This year, the TVS Group completes 100 years. BT looks at what has kept this family business strong and growing.

It is a case that will make business houses far more vigilant about intellectual property rights issues: one man, armed with a patent of a supposed new technology, is preventing large consumer electronic firms from importing dual-SIM technology mobile phones into India.

Ragpicking is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Its Wealth Out of Waste programme shows how a simple habit change can significantly benefit the company, the society and the country. N. Madhavan reports.

When most domestic airlines in India were counting their losses in 2007-08, this was one airline that posted a profit. Today, when others are cutting back on routes and frequency of flights, he has (since September) expanded Paramount’s operations into western India.

Oddanchatram market is the largest vegetable market in Tamil Nadu in terms of direct procurement from farmers. Major retail chains have set up centres here to feed their outlets across south India. However, these large retail chains have not been able to make a dent on the dominance of traditional buyers. N. Madhavan finds out.

India’s southern-most metro has been receiving lots of IT and auto industry investments.The big question: is the city capable of handling such explosive growth?

Out of the eight finalists who made it to the presentation round of the TiE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge, three emerged ultimate winners. Check them out.

Paul Basil and his Rural Innovations Network are helping grassroot innovators bring their ideas to fruition—and the market.

The image of the moustachetwirling, pot-bellied man from the South who tilts perilously at the nearest nine yards of fabric he can espy is slowly but surely fading away. Say hello to the trendy, brandconscious southern male who’s raring to go on a bender.

With a market value of Rs 29,000 crore and a net worth of Rs 8,000 crore, the eight-year-old Indiabulls group has sky-high ambitions. Property development and consumer finance are the current thrust areas. Retailing, insurance, banking, mutual funds, power and telecom are on the cards.

More than 37,000 hotel rooms, at a cost of $3 billion, are expected to be added over the next three years. That's more than the 'branded' rooms India currently has.

Running amusement parks is no child's play. It takes smarts, hard work and a bit of luck, as investors across India are discovering.

As state capitals get crowded, businesses are scrambling for newer destinations within and outside their home states. Happily for India Inc., there are quite a few cities to choose from.