Arundhati Bhattacharya is a perfect role model. Her success story will inspire many women to take up banking as a career in the years ahead and even vie for the top jobs.

PepsiCo's India-born Chief Indra Nooyi is 13th on the list while Cisco's Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior is ranked 71st on Forbes' \"definitive annual guide to the extraordinary icons and leaders, groundbreakers and ceiling crashers who command the world stage.\"

Here is a quick look at Narendra Modi's cabinet.

Mukesh Bansal, CEO at fashion retailer Myntra.com, is eyeing the 'single largest fashion retailer' tag by 2015 and talks about what has worked well for his company so far. The firm also plans to differentiate through private labels, getting into the kids wear segment.

Four Indians led by ICICI Bank chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director Chanda Kochhar figure in Fortune magazine's latest global list of top- 50 women business leaders.

There is a growing population of entrepreneurs seeking freedom from regular jobs and setting up own businesses. If you, too, hate working for others and have an idea for a marketable product or service that you are passionate about, it is a good time to start your own venture.

India is the world's third-largest pharmaceuticals market in terms of volumes, but competition is stiff to grab a slice of the rapidly growing business. Several small pharma companies are making a big difference in niche areas of health-care.

The film industry transforms as big studios find low-budget movies an attractive proposition. The success of low-budget films has prompted big studios and production houses to take a new look at their business models that until a couple of years ago bet mostly on big budget films involving top actors.

People in news last fortnight: Hindustan Unilever's Leena Nair, Datawind's Suneet Tuli and more.

People who made news last fortnight, featuring Vikram Pandit, Charles Bernard, Kumud Srinivasan and more.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has been ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Michelle Obama, by Forbes magazine in its list of 100 women, which was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the second year in a row.

Yahoo has hired longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next CEO in the Internet company's latest attempt to burnish its image and revive its financial growth after years of often-demoralizing upheaval.

With Formula One success behind him and the Yamuna Expressway stretching ahead, Jaypee's Manoj Gaur stakes claim for a seat at India Inc's high table. The company with the largest land bank in NCR is on course to cross Rs 20,000 crore in turnover this year.

The 8th annual list of the Most Powerful Women in Indian business tells stories of dreams come true - the women who broke the glass-ceiling in a world dominated by men, through a display of clearperception, sheer hard work and proven leadership skills.

Hero would fondly remember Honda. That may be because Hero got a true sweetheart deal as it can launch products with Honda technology till June 2014 and can continue to sell them for as long as it wants. They have begun on a good note, but a good divorce settlement can ensure only short-term happiness.

Draft proposals of working group for consideration of NAC-II with regard to land acquisition.

BT caught up with the former Ficci secretary general, a day after he felled CPI(M) leader and state finance minister Asim Dasgupta in the assembly polls. Listen to Amit Mitra's interview

In the post-Kamath era, the ICICI Group has a new game plan for growth and a new team to execute it - but will it miss the old guard?

The recession, downturn or whatever you call it, has dented most kinds of lists - lists of billionaires, lists of most valuable companies, lists of top recruiters and so on.

BT asks the who’s who of India’s corporate world—as well as some professionals and leaders from other fields for good measure—to jog their memory and recall the best advice they ever got. What the advice was, who gave it to them and when, and how it helped them.