Ankur Scientific has now become a well-recognised name in gasifiers not just in India, but also in Europe and the rest of Asia. It closed 2011/12 with sales of Rs 34.7 crore and profit after tax of Rs 4.6 crore.

This maker of engineering equipment has been growing rapidly.

Shalby has enormous room to grow: the Indian health-care delivery market is poised to expand more than six times between 2011 and 2021 to $84.2 billion, according to a December 2012 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Many of this company's elevators arepowered by wind or solar energy

Once an unfashionable sector, agribusiness has lately seen strong interest from PE and venture capital (VC) funds. With both conventional and specialised PE and VC firms warming up to agribusiness, companies in the sector are well placed to realise their potential, and funding may not be a problem after all.

India is significant for Sunnyvale, California-headquartered NetApp, a $6.2 billion data storage and management company - 2,000 of its 13,000 employees are based here. NetApp Vice Chairman Tom Mendoza was recently in Mumbai and spoke to G. Seetharaman about the need for focus among IT companies and the challenges in data management.

The government can easily achieve its objective of encouraging women entrepreneurs through the 26 existing public sector banks, which have branches across the country.

The finance minister said that while the roads sector has reached a level of maturity, it is plagued by problems such as financial stress, enhanced construction risk and contractual management issues.

Independent and forthright proxy advisories are essential to foster a professionally driven, rather than promoter-led management culture in India.

The Z10 is priced at Rs 43,490 and will be available from February 26.

K.K. Mohanty, Managing Director of Gammon Infrastructure Projects, says borrowing norms should be eased for infrastructure companies.

Expect the unexpected from the realty sector. With both financiers and customers in short supply, thanks to the two successive downturns of the last few years, the industry has been forced to adjust - and fast.

The government has projected an investment of $1 trillion, in the infrastructure sector between 2012 and 2017. Bank loans are critical to meeting this target. However, contractual disputes, delays in environment approvals, and problems in land acquisition have made banks cautious in lending to road projects.

M.S. Unnikrishnan, Managing Director, Thermax says there will have to be policy stability and schemes that support investment.

There were sighs, grunts and clenched fists at the Business Today Pro-Am of Champions 2013 held at the Willingdon Sports Club in central Mumbai on January 19. For the around 90 corporate honchos, who took part in the event, of which BRYS Group was the presenting sponsor, it wasn't all about winning, though.

Vijay Govindarajan is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation.  G. Seetharaman caught up with him on the sidelines of a conference.

Until recently, roads were the only silver lining in India's otherwise lacklustre infrastructure sector. But the recent termination of a couple of big projects has cast a shadow over the segment.

Emart was set up in July 2009 to create exclusive e-commerce platforms for brands and provide other web-related services, such as managing loyalty programmes and product delivery.

Three years ago, the Khorakiwalas had no choice but to sell 10 of their hospitals. They are now successfully rebuilding their hospital network.

The first Playboy club in India will come up on Candolim beach in Goa by March. It will be followed by another in Hyderabad.