Malvinder and Shivinder Singh shocked India Inc. when they sold out Ranbaxy two summers ago. Their next stunner: build a financial giant with $100-billion assets and grow what is already Asia's biggest hospital chain.

Suasion by one man has helped the engineering and construction giant build a sturdy financial business. Does it harbour banking ambitions?

You can't go wrong with a motto like that: after all, the efficiency of a power plant depends on its people.

Technology has invaded the healthcare sector like never before. Can insurance make it affordable for all?

The pharma high flier has been hammered by derivative losses and is choking on a mountain of debt. The good news: Some deft financial restructuring has given both promoter and industry hope.

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.

Today, Thyrocare Technologies, the company Velumani founded, is valued by outside investors at Rs 500 crore and has many private equity suitors thanks to the returns.

Educomp has spotted opportunities in virtually every segment of education without getting caught in regulatory hassles.

Some of India’s biggest companies - and at least one global buyout firm - have trained their sights on the 80-year-old's chemicals business.

With the 26-year-old civil war coming to an end in Sri Lanka, India Inc. is on the threshold of a never-like-before opportunity to do business with the island nation.

Shivinder Mohan Singh is an unabashed torchbearer for corporate and super specialty hospitals. Can he help make healthcare the next big thing and Fortis the leader in the industry?

After being bailed out by equity from ICICI Venture and loans from SBI, Medica has stabilised cash flows but needs to secure a small funding component.

However, it scores a distant 11th in the ‘Life after Work’ index — not because of a lack of malls, restaurants or movie theatres of which it has plenty — but because of its shoddy roads and inconsistent power supply.

The recent run-up in stock prices notwithstanding, a host of Indian promoters has little choice but to either sell assets or equity to survive the downturn.

This is Business Today’s Third Annual Listing of hottest start-ups and, pretty much like the two previous lists in 2007 and 2008, this listing is also completely subjective.

The Mumbai terror attack opens up a huge market for security products.

At a business plan contest in Chennai, participants whip up innovative ideas, but fall short on pitching it right.

In Kerala, the CPI(M) is turning entrepreneur and in turn, acquiring a new image.

They span generations and are there in every field, from biscuits to banking, from HR to hospitals. Denied entry into a male bastion, they create another industry. They are the most powerful women in the corporate world.

The healthcare sector is growing, fuelling demand for IT jobs.