success of low-budget films has prompted big studios and production houses to take a new look at their business models that until a couple of years ago bet mostly on big budget films involving top actors.

The Money Today FPCIL Awards 2012 honoured those who for years have been extending their expertise in the personal finance space to investors and acted as torch-bearers through the turbulence of 2012.

And the winners of the first Money Today FPCIL Awards are -

With the exception of Avatar and Titanic, both directed by James Cameron, films that have won prestigious Academy Awards have not been very successful in India. Limited theatrical releases are one of the reasons for the poor response in India.

Infosys has been a trendsetter for Indian companies when it comes to executive compensation. N.R. Narayana Murthy, the software giant's co-founder and Chairman Emeritus, shared his views on the topic.

Based in London, Anil Agarwal is somewhat removed from the grainy details of what is going wrong in India. Experts are wondering if the Vedanta chief too fast in his quest to become the world's lowest-cost minerals mogul.

With their scientific method for home-based medical care, the doctor couple have helped a backward area in Maharashtra beat the national average for infant mortality.

The importance of financial intermediation is being understood by all. Need-based, comprehensive and ethical financial intermediation can contribute significantly towards growth of a nation in terms of creating financial well-being at all levels within the society.

And, the pain won't go away soon. Samsung's Goliath-beating journey in the Rs 55,000-crore mobile phones business is as much luck as nose-to-the-grind execution. The luck was in the call it made two years ago on smartphones.

Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and M. Veerappa Moily give away the awards to India's best CFOs.

With hefty increments out of question this year, companies are finding novel ways to meet employee expectations.

Financial planning involves managing money so that you can achieve life goals without hiccups. Here's how you can work out your finances with help from a planner.

Speaking as the chief guest of Business Today-Yes Bank Best CFO Awards ceremony, the finance minister said that hard decisions cannot be delayed as the times are difficult but denied that there is any policy paralysis.