A downturn augurs well for start-ups, and a number of engineering and B-school graduates are grabbing this opportunity.

Management practitioners are turning to the introspective wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and other Indian texts as an alternative to rapacious capitalism as they believe it balances the pursuit of wealth and material success with the mastery of the self and the quest for inner happiness. E. Kumar Sharma reports.

The 25 most powerful women had better watch out—they have some serious competition snapping at their heels. The Rising Stars range from the CEO of a foreign bank to legal eagles and marketing whiz-kids.

There’s little literature on relationship dynamics between external CEOs and owners in family-owned companies. Now, an Amrop International study reveals that understanding and managing the “No Man’s Land”, the overlapping turfs of CEO and promoter, is key to professionalising this relationship. A report by Tejeesh N.S. Behl.

As India globalises and the world \"shrinks\" even further into a so-called global village, managers will be increasingly called upon to manage cross-cultural teams across geographies. Can the skills required to succeed in such an environment be taught in a classroom? Our cover package, which ranks India's top B-schools, also deals with such, and many other, issues.

The quality of its management faculty, its case-study based approach to learning, that it can get Lalu Prasad Yadav as a guest lecturer? take your pick on what makes IIM-A the king of the B-school hill.Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?More from the latest edition

Quality MBA education in the country is hurtling towards a quagmire as it is becoming increasingly difficult to find good teachers. Although there's hope yet, the B-schools will need to address the issue in right earnest, says Kapil Bajaj.Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?

Two IIM Ahmedabad students, Arpita Kar and Tanya Choudhury, have different dreams and see themselves at different places in the future. Business Today's T.V. Mahalingam profiles the two who are like chalk and cheese.Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?

The sixth Business Today-Nielsen Survey of India’s Best B-schools shows that IIM-A is still the best, but five others, IIM-B, IIM-C, Symbiosis, IIM-L and XLRI, are catching up fast. Then, one-year MBA programmes, of the type offered by Hyderabad-based ISB, are becoming popular. Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?More from the latest edition

London’s Financial Times recently ranked it among the Top 20 B-schools in the world—the only Indian B-school to earn that distinction. What makes ISB rock? BT's E. Kumar Sharma finds out. Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A: An epitome of excellenceISB: One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?More from the latest edition

Although investment banks, consumer goods giants and consulting companies continue to woo MBA grads with attractive remuneration, many upcoming industries have also staked their claim and are getting a favourable response. A report by BTs R. Sachitanand.Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?

IIM Shillong begins its first academic session this month. But can it match up to the standards of its eponymous forebears? BT's J. Bhattacharjee draws a comparison. Slideshows : India's ten best B-Schools IIM-A - An epitome of excellenceISB - One-year wonderFrom BT archives 2007: IIM-A once again retains top perch2006: There are plenty of gainers & losers2005: Emergence of 15 B-school brands2004: To B or not to B?2003: What makes IIM-A dominate?More from the latest edition

The auditorium of Mumbai’s Welingkar Institute of Management filled to capacity to watch the brightest B-school minds from the West Zone battle it out for a spot in the finals of the national B-school challenge.

The India story has had an interesting spin-off-foreign students are trickling in to study at India's leading B-schools.

Schools like ISB only admit students with prior work experience. The IIMs, too, have started 'PGPX' courses. How are these post-experience programmes faring, and what are their advantages?

It doesn't yet have a fancy campus or the heft of the Indian School of Business, but the Bala V. Balachandran-founded Great Lakes Institute of Management wants to be India's best B-school for one-year MBAs.