India's and the world's most talked-about CEOs in December.

It's now a year since the Satyam scandal rocked corporate India. The company's new owners (Tech Mahindra) are busy restoring credibility and turning around its fortunes.

The Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals and Hospira Inc. deal for the purchase of the former's generic injectable pharmaceuticals business will benefit both parties.

Cloud computing is expected to be a $42-billion opportunity by 2012, and Indian IT services' top tier doesn't want to lose out on this great white hope.

The misfiring auto parts giant is counting on India to prime it back to growth.

This year will see a slew of car launches, and not just at the top end.

When things look good they are not as good as they look and when things look bad they are not as bad as they seem to be.

The slowdown is a great time to try and get talent, particularly from outside the country.

\"The pace of change in the knowledge arena will be killing: knowledge will constantly render itself obsolete. First-class corporate universities will dot the horizon. Competing companies will bunch together to set up knowledge networks. Collaborative consortium learning will be the name of the game\"

The New Pension Scheme was expected to tap one million Indians in the first year. The subscriber base after seven months: 2,400.

Ashok Leyland banked on both the attributes to transform itself but the generation gap that ensued among its executives threatened to derail it.

They are instrumental in hiring top talent for India Inc. BT profiles the leading ladies of executive search.

The dollar has been on a yo-yo movement in the last year: appreciating almost 20% at the height of the financial crisis, and since March, sliding almost 12% against most currencies, writes Shalini S. Dagar.

Dipen Sheth tries to guess which companies and sectors will make it to the Top 20 slots 10 years from now.

The first and worst hit by the downturn, the financial services sector has started to grow and hire. Healthcare, IT and ITES also get into the hiring mode.

Wim Elfrink wants to radically transform Cisco’s business and thinks India can lead the way in this makeover.

ITC is prototyping a new script for its e-Choupal initiative to take engagement with farmers to the next level-co-creating with farmers and harnessing their entrepreneurship.