Powered by cutting-edge technologies, a clutch of Indian start-ups has developed out-of-the-box solutions to reduce pollution and generate clean energy.

HackerEarth's coding challenges expand the talent pool for tech hiring and make the process more meritocratic.

Starring: Asha Gupta, Jim Moffatt, John Ryan, Richard Bruton, Satish Nadiger, Vijay S. Subramaniam

The energy was infectious at Mumbai's ITC Grand Central, where more than 30 women were felicitated in Business Today's 10th edition of The Most Powerful Women in Indian Business.

As in previous years, our tenth annual listing, celebrates the triumphs of women who have succeeded in living their dreams. More than half the women featured this year are debutants.

The Tupperware India chief has nurtured several women entrepreneurs.

And, the pain won't go away soon. Samsung's Goliath-beating journey in the Rs 55,000-crore mobile phones business is as much luck as nose-to-the-grind execution. The luck was in the call it made two years ago on smartphones.

Why the upstart has won the admiration of even big rivals.

A few nimble players are furiously delivering financial services to a widely dispersed population and are making money - one customer at a time.

Direct selling companies are embracing new channels of marketing and sales for enhanced credibility and higher growth.

Hit by pay cuts and job losses, more and more men are queuing up to join the direct selling industry. What’s the big draw?

Agriculture may be the buzzword, but sweeping duty cuts impact other sectors, too. Easily the sectors that benefitted most from Budget were auto, lifesciences, and media.

Most Powerful Women in Business 2013