Business Today felicitated the most powerful women in business in a glittering ceremony in Mumbai

In the mid-1970s, when women started pursuing professional education - engineering, accountancy, business administration - outlooks changed and it progressively started to change things on the ground.

If you thought that all the action in business was concentrated around the e-commerce sector, you could not be more wrong. The unlikely category of milk and dairy products has been seeing some of the most frenetic activity over the past couple of years.

Silos are rife in organisations. This book gives lessons on breaking through the structural fog that clouds a company's vision.

Data is gold for digital thieves and hackers. Which is why all information, be it sensitive messages or inane chatter on social media, is encrypted.

The Central government and the states are continually skirmishing with each other over the GST - or land acquisition, or water, or mining, police... the list is long. Here come a few solutions.

Dubsmash's $5.5 million funding shows that the Velfie trend is not a fad but something brands need to get on to.

Berger is now unleashing a model whereby home owners can SMS the company and it will arrange a painter in the vicinity.

Allrecipes.com, a Seattle-based website where people submit and find recipes, boasts of 1.3 billion annuals visits with a presence in 24 countries (including India).

Business Today's 12th annual listing of women achievers. We drew up a long list of over 150 women and then shortlisted 55 contenders. Finally, 25 made the cut after jury deliberations.

The chairperson and managing director of Bharat Hotels believes the mid segment is where the future lies and, keeping pace with the way industry is moving, has been quick to launch the Lalit Traveller brand - a mid-market offering.

Anand Rao, general manager, ITC Grand Bharat, explains to Business Today about how the 300-acre property is using innovative methods in the field of electricity and water consumption to strike a balance between sustainability and luxury.

Gautam Punj, director, Lloyd Institutions, explains what luxury means to him and how their love affair with Mercedes continues to this day.

Rudra Chatterjee, chairman, Obeetee & Gaurav Sharma, managing director, Obeetee explain how besides making carpets, the company also focuses equally on sustainable practices that empower its employees.

Kiran Nadar, chairperson, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art & Trustee, Shiv Nadar Foundation, explains how to go about collecting art, emphasising that the collector must personally appreciate the art before purchasing it.

Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group, talks to Business Today, explaining how Indian market is still at a nascent stage when it comes to luxury, and how customers prefer a minimalistic approach in terms of hospitality.

Arjun Sharma, Chairman, Select Group, explains the mistakes that the luxury companies made in India and why DLF Emporio has ticked all the right boxes in the field of luxury retail.

Arjun Sharma, Chairman, Select Group, discusses the latest trends in luxury with Business Today, from the hotel and hospitality perspective and why he believes that going forward, a lot of hotels will seek specialist chefs and restaurants for F&B partnerships.

Arjun Sharma, Chairman, Select Group, tells Business Today that the luxury industry in India is trading at a discount and that the Nirbhaya incident has dented India's image, which has hurt the sector.  

Vivek Ramabhadran, Managing Director, Swarovski India explains why the company is upbeat on its India operations after being stagnant over the past two years.